rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 30, 2024 1:04:04 GMT
Hugh Hi Hugh, You may wish to see the mouth watering prices of VERA CRUZ stationery Mexico Maritime Mail linkI have seen the Vera Cruz Pmk somewhere before, cannot place it at the moment (Not in Hendy AFAIK) It looks so familiar. Other VERA CRUZ Mexico Population : 24,000 (1898) is the chief commercial port in this part of the Golf of Mexico A british Post office was established here from 1865 to 1879 The letter rate to England was 1/- One shilling per ½ ounce Obliterator Type B in Black 3-2-2-3 C64
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Post by daniel on Jul 30, 2024 1:15:50 GMT
Hugh , see page 15 of Hendy for crown date-stamp, London Chief Office. Vera-Cruz mark is British Agency. Daniel
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Hugh
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Post by Hugh on Jul 30, 2024 10:25:41 GMT
Hugh , see page 15 of Hendy for crown date-stamp, London Chief Office. Vera-Cruz mark is British Agency. Daniel Thanks daniel ... got it. Postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 to 1876, page 15, figures 65-67. Mine is an example of figure 65, used in red for morning duty. The letter on the left of the crown is missing on my cover simply due to a less than perfect hammer strike. Much appreciated. |
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Hugh
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What I collect: Worldwide Occupation Stamps and Postal History; and, anything that looks interesting.
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Post by Hugh on Jul 30, 2024 10:57:33 GMT
Hi Hugh, You may wish to see the mouth watering prices of VERA CRUZ stationery Mexico Maritime Mail linkI have seen the Vera Cruz Pmk somewhere before, cannot place it at the moment (Not in Hendy AFAIK) It looks so familiar. Other Hi Rod, thanks for the link to the Salomon Rosenthal Collection (1847-1859) at Cherrystone Auctions (2008). Wonderful examples. Most, if not all, have 'Paid' packet stamps and almost all are dated after 1850. The earliest one (surprise, surprise) was sent to Huth & Co. (laugh) ... I'm starting to think you could tell the postal history of the UK during most of the 19thC just using covers to and from Huth & Co. Anyway, one of the Rosenthal covers had a postmark very similiar to the one on my cover. Here it is ... from 1855. (lot 581, applied by British Agency office)  Here is mine ... from 1849.  The design is similair, double ring VERA-CRUZ and date. The major difference is that the position of the year and date have been flipped. |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 28, 2024 11:25:45 GMT
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