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Post by jamesw on Oct 11, 2020 20:11:54 GMT
These are beautiful! Spent a beautiful, but cool fall Sunday at an outdoor antique market outside of Toronto. Never expect to find much there, but today had some surprises. First is this 1934 Fermented Liquor stamp.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 17:37:54 GMT
Here's a few more. Canadian Wildlife Federation Mooseheart Children (shown elsewhere I believe) Boys Town. I've noticed that the Boys Town labels, while there are many which are obviously Christmas images, don't always label them specifically as Christmas. Omaha Home for Boys Multiple Sclerosis Interntional and unknown German seal
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 15:31:23 GMT
Sorry know little about this one, and google translate was no help. Circa 1930 label of Bernardino da Bust on a book cover.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 15:17:24 GMT
Not a book specifically, but a lovely label from a 1913 Austrian Bookmark Exhibit (if google translate isn't misleading me).
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 14:58:34 GMT
American Lung Association. Little more practical applications 1983 1985
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 14:47:56 GMT
The label top left is from the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation (Great Britain), soliciting donations to build a chain of homes for cancer sufferers. The others are just vintage Christmas labels. So, charity AND jocularity.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 14:36:27 GMT
Christmas seals from various religious groups. Lutheran Wheat Ridge Foundation Holy Childhood American Bible Society
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 13:54:31 GMT
Just saw this post, three months late. Doesn't minimize the sadness. So sorry to hear of another loss.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 13:43:23 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 3:44:09 GMT
These are kinda obvious, but but labels for the those 'Book of the Month Club' type of adverts, where you stick the book of your choice on the return card
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Post by jamesw on Oct 4, 2020 2:21:10 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Oct 1, 2020 4:36:30 GMT
Thank you Steve. It was actually a google search that took me to the other forum. Since it supplied the information I needed in the article, I didn't think to search here. Thanks for tying it all together.
edit/afterthough: I also really didn't know what I was looking at, so my google search of 'Customs Service' may not have brought me here anyway. But, I'm here now, so all good.
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Post by jamesw on Sept 27, 2020 2:54:15 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Sept 5, 2020 2:35:09 GMT
I know I've not been logging in a lot lately, but was looking around and saw the Steve Goodman posts above. I'm a huge John Pine fan. I'm still reeling from his loss (AND Peter Green! Make it stop!!!!). Here's a wonderful video of Prine and Goodman performing Souvenirs live. Wonderful stuff. Extra Goodman video tacked on as well.
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Post by jamesw on Aug 15, 2020 23:17:21 GMT
Hi Steve Regarding the Manitoba stamp from the UK, I'd say it's exactly like the one i posted six years ago, except better centred!
Manitoba 1892 nine scallops VanDam #ML107 Value in the 2009 Catalogue (I don't have the new edition) is $2 used. While mine is canceled with perforated letters CANCELED, the UK version was canceled using what looks possibly like a purple date stamp. Again, these were used on court and legal documents.
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Post by jamesw on Aug 1, 2020 8:47:45 GMT
Just a note on Osgoode Hall. Many many years ago, I worked as a sketch artist for a local TV station, and sat all day in courts drawing bad guys. Pretty cool job! Spent many an hour sitting in Osgoode Hall. If you ever get to Toronto, I highly recommend visiting the Hall, now the home of the Upper Canada Law Society, as well as the Ontario Court of Appeals and the Ontario Superior Court. It is an incredibly beautiful building, and also has a wonderful collection of paintings and sculpture. And a restaurant! I didn't know that part. Also in the background of wilford's label, is the spire of Toronto's Old City Hall, which also houses court rooms, (for the time being, there's discussion of closing it). Visit there as well. Built in the late 1880s, it too is a stunning piece of architecture, and history!
Also a note on the gates shown on wilford's FDC. Those are called 'cow gates'. They were erected in 1867, and it's unclear if they were actually installed to prevent cows from local farms from wandering onto the property (it was the 1860s, after all) or to protect the building from invasion. At the time Canada was under threat from the Fenian uprisings and there was concern about the safety from possible invading forces. The oddly shaped gates were thought to slow the 'rioters' and keep them at bay. Who knows? Makes for a good story.
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Post by jamesw on Jul 2, 2020 11:28:22 GMT
Hello Rex! Thanks for reviving this one, and I for one DO care. I'm what's called a social postal historian, in that I like to research the people who sent and received these, not just the postal markings and routes. Looking at the album page I created for this cover I did note that Parodi was named to the presidency of the new Geneva Discount Bank in 1845 and was first president of the Bank of Genoa. Perhaps I need to update. Thank you.
