hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 9, 2018 19:25:59 GMT
October 9th, 2014. A fun issue from South Africa where the stamp can be cut out and form a little cube representing a postal package. Front side:  Back side: 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 11, 2018 13:58:03 GMT
October 11th, 1907
15 kopecks Russian Imperial Arms, cancelled in Ivangorod, present-day Deblin, in Lublin, Poland. The town was renamed Deblin in 1915.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 11, 2018 21:44:47 GMT
October 11th, 1979. Issue YT#508D from Cote d'Ivoire, featuring a preying mantis. The postmark is from the then-capital Abidjan. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 12, 2018 16:58:30 GMT
October 12th, 1993
7 kopecks Soviet PSE used as a blank in independent Ukraine from Kryukovo, Poltava to Krivoy Rog (14/10 backstamp). Cash payment of the necessary fee (7 karbovanets) was indicated by the "Uplocheno" (=paid) rectangular handstamp.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 12, 2018 19:34:38 GMT
October 12th, 1872. German Empire YT#2 (small shield on eagle). 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 12, 2018 19:43:16 GMT
October 12th, 1929. Saarland service stamp (YT #S23). 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 13, 2018 6:37:37 GMT
October 13th, 1941. German post in Alsace, #14. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 13, 2018 14:58:24 GMT
October 13th, 1939
Greece 3 drachma (Scott 392) and 50 lepta semi-postal (Scott RA62), cancelled in the town of Meligalas in the Peloponnese.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 14, 2018 7:37:29 GMT
October 14th, 1981. A floral issue from Cote d'Ivoire (YT# 577, issued in 1981). Postmark from the city of Bouake. 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 14, 2018 7:44:47 GMT
October 14th, 2000. Classical cars from France. Issued as sheet in 2000, with face values that did not correspond to current postal rates, so you had to use many at a time. Postmark is from Amelie-les-Bains-Palalda, in the Eastern-Pyrenees. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 14, 2018 16:55:30 GMT
October 14th, 1993
7 kopecks Soviet PSE used as a blank locally in St Petersburg 2 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. During this inflationary period, the PSE had been originally uprated to 6 rubles with the octagonal 05.93 meter (taking into account the PSE indicium for the letter rate valid from 15/5 to 10/8/1993). An additional rectangular meter for 907k was used to indicate payment of the 15 rubles charge (valid from 10/8/1993 to 10/1/1994) - the 7k PSE indicium is now disregarded.
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Oct 14, 2018 17:38:04 GMT
Posted on 14 October 2014 in Portland, Oregon, this extremely valuable cover shows numerous examples of the ultra rare Inverted Kitty error. Only a handful of sheets of the Inverted Kitty were distributed, most of which were destroyed once the error was discovered. It seems that "Friends of 4449" must have purchased one of the few sheets that slipped through the cracks, and made liberal use of these stamps on this now highly desirable cover.  The Friends of 4449 is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation of locomotive SP4449: SP 4449 was built in 1941 as a GS-4 “Northern” type locomotive. A 4-8-4 wheel arrangement. Retired to static display at Oaks Park in 1958, most thought SP 4449 would never run again.
In 1974, she was selected to pull the American Freedom Train throughout the United States, and was subsequently rebuilt. SP 4449 ran for three years to the delight of over 30 million people. She is arguably one of the most beautiful locomotives ever built.
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 15, 2018 14:47:23 GMT
October 15th, 1963
Ghana 4d (Scott 148), commemorating the National Founders' Day and depicting Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Oct 15, 2018 20:33:13 GMT
October 14, 1995. Zurich, Switzerland  Stamp info: Scott 960, Switzerland - Lichtenstein Postal Relationship. Issued 5 September 1995, joint issue with Liechtenstein.
