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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 2, 2018 19:24:52 GMT
October 2nd, 1989. FDC of Canada issue Sc#1251. To commemorate Canada Export Month. Timely considering the USMCA announcement! 
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Post by vasia on Oct 3, 2018 14:58:42 GMT
October 3rd, 1923
Inflation-period Soviet cover from Yaroslavl to Moscow, 4/10. Registered with “З” handstamp. At this point in time, in order to curb inflation, the currency had switched to a gold standard and, since October 1st, postal rates were quoted in gold kopecks (the domestic registered letter rate was 12k). But no Soviet stamps denominated in gold kopecks were yet available, so older (paper-currency) stamps were used and their amount was calculated daily based on a conversion rate quoted by the bank. On the 3rd the conversion rate was 100 gold kopecks = 415 (1923) rubles. Thus, 12k = 49,60 rubles.
The letter is franked: 7Χ5 (1923) rubles = 35R + 15X100 (1922) rubles = 15R, for a total of 50R. Correct franking!
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 4, 2018 13:13:21 GMT
Talk about multi-threaded posts! This one can go in a number of different threads - railroads, flags, postmark of the day, pictorial postmarks, Luxembourg: Covers. Probably even more! This cover celebrates the 100th anniversary of railroads in Luxembourg, dated this day in 1959, and franked with the 1959 10th International Luxembourg Fair showing the fair building & flags, issued on April 16, 1958 (Scott #332, Michel #581.) I was all of 4 years old back then with no idea of what a stamp was! |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 6, 2018 16:02:15 GMT
6 October, 1905. German Samoa Michel#10, featuring the unavoidable SMS "Hohenzollern". 
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Post by tomiseksj on Oct 6, 2018 17:40:28 GMT
October 63 cent purple Washington stamped envelope (Scott U436e; 1932) with National Stamp Show, New York cachet postmarked on this date at New York, N.Y. Station G2 in 1937.
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Oct 6, 2018 18:30:50 GMT
The home town of Londonbus1 makes another appearance in this 6 October 2013 mailing from Toronto to Yad Hanna, Israel.  |
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 6, 2018 19:05:51 GMT
The home town of Londonbus1 makes another appearance in this 6 October 2013 mailing from Toronto to Yad Hanna, Israel. To me, I see October 13, 2005. But then again, that is just me... |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 6, 2018 19:17:26 GMT
The home town of Londonbus1 makes another appearance in this 6 October 2013 mailing from Toronto to Yad Hanna, Israel. To me, I see October 13, 2005. But then again, that is just me... The stamp shown was indeed issued in 2004. The postal rate for international mail in 2013 had increased to CDN$1.85, so I second brightonpete 's observation. So we'll say the cover is a week early. |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Oct 6, 2018 19:33:38 GMT
At least I got the month right ;-)
Tomorrow I will have a correctly dated entry. :-)
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renden
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Post by renden on Oct 6, 2018 20:53:53 GMT
FDCs October 6, 1971 - CANADA - 2 out of many from my late father's collection Sc #554 etc René 
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Post by renden on Oct 6, 2018 21:00:30 GMT
CANADA FDC - 1 more - Sc 557Enjoy 1971René 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 7, 2018 12:40:35 GMT
October 7th, 1913
7 kopecks Romanov Tercentenary stamp, cancelled in Chmielnik, Kielce, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. Chmielnik was a town with an 80% Jewish population up to WWII and the population's extermination by the Nazi hordes.
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Post by Mick on Oct 7, 2018 15:38:23 GMT
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 7, 2018 16:29:05 GMT
I wonder why they stamped it as "First Day". Checking the catalogue, the first day for that stamp was February 22, 2013.
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Post by Mick on Oct 7, 2018 17:01:32 GMT
Brightonpete, the first day mark was applied by Philosateleian Post, rather than USPS.