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Post by jamesw on Jun 27, 2020 11:43:04 GMT
That's brilliant khi, many thanks. The reverse of my example is preprinted from a group/company called T.S.A., regarding 'filling an order' for Christmas. There is obviously a stamp missing.
My main interest are the Canadian postal markings, but I like to have as much info as possible. I appreciate your help.
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Post by jamesw on Jun 27, 2020 3:41:18 GMT
Would anyone be able to identify this postal card from Pakistan? It was mailed from Lahore in 1956 according to the Vancouver back cancel. The design of the postage is similar to the 1948 crescent stamp (Sc #23) A year of issue would be appreciated. And a catalogue number of some kind if possible. It is not listed in Scott of course, but I know there are other world postal stationery catalogues out there. Thanks in advance.
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Post by jamesw on Jun 27, 2020 1:45:35 GMT
Sender: Almonte Douglas Alkenbrack (June 2, 1912 – March 19, 1998) was a Canadian politician and a lumberman. He was born in Rydal Bank, Ontario, which is now a part of the township of Plummer Additional, Ontario.He was elected in 1962 as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Prince Edward—Lennox, Ontario representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in the 1963 election then in the 1965 election in the same riding and re-elected in the riding of Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Ontario in 1968, 1972 and then in 1974. He was also a member of various standing committees.Prior to his federal career in politics, he was first elected as a councillor to Napanee, Ontario in 1952 where he eventually became mayor in 1957. Looks like Mr Alkenbrack, a Member of Parliament was sending a letter to a relative at the tax payers expense. The meter postage was a Pitney Bowes machine (Type 25) - Holmes' Specialized Catalogue 1963. It is also listed on page 56-11 of this Canadian Meter Study Group Catalogue. The 18 to the left of CANADA on your meter is the hour of posting, therefore 6 p.m. www.postalhistorycanada.net/php/StudyGroups/Meter/Journal/CMSG_Catalog.pdfNote: I know Rod doesn't post here anymore, but hopefully he visits once in a while and sees this response.
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Post by jamesw on May 17, 2020 21:19:05 GMT
Thanks for updating this nbstamper. It gave me a nudge to update the stamp image. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the other image was that has since disappeared.
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Post by jamesw on May 10, 2020 11:50:14 GMT
regarding jimwentzell's post of over a year ago, yes that's a training stamp. I posted an example in 2016... The explanation I got from Mr Andy Taylor at the Austrian Philatelic Society was, "The expert says: It isn't a children's play item. It's a Schulungsmarke, used in formal lessons especially in what I would call Technical Schools on how to carry out the umpteen complicated functions required of a Post Office employee. I add: There was a series of Exams which a prospective employee had to pass. I had thought that they might be recruited first and trained by their employer, but it looks as if they had to get themselves trained at the State's - or more likely their own - expense." He emphasized calling it a teaching stamp rather than training as it was used in schools not at the post office itself.
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Post by jamesw on Apr 22, 2020 3:21:24 GMT
Spent some time and made an album page for this artifact tonight. Here's what I found out about the Inland Magazine. The Inland Magazine (originally called The Inland Monthly Magazine), was founded in March 1872 with Miss Mary Nolan and Mrs. Charlotte Smith, as editors and proprietors. During the first half year of its existence each number contained forty-eight pages of selected literary items, reprinted English stories, society gossip, “write-ups” of business men and commercial firms, lithographic portraits, local biographies, etc. In July, 1872, Mrs. Smith became sole proprietor and enlarged The Inland to sixty-eight, and later on, to one hundred pages, and original articles only were used. The Inland was described as “the most intellectually democratic of the St. Louis magazines; its contents ranged from the most profound and scholarly papers on philosophical, scientific and historical themes, down to the most worthless love stories and society personals “ (The Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri by Alexander N. De Menil, 1901). According to the History of St. Louis City and County by John Thomas Scharf (1883), the magazine eventually moved to Chicago where it ‘died’ in 1878-79, but this card would indicate otherwise. This card promotes a souvenir album of the ‘Great St. Louis World’s Fair’ which dates the card to approximately 1904 or shortly after. Here's image of an early issue. (Source: www.stlmediahistory.org/index.php/Print/PrintPublicationHistory/inland-monthly)
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Post by jamesw on Apr 10, 2020 4:46:43 GMT