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 16, 2018 9:49:53 GMT
Here is the first of a few with legible full dates from the lot of Machin's tonyvella sent me. October 16, 2007, too bad the rest of it isn’t all there, and I noticed rubber date stamps just smudge quite often. Some are great though, but they are rather large.  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 16, 2018 15:23:23 GMT
October 16th, 1975
Great Britain 61/2p Machin (Scott MH60), cancelled in Bournemouth-Poole.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 16, 2018 18:59:49 GMT
Do CTOs count? If so, here are two strips of Cuban stamps celebrating Latin American history, stamped October, 16th, 1986.  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 16, 2018 19:19:09 GMT
And if not, here is an FDC from Germany, dated from the same day, October 16th, 1986, for a semi-postal issue showing some nice crystal work.  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 17, 2018 19:16:42 GMT
October 17th, 1995. Dutch FDC celebrating a century of cabaret culture. 
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renden
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Post by renden on Oct 17, 2018 19:19:37 GMT
Have not had time to post in this thread as I received a special envoy from France...............René
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 18, 2018 14:57:32 GMT
October 18th, 1920
5 rubles Russian Imperial Arms, used in Soviet Russia due to non-availability of appropriate Soviet stamps. Cancelled in Stary ("Old") Peterhof, part of the city of Peterhof-Petrodvorets (1944-1997) in the wider area of Petrograd / St Petersburg.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 18, 2018 18:50:36 GMT
October 18th, 1988. Another pair of CTO-ed stamp strips from Cuba celebrating latin-american history. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Oct 19, 2018 18:07:41 GMT
October 19th, 1917
Cover from Skopin, Ryazan, posted 6 days before the October Revolution, to Copenhagen, Red Cross, 19/11/1917. Franked correctly at the 40k registered letter rate with 35k + 5k Arms. Registered with domestic “З” label. Censored in Moscow with violet mark of censor #107 and censor resealing label.
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 19, 2018 20:15:23 GMT
October 19th, 1917
Cover from Skopin, Ryazan, posted 6 days before the October Revolution, to Copenhagen, Red Cross, 19/11/1917. Franked correctly at the 40k registered letter rate with 35k + 5k Arms. Registered with domestic “З” label. Censored in Moscow with violet mark of censor #107 and censor resealing label.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 19, 2018 22:48:54 GMT
October 20th, 1920. German Empire, YT#114, postmarked from Plauen. 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 20, 2018 9:58:49 GMT
October 20th, 1981. Netherlands FDC of set of 4 issues promoting Dutch export. AFA #1191-94. 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 20, 2018 10:11:19 GMT
October 20th, 1984. UNESCO French service stamps (in principle only allowed for postage from the UNESCO headquarters in Paris) FDC, showing some World Heritage religious buildings. YT #S78-80. 
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stevew
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What I collect: stamps, covers, postal cards from Canal Zone, early USA, Channel Islands
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Post by stevew on Oct 20, 2018 14:51:38 GMT
Pretty boring, but I finally got one. Usually, when I run into something interesting with a clear postmark to post in this thread, the date is for a week or two ago. At first it appeared like somebody trimmed all the perfs off prior to affixing to the envelope, but the paper on the "stamp" is pretty heavy. Maybe cut from a pre-stamped envelope, but I don't think this design came on a PSE. It did get it's contents to the destination.  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 20, 2018 15:20:19 GMT
At first it appeared like somebody trimmed all the perfs off prior to affixing to the envelope, but the paper on the "stamp" is pretty heavy. Maybe cut from a pre-stamped envelope, but I don't think this design came on a PSE. An interesting mystery. I did not find a postcard with that design either in my catalog. Also noteworthy, the stamp was nominally issued in 1968 but the postmark is from 1983, so someone held on to this stamp for quite a while! |
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Post by renden on Oct 20, 2018 15:26:32 GMT
1971, Oct 20 Canada Sc/Unitrade # 558 with block FDC - Pierre LaporteIssued in memory of this Quebec Minister of Labour,on the 1st anniversary of his murder by terrorists on the 50th anniversary of his birth.(from my late father's FDC collection) - in 1971 I was at Laval University in Québec - studiesRené 
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