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 7, 2018 18:00:05 GMT
Brightonpete, the first day mark was applied by Philosateleian Post, rather than USPS. Ah, so it is First Day for THEIR stamp! |
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Post by renden on Oct 7, 2018 18:39:11 GMT
FDC Canada Oct 7 1970 - Sc 530 Tagged Christmas and Sc 528a strip se-tenant 524-528René   queens jubilee lyrics
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 7, 2018 19:38:14 GMT
We can still read his name, renden! |
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Post by renden on Oct 7, 2018 19:58:45 GMT
We can still read his name, renden ! Does not matter, he is my late "dad" and nobody in my Family owns the Newspaper anymore - But thanks Pete - I think I am going to leave it as it is in his memory.....after all he bought all of these nice FDCs !! René |
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renden
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Post by renden on Oct 8, 2018 12:31:17 GMT
1969 Oct 8 - Sc # 503p tagged - X-Mas - Children CANADA
From Jean-Louis's (late father) collection (and mine)
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Post by renden on Oct 8, 2018 13:53:32 GMT
FDC from my late Father Jean-Louis's collection (and mine)
1969 Oct 8 - Sc-Unitrade # 502p tagged - X-Mas - Children CANADA -
5 cents Block
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Post by vasia on Oct 8, 2018 14:39:19 GMT
October 8th, 1992
Soviet 50k airmail PSE used as a blank from Usinsk, Komi Republic in the Russian Far North to Rezekne, eastern Latvia (10/10 backstamp). Franked at an airmail registered letter rate of 35 rubles with Soviet and Russian definitives (this is the first year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union). Unusual provisional registration label of Usinsk.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 8, 2018 15:20:37 GMT
October 8th, 1992
Franked at an airmail registered letter rate of 35 rubles with Soviet and Russian definitives (this is the first year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union). Unusual provisional registration label of Usinsk.
Question: How long were old USSR stamps valid for postage in Russia and other former Soviet republics? |
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Post by vasia on Oct 8, 2018 17:27:04 GMT
October 8th, 1992
Franked at an airmail registered letter rate of 35 rubles with Soviet and Russian definitives (this is the first year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union). Unusual provisional registration label of Usinsk.
Question: How long were old USSR stamps valid for postage in Russia and other former Soviet republics? Although I do not know if there was an official date of withdrawal, I would say that they remained in use, at least in the Russian Federation, until some time in late 1993-early 1994, when increasing inflation made their use impractical. Even during the first years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the increase of postal rates from the kopeck range to the ruble range allowed the continued use of only a small number of high-denomination Soviet stamps (1,3,5 rubles). Occasionally one finds lower-denomination Soviet stamps being used, with the envelopes literally plastered with them. |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 8, 2018 19:51:21 GMT
October 8th, 1965. Philatelic cover for the tricentenary of the arrival of European settlers on Bourbon Island (now Reunion). YT#365.  This issue is special, in the sense that it is, for the post-1949 period (after the Reunion became a full-fledged French Departement), the only issue that is not a normal French stamp with a CFA overprint. The CFA is the Communaute Francophone Africaine (formerly Colonies Francaises d'Afrique), and the Franc CFA was its currency, shared across most former French colonies in Africa. The rate was fixed to 50 FCFA to 1 French Franc at the time.
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renden
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Post by renden on Oct 8, 2018 21:18:26 GMT
I have to check for "Reunion Stamps" - Xavier !!
René
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Post by vasia on Oct 9, 2018 13:40:32 GMT
October 9th, 1928
Soviet cover from Vacha, Vladimir to Murom п.т.к. (13/10 backstamp). Franked correctly at 20k with “Large Heads”. The non-standard registration label (added at destination!) is imperf, with pre-printed details and a black border. At the place of origin a registration number might have been inscribed, but no placename.
Vacha is an urban locality (a work settlement), today part of Nizhnyi Novgorod oblast, known for its cutlery and tableware factory “Trud”. Murom also belonged in pre-revolutionary time to Vladimir guberniya and Vacha was part of Muromskiy uezd.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 9, 2018 19:14:02 GMT
October 9th, 1905. Orange River Colony, YT#39. Thanks to Beryllium Guy for spotting this one when perusing my South Africa album! 
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Oct 9, 2018 19:25:54 GMT
October 9th, 1905. Orange River Colony, YT#39. Thanks to Beryllium Guy for spotting this one when perusing my South Africa album! Thanks for remembering to make that post, Xavier! Yes, indeed, I am a big fan of the old Orange Free State and Orange River Colony stamps, so I couldn't help taking a closer look this past weekend, and noticed that the date was nearly upon us. It's a beauty, Xavier, thanks for posting it!  |
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