Although I've posted here about Confederate stamps a number of times, I've never put myself forth as an expert. Sometimes I find myself out of my depth with these, despite how much I've read. So, I'd like to put this question to the real experts out there. Below is an image of two CSA#4s that I have in my collection. The stamp on the left I purchased in 2013 in a collection of fakes, and it turned out to be real. Best 11¢ I ever spent! The stamp was id'd by Dr. John Kimbrough, an expert with the Confederate Stamp Alliance, as 'a genuine CSA #4 and plates as Stone 2 Position 17.' The stamp on the right is another #4 purchased with a group of stamps last year. Looking at it tonight, I was noting some differences, and started to wonder if this stamp was possibly a Stone 3 printing. Stone 2, as described in the 1986 Dietz Confederate States Catalogue and Handbook: 'The impressions are generally rough and coarse; the colours range from light to dark blue to indigo.' Stone 3 impressions are 'generally clear and sharp; two shades of blue are most common, clear deep blue and light milky blue. I've put some arrows on the image above. Notice the extra lines on the left of the frame on the Stone 2 stamp. Also the scroll in the upper left is 'dirty' as is the P in Postage. The upper left corner of the right hand stamp is much cleaner. Also I notice a slight difference in the scroll on the bottom right. Trish Kaufmann on her website has several possible stone 3s for sale. They would have to be plated for confirmation. But the images certainly show clearer impressions. www.trishkaufmann.com/csa-4-5-cents-lithographSo my question to the real CSA experts out there is, do you think the stamp on the right could be a Stone 3 impression, or simply a Stone 2 which was simply inked a little lighter? I understand that without plating I am only asking for an opinion, and won't hold anyone legally responsible. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
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Post by jamesw on Apr 6, 2020 3:03:29 GMT
I'm revisiting these items. They've been sitting in a box for the last 3 years, and I've not been sure what to do with them. But here's some info I received back then, from members of SCF. The fourth item is definitely Hungarian. Same recipient, Soldier János (John) Harscás, from two separate ladies, Irén (Irene) Barayai on March 28, 1943 and Báliunt (Valentine) Mágori on July 22, 1943. Popular guy. Both were sent from Makó (south Hungary). Again, as I pondered in my original post, I wasn't sure if these were POW letters. Guess not.
The first three sets are German POW mail from Stalag VIIA. The stalag mark is a censor mark. As I also mention in my original post, I didn't know where the original owner of these got the Type classifications. What he/she called Type III appear to be the older items, both post marked 1942. These first two letters were reply cards, there's a dotted line on the back indicating where the pages were separated. They bare a blue German stamp Strafgericht Breslau 183/4 (Criminal Court Breslau 183/4 - now in Wroclaw, Poland). This stamp apparently meant either death or the camps. Obviously our sender, Svetozar Dumitrov, got off 'lucky' because he went to a camp. All these letters were sent to the same person, a Serbian woman named Danica Dumitrov. Wife, sister, mother? Who knows? I guess the contents of the letters would tell, but I don't read Serbian. The other four items (Types I & II) are dated 1942, and 1943/44 respectively. These are folded letters, similar to aerogrammes.
Reviving this, if members have any other info, it'd be greatly appreciated. There are a number of hand stamps besides the Stalag censor mark and German Feldpost and court stamps. Petrovgrad postmarks and on at least three items, blank roller cancels. And one of the Type 2 letters has a partial purple hand stamp with a heavy border. No back cancels on any of these items.
thanks
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Post by jamesw on Apr 5, 2020 18:22:37 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Mar 31, 2020 3:58:31 GMT
And since the Bus was showing labels of Thomas De La Rue, here are two more. Origins unknown.
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Post by jamesw on Mar 31, 2020 3:56:57 GMT
Also... shown recently on the Penny Black cinderella thread, National Stamp Exhibition 1947 Also 1947 British Philatelic Exhibition, South Kensington
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Post by jamesw on Mar 31, 2020 3:39:09 GMT
A little surprised not to see the jaunty fellow gracing this thread. Or did he sneak past me?
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Post by jamesw on Mar 31, 2020 3:26:33 GMT
Waded though these 10 pages of US philatelic labels. Wonderful stuff. There is so much amazing stuff, I'm not sure I can remember exactly what I've seen. I know I uploaded a bunch already, but here are some more, in no particular order, that I don't think I saw. If I'm repeating myself or one of you, I apologize. No year. Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Expo and Convention, Omaha Neb. Label from the Denver Stamp Club ASP branch 22 APS National Stamp Show 1949 in NYC 36th Annual PSS Convention in Pittsburgh PA 1957 41st Annual PSS Convention in Olympia Washington 46th Annual PSS Convention San Jose CA LINPEX 71 Lincoln Stamp Club, at ht Lincoln Hotel in Lincoln Neb. 19th Annual PSS Convention in LA 85th Anniversary philatelic expo and bourse of the Philatelic Society of Pittsburgh, 1973
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