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Post by jkjblue on Mar 8, 2014 2:19:27 GMT
You are correct Jen B.   Here's a "watersnood" Yes, a flood....in Flemish.  Both the Flemish and the French word for "flood" is overprinted on the stamp. |
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Post by Zuzu on Mar 8, 2014 4:43:03 GMT
I'm so replacing the word "flood" with "watersnood" in my lexicon now. XD
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 8, 2014 15:27:34 GMT
 This type of stamp was particularly used in this country. For the weekend offering- what is it?  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 8, 2014 15:50:08 GMT
This type of stamp was particularly used in this country. For the weekend offering- what is it? Belgium parcel post. by the way nice cancel. Rods wiping up the drool as I type  |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 8, 2014 17:13:56 GMT
Correct Jack! 1879 Scott Q5 80c yellow "Coat of Arms", the first issue of the parcel post or railway (Chemins de Fer) stamps. This is probably a railway cancellation. |
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Post by classicalstamps on Mar 10, 2014 12:10:42 GMT
Anyone? :-)  |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 10, 2014 15:31:38 GMT
That's a tough one classical stamps! Here is another one to ponder....  ? ? Inverted Frame |
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Post by 1840to1940 on Mar 10, 2014 17:19:15 GMT
On the N.M.S., I think this might be related to the Norwegian Mission Post in Madagascar.
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Post by classicalstamps on Mar 10, 2014 17:48:03 GMT
On the N.M.S., I think this might be related to the Norwegian Mission Post in Madagascar. Correct! |
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Post by Zuzu on Mar 10, 2014 17:59:15 GMT
? Inverted Frame Scott 6e, an inverted frame thick paper 3c blue & carmine Thanks Google! *grins* |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 10, 2014 18:42:14 GMT
That is right Zuzu. The Scott Classic Specialized catalogue has a diagram which shows the difference between a normal frame and an inverted frame. One of the fun things about collecting DWI and Denmark. |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 10, 2014 18:45:55 GMT
1840 to 1940 (Bob)- How did you come up with that? I don't find anything looking under Madagascar.  |
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Post by 1840to1940 on Mar 11, 2014 1:58:44 GMT
jkjblue, finding this was convoluted. I uploaded a copy of the image into Google image search tool. This brought up a reference to Norwegian locals but without any pictures of stamps or even any direct mention of NMP! A couple of additional searches revealed the existence of something called Norwegian Mission Post Madagascar. Putting those keywords into Google finally brought up an image of the stamp.
So the bottom line is I stumbled on this out of sheer luck!
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Post by Zuzu on Mar 11, 2014 2:29:47 GMT
So the bottom line is I stumbled on this out of sheer luck! Too modest... I'd say you qualify as a blue or purple belt in Google-Fu! |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 11, 2014 13:52:04 GMT
 ? Hope this doesn't leave you hanging. |
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Post by stoltzpup on Mar 11, 2014 18:45:23 GMT
This whole series exists with the center inverted (DR #s 144a-150a, of which this is the latter). I have 148 inverted. Since they are not very expensive, a great many of them must have been made, perhaps deliberately. When I found mine I got excited thinking I'd found a rare treasure, but not so.
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Post by classicalstamps on Mar 11, 2014 19:47:34 GMT
Time to separate the men from the boys...  |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 11, 2014 21:04:28 GMT
Classical Stamps- I will remain a boy on this one. Stoltzpup (Bud)- of course, correct. I have the whole inverted set, but the CV is quite minimal indeed. No doubt they must have been churned out. |
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Post by stoltzpup on Mar 11, 2014 22:29:40 GMT
1941 LOVCEN DETACHMENT, Serbia/Montenegro. Petar, the King's son in command. 1d with hand-made overprint in violet, but it's a potentially controversial stamp. No doubt this military detachment did separate men from boys, though, starting with Petar. But I'm with Jim, it would be agreeable to remain a boy awhile longer.
Bud+
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Post by classicalstamps on Mar 12, 2014 6:34:06 GMT
Correct (on both occasions) And as there was only 200 printed, only men could afford to collect them  |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 12, 2014 13:39:11 GMT
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Post by classicalstamps on Mar 12, 2014 15:55:28 GMT
And don't bother with Google image search   |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 13, 2014 14:21:37 GMT
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Post by Jen B on Mar 14, 2014 3:12:40 GMT
Thanks for the hint. This must be the "1872 (1871-76) Scott 40 10 L red orange/greenish; has CN Thin transparent paper (from back) with Mesh"
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Post by cjd on Mar 14, 2014 3:54:41 GMT
That very busy parcel post would be Belgium MQ1, 1939, military parcel post stamp.
The underlying stamp has a look to it that seems ahead of its time. If I didn't know, I'd place that one in the 1950s.
This example was postmarked at Antwerp in April, 1940. Hitler attacked Belgium on May 10, and Belgium fell in 18 days.
Neat stamp.
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Post by stoltzpup on Mar 14, 2014 14:07:42 GMT
And don't bother with Google image search I don't recognize the stamp, and am not skilled at "Google image" searches. But I'll walk off the plank with some guesses anyway.  It's some sort of a control stamp, probably military, perhaps related to prisons, probably Russian (Eastern European or Western Asia), possibly WWII era, looks like granite paper so maybe it's earlier, maybe "60 pfennig" implying a Germanic connection. The vertical image (cancellation? Islamic design?) might provide some clue, but it's too faint for me to make much of it. |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 14, 2014 14:12:22 GMT
Jen B- you are correct! The photograph with the backlit 10l red orange/greenish shows the "speckles" in the paper- a diagnostic sign for mesh. You may refer to yourself as "Artemis, Daughter of Zeus, Mistress of Animals and the Wildland". |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 14, 2014 14:15:50 GMT
Thanks cjd for the observation on the stamp and postmark- and of course you are correct. |
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Post by jkjblue on Mar 14, 2014 14:19:17 GMT
 One is real, one not so much. ? |
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Post by classicalstamps on Mar 14, 2014 16:23:42 GMT
I don't recognize the stamp, and am not skilled at "Google image" searches. But I'll walk off the plank with some guesses anyway. It's some sort of a control stamp, probably military, perhaps related to prisons, probably Russian (Eastern European or Western Asia), possibly WWII era, looks like granite paper so maybe it's earlier, maybe "60 pfennig" implying a Germanic connection. The vertical image (cancellation? Islamic design?) might provide some clue, but it's too faint for me to make much of it. Pretty good It's WWI era. German military. Eastern front. More info can be found in Michel. |
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It's some sort of a control stamp, probably military, perhaps related to prisons, probably Russian (Eastern European or Western Asia), possibly WWII era, looks like granite paper so maybe it's earlier, maybe "60 pfennig" implying a Germanic connection. The vertical image (cancellation? Islamic design?) might provide some clue, but it's too faint for me to make much of it.