hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 11, 2018 9:57:16 GMT
December 11th, 1987. And now for something more unusual, a Bénin tourism development tax stamp used on the bill for an excursion, and hand-stamped in Calavi. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 11, 2018 15:08:39 GMT
December 11th, 1887
2 kopecks Russian Imperial Arms (Scott #32), cancelled in Simferopol, Crimea.
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alanl
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Post by alanl on Dec 11, 2018 18:43:09 GMT
December the 11th at Fraser Lake, B.C. on a 7 cent Centennial.  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 12, 2018 11:06:02 GMT
December 12th, 1985. FDC from the Central African Republic, featuring an imperforate stamp issued for the state visit of then French President François Mitterrand to the country. 
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 12, 2018 11:07:39 GMT
December 12th, 1996. Promotional postcard mailed to and from Austin, Texas. 
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 12, 2018 11:14:07 GMT
I may be travelling, put I pre-scanned a few things for this thread this week. So here we have for December 10th, 1991, a postcard mailed from Yaoundé, Cameroon, to Montréal, Canada. Xavier, I just wanted to say "Bravo!" on your planning ahead to make Postmark Calendar posts during your travels. Well done to you! I also really liked the tax stamp and receipt from Bénin.... very cool piece!  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 12, 2018 11:32:48 GMT
I may be travelling, put I pre-scanned a few things for this thread this week. So here we have for December 10th, 1991, a postcard mailed from Yaoundé, Cameroon, to Montréal, Canada. Xavier, I just wanted to say "Bravo!" on your planning ahead to make Postmark Calendar posts during your travels. Well done to you! I also really liked the tax stamp and receipt from Bénin.... very cool piece! Yes, I like the Bénin stamp as well. I have never been able to find another one of the same type. But this was the extent of my preparedness. I will be back home on the 15th, and don't have any pieces for the remaining days. |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 12, 2018 15:43:54 GMT
December 12th, 1994
France 2.80 frs (Scott #2445, National Day for the prevention of drug addiction), cancelled in Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 12, 2018 16:12:59 GMT
Dec 12, 1956. Canal Zone, Scott #147 on Philatelic cover. Stamp commemorates 100th anniversary of completion of Panama Railroad (stamp issued Jan 28, 1955). Cover cachet commemorates reaching the milestone of one billion tons of cargo through the Panama Canal. Since it's nearing Christmas, here is a Christmas tradition in the Canal Zone that my dad told me about, and that still is observed, I believe. Christmas trees were shipped in for the holidays. After Christmas, communities would gather everyone's Christmas trees in a giant pile and set them ablaze on New Year's, creating an exciting and intense inferno. I carry on the tradition in our backyard, but with only one or two trees. Still, they burn pretty brightly against the snow. 
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Post by alanl on Dec 12, 2018 18:26:19 GMT
Copenhagen, Denmark on December the 12th.  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 13, 2018 15:39:26 GMT
December 13th, 1993
30 kopecks Russian PSE used during the inflationary period after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in St Petersburg (the old Soviet postmark with the city name as Leningrad is used). Two octagonal "paid" meter handstamps of the St Petersburg post-office (for 970k and 500k) were used to supplement the PSE indicium and make up the 15 rubles rate valid from August 1993 to January 1994.
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Post by alanl on Dec 13, 2018 18:14:04 GMT
Coburg, Bavaria, Germany on December the 13th.  |
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renden
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Post by renden on Dec 13, 2018 23:12:48 GMT
Somewhere in our World, it is December 14th and this is why I am posting my special Canada cover, from Sept Isles (Seven Islands) to Natashquan, Province of Québec, DE 14, 1933.......to Winthrop, Mass (USA). Cover has 2X 1 cent Sc 195, KGV medallion issue (1932) and 1 C4 C2 surcharge (6 cent on 5 cent olive brown) also 1932 issue. Enjoy !! René p.s. This cover was bought in 1981 by my late dad, Vance Auctions  |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 14, 2018 1:34:28 GMT
Well, back to December 13 (2011), and from a nice Sept Isles hand cancel to a crappy Staten Island spray cancel. But the Happy Holidays slogan with Santa and reindeer is quite nice.  |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 14, 2018 13:49:22 GMT
13th December (1930) France, Scott #146, 50-centime vermilion definitive stamp, first "Sower" (La Semeuse) design, issued in 1926 and postmarked on this date in 1930 in Sanvignes-les-Mines, a community in the Burgundy region (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). I acquired this piece recently at the market in Aix, as it falls on what was my Dad's 4th birthday. So, another way for me to remember "Uncle Bill" on his day. 
