doug534
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A new enthusiast leaning toward pre-1957 New Zealand, Switzerland, great designers & engravers
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Post by doug534 on Sept 18, 2024 16:28:17 GMT
Four Iceland issues from a global mix found in an unmarked glassine envelope. These are the first stamps from Iceland that I've discovered in my Dad's philatelic materials. A cover from Greenland indicated he had a correspondent in the Army there, and perhaps the entire mix had come from that source. Norway, Sweden, and Finland were in the mix, but so were Greece, Columbia, Hungary and a yet to be identified blue trapezoidal stamp featuring woman milking a yak. The stamps pictured here are: 1935 Scott 194 A32 1k greenish gray (postmark 4.3.44) 1939-45 Scott 224 AA41 25a bright red ('40) (postmark 1943) 1939-45 Scott 230 A44 5k ('43) (postmark 1948?) 1948 Scott 251 A48 1k orange brown
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doug534
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A new enthusiast leaning toward pre-1957 New Zealand, Switzerland, great designers & engravers
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Post by doug534 on Sept 18, 2024 16:52:58 GMT
The mystery stamp in the mix containing Iceland: a "Tannu Tuva" issue. From BC on this forum: "The Tuvan People's Republic (1921 – 1944) was a partially recognized independent state in the territory of the former Tuvan protectorate of Imperial Russia. It was a satellite state of the Soviet Union that is now known as the Tuva Republic within the Russian Federation." I have what appears to me to be a MNH Scott (Tannu Tuva) #49 A22 5k ultramarine issued in 1934. I've posted an image of the stamp on the forum's Tannu Tuva thread.
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