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Post by PostmasterGS on Oct 28, 2014 20:13:14 GMT
Here's another nice story from the collection. In 1898, Germany launched the Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition (German Deep Sea Expedition). The purpose of the Expedition was to conduct oceanographic and biological studies off of Antarctica and in the Indian Ocean. Route of the ExpeditionThe Expedition traveled via the Valdivia, a steamer formerly of the Hamburg-America line. ValdiviaThe Valdivia arrived in Kamerun in late September 1898, and departed in early October. Due to the unusual volume of mail being sent by the members of the Expedition, the post office in the city of Kamerun (present-day Douala) ran short of 10 Pf stamps. To remedy the shortage, the postmaster bisected 20 Pf stamps for use as 10 Pf provisionals. As with other provisional uses throughout the German colonies, this practice was frowned upon, but tolerated by the German postal authorities. The bisects became known as the Valdivia Provisionals. Valdivia ProvisionalAll legitimate uses are canceled on 3 October 1898. The total number of stamps bisected is unknown, but is believed to be approximately 100 (1 sheet). It's among the rarest of the German colonial bisects, third in catalog value (€20,000) only to two of the three bisects from the German Marshall Islands (MiNr 3 I H at €35,000, and MiNr 12 H at €45,000).
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Oct 29, 2014 17:09:57 GMT
Here's another nice story from the collection. What would really ice the cake, for me would be a student of Oceanography, to explain the paraphernalia on the Postcard, as a fan of iconography, that would be super.
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Post by PostmasterGS on Oct 29, 2014 20:37:09 GMT
Aren't you a Navy man, Rod? Take a stab at it.
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BC
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What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Oct 30, 2014 1:52:56 GMT
I see a compass. That is about as far as I go. oh and a rope.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Oct 30, 2014 8:37:05 GMT
I was an engineer, down in the sweaty boiler room. This gear is completely foreign, I shall chase it up though. A postcard like that deserves it.
I see a telescope, a compass, rope, a sand anchor, and perhaps a net for measuring current ?
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firstfrog2013
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Oct 31, 2014 3:20:07 GMT
One item looks to be a device to record temperatures of the water at depth.Imagine the notebooks of data recorded by hand,was a marvel anyone undertook such missions.
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