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renden
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Post by renden on Dec 14, 2018 13:55:12 GMT
Chris Beryllium Guy, we are Dec 14th but nice cover for your dad  René |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 14, 2018 14:10:00 GMT
Chris Beryllium Guy, we are Dec 14th but nice cover for your dad René well, it evens out with you putting the 14th cover on the 13th! |
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renden
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Post by renden on Dec 14, 2018 14:13:25 GMT
Chris Beryllium Guy , we are Dec 14th but nice cover for your dad René well, it evens out with you putting the 14th cover on the 13th! Pete, we are in different time zones and if I do it I always say......somewhere in the World it is _____date  Your comment is funny ! René |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 14, 2018 14:27:07 GMT
13th December (1930) France, Scott #146, 50-centime vermilion definitive stamp, first "Sower" (La Semeuse) design, issued in 1926 and postmarked on this date in 1930 in Sanvignes-les-Mines, a community in the Burgundy region (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). I acquired this piece recently at the market in Aix, as it falls on what was my Dad's 4th birthday. So, another way for me to remember "Uncle Bill" on his day. Extra special also because the stamp still has the publicity tab at the bottom! |
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Post by alanl on Dec 14, 2018 18:41:04 GMT
Edinburgh, Scotland on December the 14th.  |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 15, 2018 6:42:49 GMT
Still a few hours left of 14 December here in ye olde Pacific time zone. Here is another old Canadian meter cover.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 16, 2018 16:11:41 GMT
December 16Postmarked in San Diego, California on this date in 2014. The then-44 cent multicolored, self-adhesive forever stamp is one of four serpentine die cut 10.75x11 booklet stamps depicting Christmas ornaments that was printed by Banknote Corporation of America for Sennett Security Products and issued October 13, 2011 (Scott 4577). The location of the microprinted "USPS" enables differentiation from the similar stamp printed by Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (Scott 4573). 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 16, 2018 18:17:59 GMT
December 16th, 1992
7 kopecks Soviet PSE used after the dissolution of the Soviet Union from Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, Russia to St Petersburg. A violet handstamp "Paid excess sum" handstamp was used to make up the 80 kopecks domestic letter rate. The manuscript charge should have been "0,73" - a mistake? (5k PSE's were also current at the time)
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Post by alanl on Dec 16, 2018 18:56:45 GMT
December the 16th at The Hyde, London.  |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 16, 2018 19:05:23 GMT
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 16, 2018 20:36:59 GMT
Mick, had it not been for you asking the question, I would likely never have taken the time to look into it.
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 17, 2018 15:19:31 GMT
Dec 17, 1975US Airmail Postal Card FDC, Sc#UXC16 (UPSS SA15), with ArtCraft cachet of Amelia Earhart 
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Post by alanl on Dec 17, 2018 19:18:00 GMT
Vejle, Denmark on December the 17th.  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 18, 2018 12:58:39 GMT
December 18th, 1993
1 krb Ukrainian PSE used from the village of Novoivanovka, Khorolskiy uezhd, Poltava to Kiev. By this time in the inflationary period the intercity letter rate had increased to 100 karbovanets, so a rectangular "PAID" (Oplachen) handstamp with a handwritten "99" was used to indicate payment of the necessary sum.
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Post by alanl on Dec 18, 2018 18:53:48 GMT
New Zealand Post on December the 18th.  |
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René
Your comment is funny !