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Post by Ryan on Aug 31, 2017 21:42:44 GMT
Two stamps from Greenland today but nothing from my small glassines (so far - I've been busy at work so I haven't taken any time to go through what follows after France Under Occupation). First, a machine cancel dated August 31, 1982 from a dead post office, Dundas (later known as Pituffik). Greenland doesn't have many such cases where a post office was once important enough to have machine cancelling equipment only to later close altogether. The only other one I can think of is Nuussuaq, a district of the capital city of Nuuk, which had its own post office for a brief period (and which was different from the post office at the settlement of Nuussuaq - I know, confusing, but try explaining "Springfield" to a Greenlander). The story of Dundas / Pituffik will have to wait for another day, but it involves multiple Thules (and multiple Pituffiks, for that matter) and a crashed US Air Force plane carrying nuclear bombs. The stamp commemorates the 1979 International Year of the Child. I'm a big fan of the National Film Board of Canada, especially the animated films they produce, so I'll take the opportunity here to include Every Child, an animated short film produced for the 1979 International Year of the Child. This is one of many NFB films to have won an Oscar. Up next, the M/S Kununguak, which had postal facilities onboard, with a pilot boat to help it on its way. The August 31 postmark has no legible year but we can see that it's from Godthåb / Nûk, now spelled Nuuk. Ryan
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Post by vasia on Sept 1, 2017 13:53:30 GMT
September 1st, 1923
7 rubles stamp from the first Soviet Union issue (Scott 245), commemorating the Moscow Agricultural and small-industrial Exhibition. Cancelled with the special cancellation of the Exhibition (=vystavka).
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Post by Ryan on Sept 1, 2017 20:22:38 GMT
On yesterday's post I hinted at "multiple Thules". Here's one of them. When the US Thule Air Base (yet another Thule) was built in 1951, a small cluster of huts named Pituffik was expropriated and the inhabitants were moved about 30 km north to a small settlement at the site of Admiral Robert Peary's base camp for his polar expeditions. This town was named Thule by the Danes and it has a postal history. The Inuit called it Uummannaq, but that was a different Uummannaq than the one with a postal history (also known on postmarks as Umanak). The US Air Force decided to expand their base to include an air defense site in 1953 and the people in Thule were forcibly relocated again to a newly constructed town another 100 km farther north. The Danes named this town Thule as well, but the Inuit used the name Qaanaaq. The September 1, 1966 cancellation shows a bilingual handstamp using older orthography, written as Thule / K'ânâk'. Bear and cubs! Ryan
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Post by alanl on Sept 1, 2017 22:26:09 GMT
Keyes, Manitoba on the First of September.
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Post by vasia on Sept 2, 2017 10:57:39 GMT
September 2nd, 1883
Austria 2kr postal stationery card, used from Prague, Czechoslovakia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) to St. Petersburg, Russia (receiver cancel of 21/9). Underfranked and assessed postage-due, first with a large "T" handstamp at top (probably at origin) and then with an early "Doplatit" (=due) mark of St Petersburg with dotted-line semicircle and a written charge of 4 kopecks. Any idea what the handwritten 7 1/2 next to card's indicium stands for?
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 2, 2017 14:49:06 GMT
2nd September (1939) Latvia, Scott #206, 40-santims, rose violet, depicting a view of Zemgale. This stamp is the high value of a set of 7 stamps issued to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Republic of Latvia, 1918-1938. Zemgale is located in southern Latvia, and according to the Latvia Travel website: "The most fertile lands in Latvia are located in Zemgale. Folks there love nature, so next to (a) majestic Baroque castle stands a fairy-tale inhabited nature park." This Date in HistoryInspired by the TSF Postmark Calendar, as I look through my collection for suitable postmarks, I also look for significant dates in history. For the most part, I have not found any, but this one is very close, so I will mention it here. The 2nd of September 1939 marks only one day after Germany invaded Poland which turned out to be the start of World War II in Europe. By July 1941, Latvia would be completely under German control. Image of modern day Zemgale with super-imposed map of Latvia with Zemgale highlighted. (From Latvia Travel website)
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Post by Anping on Sept 2, 2017 16:03:12 GMT
August 31st, 1917
...it is possible that an accompanying “R” label at upper left has fallen-off.
vasia, you may want to check this, but the red brown rectangular printed marking is probably the registration mark. As far as I know, the Russian word for registration is зарегистрированный . Note the first letter.
