hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 3, 2019 19:46:41 GMT
Today a colleague gave me a thick envelope full of stamps (mostly German/Austrian/Swiss from the 60s and 70s), including a few covers and a small album. There's a few things in there worth showing. The first one is this cover, mailed from Dortmund, postmarked February 1st, 1963, to Winterthür, Switzerland, with a Dortmundian pictorial cancel, and using three 1962 West German semi-postal stamps featuring butterflies, adding to 37 pfennig of postage. The franking is completed with three 1 pfennig Berlin stamps. I wasn't aware that Berlin stamps could be used in the rest of West Germany.
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Post by jimwentzell on Nov 1, 2019 22:24:00 GMT
I picked this cover (along with dozens of others!) out of some dealer cover boxes marked €1 each (about US$1.12 currently) at the Sindelfingen stamp show near Stuttgart last weekend. I noticed the label on the back, and I didn't think anything of it at the time, just another nice Cinderella. Upon closer examination at home today I see that it is a monogrammed initial label of the sender, with a fancy lion-like figure, nothing more. R.B. for Richard Borek, I'm assuming! Still a nice addition to my cover accumulation!
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Post by jimwentzell on Nov 1, 2019 22:51:33 GMT
Another snatched from the one-Euro cover boxes. I like this semi-postal, youth charity set, as my grandfather sent me this unused topical set, shortly after its issue date in 1973. Now I have the set depicting birds of prey used, on a registered cover! The stamps are nearly identical to the same issue of the Federal Republic of Germany (the stamps on this cover are inscribed "Berlin"). It is relatively hard to find (West) Berlin stamps cancelled contemporaneously--around the time they were issued--from Berlin, as they were also valid for use in West Germany. Of course First Day Covers are easier to find, but much more common. As I'm not home I can't check my stamp catalogue but even if it was cancelled on the first day of issue I can't complain!
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Post by jimwentzell on Nov 4, 2019 17:05:04 GMT
This East German cover from 1959 has a Bahnpoststempel (train cancel) dated probably Feb. 2, 1959 or something close to it! I like the oval train cancels, and so do a lot of train aficionados and collectors....
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Apr 15, 2020 23:01:11 GMT
This is one way stamps cheer me when feeling low. However crummy the coronavirus economy, one mustn’t forget…
Reminded by this artifact from the 1923 German inflation, with stamps for eight billion Reichsmarks: 8,000,000,000? But that wasn’t enough to get it to Geneva. I think it is marked postage due; five centimes. Pity the sender; try hard as you might, sometimes you cannot get it right. At least the clerk gave up on that when Mrs. Mattier (Mathier?) came to fetch it. Maybe they were intimidated by the math when she challenged it (forgot their slide rule).
Galland is a private investment bank in Geneva. I cannot figure where that might fit into the tale.
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on Apr 15, 2020 23:49:38 GMT
Nice cover, kasvik, but I'd say it cost 80,000,000,000 marks! 80 billion! Did they need a train to carry all those bills to the post office to pay for one letter? I just can't imagine what life was like back then! I think the street was crossed out and changed 18 Rue Charles-Galland, which is an address in Geneva.
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Apr 16, 2020 0:31:03 GMT
Nice cover, kasvik , but I'd say it cost 80,000,000,000 marks! 80 billion! Did they need a train to carry all those bills to the post office to pay for one letter? I just can't imagine what life was like back then! I think the street was crossed out and changed 18 Rue Charles-Galland, which is an address in Geneva. brightonpete Brilliant!
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rob61
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Post by rob61 on May 22, 2020 17:47:02 GMT
Great Covers, I collect modern German covers myself. I like German covers because their connected to historical events, their a physical connection with a time and place in history. I started studying German history at school, history was and is a great interest, even though I had no encouragement at the time from my history teacher.
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on May 22, 2020 19:05:43 GMT
Just picked up this cover for the postmark, Eradication of the Potato beetle, Kartoffelkafer, Colorado beetle
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kosmo
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Post by kosmo on May 22, 2020 19:12:58 GMT
There are several postal envelopes from the GDR to the USSR on the topic of the Olympics.
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jun 3, 2020 17:06:31 GMT
Here is a question. Contrary to the thread, this is not a German cover, except that I bought it from a German collector on Delcampe, it originally passed through German hands on its way, and it has mysterious German philatelic markings.
Do you have any idea what the pencil marks mean: 1650/1+1A and 7028/15/1+1A ? I've seen this kind of note often, always in German-style handwriting. What might they mean?
Otherwise a typical WWII plea from the family to the ICRC, hoping for information about a relative they hope was captured. I believe the 30 cent postage is correct for Canadian trans-Atlantic airmail in 1943. The 5 centime postage due mark looks like a clerical boo-boo, and it doesn't look like the ICRC paid anything.
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Jun 3, 2020 20:03:49 GMT
Very interesting cover, Aaron ( kasvik), thanks for posting! The numerical markings look vaguely familiar to me, but I cannot quite place them at the moment. I will continue to think about it a bit, and if I can remember anything, I will post again. It is a nice cover in any case!
