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Post by daniel on Mar 23, 2024 5:02:01 GMT
Two covers that I received today from Canada. I had purchased two Lottery covers but the second one here is railway related. So, we have a Lottery ticket cover and a railway (viewing?) ticket cover. Mr Google translates as follows The 860th Lottery Todrake Fes, February 14 1978, ¥100 On the right: 860 Kanto/Chubu/Tohoku/30 groups/ ticket no.144810 Title: snowy night. The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. Payment period: From February 19, 1980 to February 18, 1980.  Shinkansen "Honjo Waseda Station" General admission tickets, 16. 3. 13 Honjo Waseda Station, Valid once on March 13th.You are not allowed to enter passenger cars. Valid within 2 hours from release time. |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Mar 23, 2024 10:10:49 GMT
Interesting stuff!
I have never seen any lottery ticket or railway ticket being paired with a postage stamp and cancel.
The pictorial cancel on the railway ticket is not a usual fukei-in associated with a particular post office for a long period of time, but a kogata-in that is usually commemorative of certain event and available for a shorter duration. It commemorates the inauguration of Honjo Waseda Station of the Shinkansen.
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jun 20, 2024 17:00:27 GMT
My picking through an album this week produced this rather shabby cover mailed to Toronto in 1949 to a Mr. Ken Saegusa. I decided to Google search the name and got several hits but only one I feel certain relates to the recipient. He is named in a photo of Japanese workers at a farm in Ontario that was owned Mitchell Hepburn who was the provinces Premier during the early 1940's. Japanese were being relocated from British Columbia to fill shortages of workers during the war years. Japanese were not allowed in Toronto during WWII but farmers in rural areas of the province could apply to hire and relocate them. The article I gleaned this information is rather long but quite interesting look at the life Japanese lived in Canada before and during the war and their efforts to get redress for the poor treatment. linkI learned that the mailing date was June 18, 1949 (24 6 18). By that time Mr. Saegusa was living in downtown Toronto. It took some effort to figure out the Japanese calendar. The stamp is a 16 yen depicting Mt. Hodaka, Scott 432. I had fun doing the research but it is not something I collect so I have sent it off to eBay world. Of no great value but there are 2 bids already. EDIT: Sold for 22.50 to a buyer in South Korea which was a surprise. I would have thought a Japanese buyer.    |
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 9, 2024 19:58:54 GMT
I came across this cover with CIGNA Insurance Company corner card while cleaning out some old files -- it contained what I assume was the receipt for my automobile insurance policy (only my name was written in English) while I was stationed on Okinawa. The cover was franked with an imprint made by a Pitney Bowes-GB "5000" meter. The International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Japan identifies the imprint as AA5.B. |
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Post by daniel on Sept 12, 2024 23:46:58 GMT
A cover marking the 50th Anniversary of the first non-stop flight between Japan and the USA, 3-5 October 1931, piloted by Clive Pangborn and Hugh Herndon in a Ballanca Aircraft. It is Postmarked at Tokyo-Narita International Airport on 3 X 81. This cover was flown on various aircraft from New York to Tokyo and back, concluding with a flight on Concorde from New York to London.  |
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crisger
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Artist and Digital Creations
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What I collect: Japan 1890s -2012
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Post by crisger on Sept 22, 2024 18:37:55 GMT
this last one is remarkable what a story and something I had never ever heard of. remarkable people doing remarkable things long ago..but still moves me to read it.
thanks for sharing this
Chris
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