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Post by Ryan on Sept 2, 2017 19:23:18 GMT
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Post by vasia on Sept 3, 2017 5:33:34 GMT
August 31st, 1917
...it is possible that an accompanying “R” label at upper left has fallen-off.
vasia , you may want to check this, but the red brown rectangular printed marking is probably the registration mark. As far as I know, the Russian word for registration is зарегистрированный . Note the first letter. Thank you for your comment, anping. Yes, the red handstamp is a registration mark of the Vitebsk Railway station in Petrograd. It bears at left the Russian letter "Z" for "Zakaznoe"=registered. But these "Z" handstamps and the respective labels were intended for domestic mail. International mail was supposed to receive marks/labels with an "R" notation. Sometimes both domestic and international marks/labels were used on the same cover. The incomplete cancellation at top left of my cover made me think that an additional "R" label was originally there.
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Post by vasia on Sept 3, 2017 11:45:02 GMT
September 3rd, 1920
Georgia 2 rubles (Scott 18 perf), cancelled in the town of Chokhatauri in western Georgia, during the "Democratic Republic of Georgia" period (May 1918 to February 1921).
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Post by Ryan on Sept 3, 2017 20:25:25 GMT
It's September 3 and the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk is featured twice today. Sort of. First, the old Danish name for Nuuk, Godthåb, is seen on a machine cancel on a King Frederick IX definitive. The year is probably 1968 but I wouldn't bet any money on it. Next, a single stamp taken from a block of four that had received a First Day Cancel. My DAKA catalogue fills in the missing details with its illustration of the entire cancel, and from that we can learn that this September 3 cancel was applied in 1987 in Nuuk. The stamp shows a pair of rock ptarmigans, apparently known by the nickname of "snow chicken" in the US. They are found all over the northern latitudes and the map also shows them resident in the Alps and Pyrenees further south in Europe. The Wikipedia article teaches me that the binomial name Lagopus mutus is incorrect as it is written on the stamp - it is now known that it should read Lagopus muta. Ryan
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Post by vasia on Sept 4, 2017 5:55:44 GMT
September 4th, 1905
1 ruble Russian Imperial Arms (Scott #45), cancelled in Kovno / Kaunas, present-day Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire.
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 4, 2017 16:00:32 GMT
4th September (1937) U.S., Scott #C21, 20-cent green, depicting the "China Clipper" flying over the Pacific Ocean, cancelled on this date in 1937 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Steve Tomisek ( tomiseksj) has already made a post about these Trans-Pacific Air Mail stamps here: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/3543/aircraftAerial view of Honolulu in 1937
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Post by Ryan on Sept 4, 2017 20:25:29 GMT
On September 4, 1900, Queen Victoria peeked out from underneath a heavy upside-down Melbourne cancellation on this stamp from the colony of Victoria. Victoria on Victoria! Except "Victoria" wasn't her birth name - she was baptised with the first name of "Alexandrina". She was one of three British monarchs to use a regnal name rather than the birth name. King Edward VII (born Albert) and King George VI (also born Albert) were the others. Ryan
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 4, 2017 21:08:19 GMT
On September 4, 1900, Queen Victoria peeked out from underneath a heavy upside-down Melbourne cancellation on this stamp from the colony of Victoria. Victoria on Victoria! Except "Victoria" wasn't her birth name - she was baptised with the first name of "Alexandrina". She was one of three British monarchs to use a regnal name rather than the birth name. King Edward VII (born Albert) and King George VI (also born Albert) were the others. A very interesting point on the birth name versus regnal name for British monarchs. The birth name of Edward VIII was David, I believe, so it seems to have been a definite tendency during that time period.
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Post by Ryan on Sept 5, 2017 9:11:07 GMT
Hmmm - I had wondered if maybe he got left off the regnal name list because there was never a coronation for him, but Wikipedia says his full set of given names was Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David. "He was always known to his family and close friends by his last given name, David." There are questions over whether Prince Charles will use his given name or not when he becomes king. If he becomes king - Lizzie's going to live to be 120, I think! Ryan
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Post by vasia on Sept 5, 2017 13:08:27 GMT
September 5th 1994
France 2.80 francs stamps (Scott 2430 and 2432), cancelled in Brotteaux, Lyon.
