seigaku
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What I collect: Latin America, Japan, specialized Mexico (MEPSI member)
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Post by seigaku on Apr 3, 2018 19:03:11 GMT
April 3, 1907 Mexico to Germany   Letter uses a 2 centavo postal stationary envelope with an additional 8 centavos in stamps to make up the international rate. Although the return address shown on the back is Mexico City, this letter entered the postal system in Durango (DGO). It crossed into the USA at Eagle Pass, Texas (adjacent to Piedras Blancas, Coahuila) on April 6, presumably passed through New York City, and reached Alt Rahlstedt, Germany (near Hamburg) on April 20, 1907. |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 4, 2018 14:01:13 GMT
March April 4, 1931 from Süchteln, Germany. Süchteln became part of Viersen in 1970.  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 4, 2018 14:55:05 GMT
April 4th, 1918
Picture postcard (view from the Urals) from Perm railway station (oval cds) to Helsinki (trilingual machine cancellation of April 19th). Traveled by the Helsingfors - Petrograd/ P.Vagon No2 (circular cds of 9/4/1918). Franked correctly at 20k with 20k/14k Arms. Since the end of January, Helsinki was controlled by the Red Guards. Sometime around mid-April the city was captured by the Germans. The card reflects this interesting period.
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Post by butterfly on Apr 4, 2018 15:37:53 GMT
Just found this one a day late, but really wanted to show it because of the nice cancel. The big TARDE could mean either afternoon or late. I'm guessing it means afternoon, so they would have to change the wording every 6 hours. EDIT: OK, more likely 12 hours, since the cancel already says 7. Funny how these observations sometimes don't register until after a few hours have elapsed. March April 3, 1939 from São Paulo, Brazil  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 5, 2018 10:32:56 GMT
April 5th, 1931
Adversity cover from Blyznetsi to Dnipropetrovsk, 7/4/1931. Express sending franked correctly at 70k with definitives. The pink “B” label with black inscription was used on express sendings. The non-standard registration label is perfed on 3 sides, with pre-printed city name and registration number. Blyznetsi was a post station in eastern Ukraine, then in Ekaterinoslav administrative division, today in Kharkov oblast at the border with Donetsk oblast.
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Post by butterfly on Apr 5, 2018 15:33:16 GMT
April 5, 1932 Sámsonháza is a village in the hinterlands of Northern Hungary, population 265.   |
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judith
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currently everything and anything up to 1968
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Post by judith on Apr 6, 2018 1:09:57 GMT
April 5
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 6, 2018 23:07:58 GMT
7th April (1875) Switzerland, Scott #52, 2-franc bister brown definitive stamp, depicting "Helvetia" and postmarked on this date in 1875 in Lausanne. 
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Post by butterfly on Apr 8, 2018 0:57:25 GMT
April 7, 1965 from Warsaw, Poland. Scott 1193, steeplechase horses.  |
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judith
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currently everything and anything up to 1968
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Post by judith on Apr 10, 2018 6:35:31 GMT
April 9
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Post by butterfly on Apr 10, 2018 13:41:51 GMT
April 10, 1888 from Kaufbeuren, Bavaria Scott #50   |
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Mick
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What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera.
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Post by Mick on Apr 11, 2018 5:17:47 GMT
I almost forgot about this one: a postmark celebrating the 1978 Jewellery and Arts & Crafts Fair. 
I got lucky with a simple Google search and found a description of this very event in a 1978 newspaper: the Jewish Post of Indianapolis, available here. It's actually a pretty interesting read, beginning "Conjure up a vision of an exotic ten course Moroccan style dinner, served by Bedouins in a tentlike atmosphere..." Sounds most excellent. |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 11, 2018 13:15:18 GMT
April 11th, 1920
Armenia large framed overprint on 2k Russian Imperial Arms in violet. Not listed in Scott - the violet framed overprint on the 2k perf exists only as a counter overprint, i.e not a regular postal issue. Cancelled in Erivan.
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Post by butterfly on Apr 11, 2018 13:49:44 GMT
April 11, 1946 from Rothenburg, Switzerland, a town of about 7,000 people (not to be confused with Rothenburg, Bavaria)   |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 12, 2018 13:07:38 GMT
April 12, 1910 from Leipzig  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 12, 2018 14:26:12 GMT
April 12th, 1943
Northern Rhodesia 11/2 p. (Scott 30), cancelled in Broken Hill, today Kabwe in Zambia.
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 13, 2018 17:40:22 GMT
April 13th, 1966
South Africa 7 1/2 c (Scott 261), cancelled in Vredendal, Western Cape.
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judith
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currently everything and anything up to 1968
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Post by judith on Apr 14, 2018 2:16:51 GMT
April 13
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 14, 2018 12:38:33 GMT
April 14th, 1955
Italy 35l (Scott 631), cancelled in Rome (Ferr??)
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Post by butterfly on Apr 14, 2018 12:53:16 GMT
April 14, 1957 from Lausanne railway sation  From Wiki  |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 15, 2018 12:56:48 GMT
April 15, 1958 A registered FDC from Accra, the capital of Ghana Registration label and NY registry cancel on the back. This and just about everything I post is available, just for the asking, so don't be shy!  From Wiki:  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 15, 2018 13:31:19 GMT
April 15th, 1908
Picture postcard used from Ekaterinbug Railway Station (Vokzal). Addressed to railway station Mramorskaya, Polevskoy Zavod (=factory) along the Ekaterinburg - Chelyabinsk railway line. Oval postmark of EKATERINBURG / VOKZAL.
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Mick
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What I collect: Mostly covers and postmarks. Also miscellaneous paper ephemera.
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Post by Mick on Apr 15, 2018 18:01:47 GMT
Here's one from Indianapolis for this fine 15 April morning.  |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 16, 2018 13:17:16 GMT
April 16, 1891 A TPO from train number 52 in Switzerland. Unfortunately the route number(at the bottom of the the cancel) is missing. OK, maybe route number 7? Now if only I knew how to translate route numbers into locations! 
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Post by butterfly on Apr 17, 2018 13:24:09 GMT
April 17, 1944 from Caledon, Ontario  From Wiki  A river runs through it, of cars  |
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Apr 17, 2018 23:57:48 GMT
Here's one from Indianapolis for this fine 15 April morning. And a plate number coil to boot! Those are always nice to find in random piles of stamps. Ryan |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Apr 18, 2018 16:28:30 GMT
April 18th, 1920
Bavaria 10pf. (Scott 239), cancelled in Munich.
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