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Jun 4, 2020 6:51:37 GMT
Hi again, Aaron ( kasvik )! I have been looking at your cover again as well as your comments about it. You mention that the Red Cross doesn't seem to have paid anything, and I wonder about that. There is an auxiliary marking in red COUPON-REPONSE, which is French for International Reply Coupon (IRC). I am not too familiar with IRCs, but here's what I found on Wikipedia: Based on the last paragraph, I am wondering if the postage supplied by the sender for the response could have been used to pay the postage due? Have you ever heard of anything like that? I don't actually know; just thinking as I go here.
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Jun 4, 2020 13:11:04 GMT
Hi again, Aaron ( kasvik )! I have been looking at your cover again as well as your comments about it. You mention that the Red Cross doesn't seem to have paid anything, and I wonder about that. There is an auxiliary marking in red COUPON-REPONSE, which is French for International Reply Coupon (IRC). I am not too familiar with IRCs, but here's what I found on Wikipedia: Based on the last paragraph, I am wondering if the postage supplied by the sender for the response could have been used to pay the postage due? Have you ever heard of anything like that? I don't actually know; just thinking as I go here. Beryllium Guy You could be on to something. The ICRC was working in bulk; cooperation with Swiss Post might have been largely accountant-to-accountant.
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Post by stamphinger on Mar 29, 2021 16:37:51 GMT
I recently acquired this cover for the cinderella on its reverse and, being deficient in German, I'm not sure how to describe it. I am hoping that someone might give me a translation of the phrases in the cachet, the cancel, and on the cinderella. Given the rather large window for the address, would this have been a commercial cover or more likely a philatelic usage?
Many thanks.
Don StampHinger
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cara
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What I collect: Germany (FRG, GDR, Berlin); occupied Germany 1945-1949, Deutsches Reich 1872-1945, Switzerland, USA (newbie)
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Post by cara on Mar 29, 2021 16:51:50 GMT
I'am pretty sure that it is a commercial cover from a "Sparkasse" (Sparkasse Bad Liebenstein). Thats a financial institution in Germany.
The cancelation: "Think about the future ... save your money"
The Picture: "Perseverance in saving money brings prosperity in later years"
The cinderella: "German save the money day"
All together is an advertisement of the Sparkasse Bad Liebenstein
cara
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Post by stamphinger on Mar 29, 2021 19:03:01 GMT
cara:
Thanks for the translations. They will help me to describe the cover.
Don
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Post by smauggie on Mar 29, 2021 19:22:04 GMT
The beginning of the inflation.
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cara
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What I collect: Germany (FRG, GDR, Berlin); occupied Germany 1945-1949, Deutsches Reich 1872-1945, Switzerland, USA (newbie)
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Post by cara on Aug 24, 2021 21:24:49 GMT
Between all my German covers I found this package card / parcel card. The package weighed 6 kg and cost 50.90 DM from Germany to the USA. From Herbrechtingen (in Swabia) via Munich to Pennsylvania. Interesting is the address of the recipient: American Philatelic Society, Pennsylvania/USA. And the contents: "Gift-parcel". cara
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cara
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What I collect: Germany (FRG, GDR, Berlin); occupied Germany 1945-1949, Deutsches Reich 1872-1945, Switzerland, USA (newbie)
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Post by cara on May 19, 2022 20:13:29 GMT
I was born near the city of Augsburg in the "Marktgemeinde Göggingen" (Market community? Market town?) - a little village without town rights. In 1969 Göggingen was elevated to the status of a town with its own town hall and mayor There was a big party in 1969 in Göggingen. Together with the status of a town Göggingen had its own postmarks. I always wanted a cover/postcard with a postmark from Göggingen, and ... cara proudly presents: But already in 1972 Göggingen was incorporated as a district into the city of Augsburg and lost its own city rights again So only for three years these postmarks existed. But the front of the postcard is a beautiful memory for me. The picture above left shows my elementary school where I went to school for 4 years. The picture on the top right shows my stadium where I did Athletics for 10 years. The picture below left shows the retirement home, maybe I will return to Göggingen someday and move in there. And the picture below right shows a famous hospital "Hessingklinik" - founded in 1868 and is one of the largest specialized orthopedic clinics in Europe. I am happy that I discovered and could buy this postcard. Cara
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sudbury12000
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What I collect: Canada, Great Britain, Germany, World Pre 1925
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Post by sudbury12000 on Oct 10, 2023 0:33:58 GMT
jimwentzell, thank you for this very interesting thread. I have, for some reason, started collecting covers. I have always enjoyed the Zeppelin Stamps and their usage. Was happy to pick this one up at a moderate price. The Plauen cover, was you say, less than a cup of tea.
I have no idea regarding the authenticity of either, I would welcome your comments.
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anilkhemlani
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Post by anilkhemlani on Mar 24, 2024 15:40:07 GMT
found one cover from Germany sharing here.
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