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Post by rod222 on Aug 21, 2014 0:23:02 GMT
United States: 2014 Cover, bearing die-cut stamp from www.stamps.com with simulated perfs. Anyone know what the reader icon with the little squares is known as? Do the public have access to a reader that will translate this? Thanks.  |
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Post by rod222 on Oct 2, 2014 11:52:33 GMT
US Postmarks Machine Cancellations Columbia Rectilinear Horizontal Lines, Time on its own line. Time Marking / Cummins Machine cancel "Taunton" has a an affiliation, my Mother was born in Taunton, Somerset England.   |
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Post by rod222 on Oct 3, 2014 2:11:39 GMT
Anyone aware if the 1935 Norona's General Catalog of United States Postmarks is available free online as a PDF?
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Post by rod222 on Oct 3, 2014 3:50:22 GMT
United States Town cancels Duplex handstamp with Shoeprint Killers All Minnesota (Most with a current population under 5,000)  |
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Post by Ryan on Oct 7, 2014 5:58:35 GMT
Anyone aware if the 1935 Norona's General Catalog of United States Postmarks is available free online as a PDF? I wasn't able to find a copy. As a generalization, American books are only in the public domain if they were published prior to 1923 (although it's possible the above is also in the public domain if it was not renewed when its original copyright was set to expire after 28 years). Here's some info on the mess that is US copyright, with many more links to much more grief. Yeesh, what a mess. And you can bet that as soon as Mickey Mouse is about to revert into the public domain, the laws will change again! ha ha Ryan |
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Post by Ryan on Oct 7, 2014 6:12:58 GMT
2014 Cover, bearing die cut stamp from Stamps.com, with simulated perfs. Anyone know what the reader icon with the little squares is known as? Do the public have access to a reader that will translate this? This is a type of two-dimensional barcode known as a Data Matrix. I'm sure there are many online services available that can read the codes if you provide an image file - here's the first one I found on a quick search. Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Oct 8, 2014 20:32:37 GMT
United States Foreign Air mail Route 1927 FAM 4-2 Key West - Havana  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 13, 2015 11:06:51 GMT
August 20th 1992 FDC (First Day Cover) Computer vended variable rate stamp  |
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Post by zipper on Jun 20, 2015 0:28:15 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Jun 20, 2015 1:59:52 GMT
Sold for $1,900 Lovely Negative "K" postmark on rare stamp, only 7 covers exist.  |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2015 0:35:53 GMT
1954 Drake Navigators Guild (Cachet) 375th Anniversary of Drake in California. June 17th 1579 Point Reyes, California to Ontario (Outer ring of the Duplex hammer in evidence)  |
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Post by jimjung on Jul 31, 2015 10:44:42 GMT
I was just going to put this in the UK Postmarks thread and then I noticed that it may be from the US even though I can't find a Bath, Missouri. But there is a Durham, Maine. Can anyone verify my assumptions? This one from Bath has no year date that is obvious. Any guesses as to the approx year of this one?  |
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Post by jaysee on Jul 31, 2015 11:37:27 GMT
Doesn't the writing at the top left say Bath Me (Maine) under the cancellation? It looks the same as the Durham Me (Maine) in the address.
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2015 12:06:28 GMT
I was just going to put this in the UK Postmarks thread and then I noticed that it may be from the US even though I can't find a Bath, Missouri. But there is a Durham, Maine. Can anyone verify my assumptions? This one from Bath has no year date that is obvious. Any guesses as to the approx year of this one? Go to wiki Type in Bath wiki Scroll down to places in the US There are 16 "Bath" locations in the US None in Maine, but perhaps you will recognise one suitable. |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2015 12:12:15 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jul 31, 2015 15:08:38 GMT
retroreveal.org/ Everyone should bookmark this tool and use it. Really helps to show that hard to read text.
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Post by jimjung on Aug 1, 2015 0:18:31 GMT
jaysee, good one. thanks for identifying that postmark. That's definitely Bath, Me. And Bath is very close to Durham so that fits nicely !  I'm going to post one in the UK Postmarks thread. I just registered at retroReveal - Nice Site ! and tried it out but still can't get this one - it's a tough one that I've had for awhile but would love to identify. |
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Post by zipper on Sept 15, 2015 6:08:56 GMT
This was a cheap group that I bought because I like the top cover's cancel  |
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Post by philb on Oct 15, 2015 1:29:01 GMT
United States Foreign Air mail Route 1927 FAM 4-2 Key West - Havana |
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Post by rod222 on Oct 15, 2015 2:40:41 GMT
philbHi Phil, your post was mute? Lost your voice ?  Cheers Rod
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Post by zipper on Oct 18, 2015 5:02:24 GMT
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Post by doug630 on Oct 18, 2015 5:51:31 GMT
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Post by zipper on Oct 18, 2015 11:52:00 GMT
Thank you.
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Post by doug630 on Oct 18, 2015 21:13:57 GMT
For Rod222, the 1935 Norona catalog may be available through Interlibrary Loan at little or no cost. I have found that, in general, philatelists know nothing about Interlibrary services, and thus miss out on the chance to check out rare and elusive reference books, etc. Your library can do a global search in 30 seconds, and spell out the terms for you; sometimes they pick up the incoming postage.
Last year, I got a catalog of Kentucky coal-mining tokens, only 3 copies in the world, in libraries at least, and used it 3 weeks, and paid only $2 postage to return it. Resources like this are WIDELY available, and librarians are dying to tell you about it. Do NOT call your library. GO IN. It helps if you have a printed-out citation from a bibliography, or a Google hit, but not mandatory.
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Post by doug630 on Oct 18, 2015 22:38:02 GMT
Actually, there have been 35 Post Offices named Bath, according to Jim Forte's postal history website. In Maine, there was a "Bath" in two different counties, although that one appears to be a case of one county splitting into two. If you want to see sleazy 19th Century politics at its absolute worst, read about a case of such splitting. Here's the URL showing the 35, by state, then by county: www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&searchtext=bath&state=&county=&searchtype=wordThere is also a geographical website, www.placesnamed.com that's useful for tracking post offices. |
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Post by philb on Oct 19, 2015 3:37:55 GMT
philbHi Phil, your post was mute? Lost your voice ? Cheers Rod |
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Post by philb on Oct 19, 2015 3:38:29 GMT
Rod, i think i am just losing it in general ! Cheers, phil
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 30, 2016 2:02:38 GMT
I was given this FDC last night interesting local cover  |
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Feb 3, 2016 18:44:18 GMT
I bought some scott mounts.Here is the cover they came in.  |
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Post by lisag on Feb 6, 2016 14:45:51 GMT
There's a post up higher in this thread from Rod. What is a negative K cancel?
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