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Post by Ryan on Sept 5, 2017 19:44:28 GMT
Here's a September 5 postmark on a 1984 Greenlandic stamp commemorating the 50th birthday of Prince Henrik ("I want to be KING!!"). The cancellation was applied in Narssaq, now spelled Narsaq. And another President Hindenburg stamp from the annexed region of Lorraine during WWII, in this case postmarked September 5, 1941. Metz is the largest city in the region. Ryan
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Post by vasia on Sept 6, 2017 13:48:03 GMT
September 6th, 1923
Pair of 5 rubles Soviet definitives, cancelled in Astrakhan, at the end of the inflationary period.
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 6, 2017 20:32:12 GMT
September 6Hungary 40 filler gray black stamp featuring the Reformed Church in Debrecen (Scott 590; 1943).
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Post by Ryan on Sept 7, 2017 5:30:59 GMT
Oops, almost missed today's additions to our thread. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark makes her return on a corner block of 4 with marginal marking, bearing a faint postmark of September 6, 1983 applied in Angmagssalik, now known as Tasiilaq. Tasiilaq is the only major town on Greenland's eastern coast - the weather can be awful and less than 10% of Greenland's population is willing to put up with it on that side of the country. There is some strength in numbers, though, and Tasiilaq's population has been steadily increasing while the smaller neighbouring communities are losing population. Here's one of my very few relatively recent Greenland stamps. The September 6, 2001 cancellation from Maniitsoq (formerly known by the Danish name of Sukkertoppen) is seen on a 1999 stamp featuring Tjodhilde's Church, the first Christian church in North America, built at the end of the 10th century at Erik the Red's Norse Viking estate of Brattahlíð. The small Greenlandic settlement of Qassiarsuk is now in that location and a reproduction of the church has been built. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Sept 7, 2017 20:39:50 GMT
Right-side-up walrus and upside-down walrus say "good afternoon" on this high face value definitive stamp from Greenland postmarked on September 7, 1982. Huzzah! Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Sept 8, 2017 19:50:41 GMT
Queen Margrethe II comes back to visit us again with a September 8 postmark. No town, no year, more's the pity. Ryan
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Post by vasia on Sept 9, 2017 12:28:56 GMT
September 9th, 1967
Switzerland 30c (Scott 387) cancelled in Basel.
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Post by Ryan on Sept 9, 2017 21:13:34 GMT
The surge of Queen Margrethe II stamps continues with this September 9, 1981 bilingual postmark from Holsteinsborg / Sisimiut, Greenland's second largest town. Holsteinsborg comes up again, this time without Sisimiut, on an older generation of handstamp cancels. This September 9 postmark is applied on a stamp showing the Northern Lights, which have been in the news recently - two large sunspots have produced a series of solar flares and eruptions which have resulted in impressive aurorae here on Earth. The flare is the largest seen since 2008. Anguilla has also been in the news recently. Hurricane Irma has devastated many Caribbean islands and Anguilla is one which was directly in the hurricane's path. This September 9, 1975 Travelling Branch postmark is seen on a stamp featuring Sandy Ground, the site of Anguilla's main port. Hurricane Jose is following close on the heels of Irma and might cause further damage to Anguilla, although the latest news I've seen shows that it will just miss - Anguilla is no longer under a hurricane warning due to Jose and is now under a tropical storm warning instead. Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Sept 10, 2017 9:58:45 GMT
For September 10 I have another relatively modern Greenlandic stamp, a 1996 issue postmarked in Pituffik (formerly known by the Danes as Dundas). That's a different Pituffik than the one with a Wikipedia article although it was close by - some day when I'm ambitious enough I'll clear up the mess with all these Pituffiks and Dundases and Thules. This was a location for Danes who worked at / near the Thule Air Base, which to this day is US territory within Greenland. The stamp shows a sperm whale. Fun trivia fact - the sperm whale is said to be the only whale with a gullet large enough to swallow a human. The sperm whale is also the loudest animal on Earth. Wow, don't get close to an angry, hungry sperm whale .... Ryan
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Post by vasia on Sept 10, 2017 12:00:25 GMT
September 10th, 1918
Cover mailed from Pryputni, in present-day Chernigov, Ukraine to Kiev (machine receiver cancellation of 12/9). Mailed during the "Hetmanate" / Skoropadskyi period, when Ukraine was literally under German occupation. Franked at the Ukrainian rate of 25 kopecks with Russian Imperial Arms. After October 1st, Imperial stamps without trident overprints were declared invalid.
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 10, 2017 13:46:30 GMT
10th September (2013) U.S., Scott #4805, 46-cent, non-denominated "Forever" stamp, issued to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, during the War of 1812, cancelled on this date in 2013 at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, First Day of Issue. This Date in HistoryFrom Wikipedia: "The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812."
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