stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 19, 2018 1:45:23 GMT
December 18Czechoslovakia, Sc#895, highest denomination of 6 stamp series celebrating the automobile industry. Issued Dec 1, 1958. Unsure of postmark city...Prague? The vast majority of the stamps I have from this country are CTOs, but that doesn't appear to be the case with this one. 
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 19, 2018 2:18:41 GMT
Dec 18, 1961
Denmark, Sc#379, released 19 Sep 1960, showing a Europa design shared with other European nations. Marks the 1 year anniversary of the founding of C.E.P.T. (European postal & telecommunications conference) by 19 European nations. Postmarked Ålborg (Aalborg), a port city in northern Jutland, and one of the oldest towns in Denmark. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 19, 2018 16:05:40 GMT
December 19th, 1954
USA 1c and 2c (Scott 1031,1033), cancelled in Bronx Central Station, New York.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 19, 2018 16:40:33 GMT
December 18...Unsure of postmark city...Prague? ... Yes -- PRAHA = Prague  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 18:02:08 GMT
Dec. 19, 1890 Berlin West Station Stamp is upside down so it may be an example of the "Language of Stamps" letters popular in that time period I did an article once - HEREBerlin 1900 Note the building in the background "Panopticum" Castan’s Panopticon was Berlin’s first waxwork museum. Opening in 1869, it welcomed visitors long before Madame Tussaud arrived in the city in 2008.
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Post by alanl on Dec 19, 2018 18:18:07 GMT
December the 19th in Karlsruhe, Germany.  |
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 20, 2018 13:48:22 GMT
Dec 20, 1963
Denmark, Sc#382 (issued 1963) showing a design that first appeared in 1905, slightly modified in 1933, and occasionally re-issued in new denomination/colors until 1971. Postmarked Copenhagen. Month is a bit hard to make out...I hope I got it right. 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 20, 2018 15:41:09 GMT
December 20th, 1983
20k Soviet PSE sent from Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR to Washington D.C, franked to a total of 45k. Addressed to Ronald Reagan, probably some type of mass mailing - I have other similarly addressed items.
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Post by alanl on Dec 20, 2018 19:00:43 GMT
Bromley, part of London on December the 20th.  |
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 21, 2018 14:44:16 GMT
Dec 21
More mailings around Christmas I suppose. I have three, from three decades: the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's. 1936 Jamaica, Sc#103 King George V issued 1929-1932. Not 100% sure I got the date right on this faint cancel, so added a second image processed to enhance the postmark.   1946 USA, Sc#939, postmarked San Francisco, Merchant Marine commemorative issued Feb 26 1946  1951 Italy, Sc#564, postmarked Rome, one from a large series representing trades and agriculture issued Oct 20 1950 
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 21, 2018 16:26:08 GMT
December 21st, 1910
Crete 10 lepta "HELLAS" overprint (Scott #114), cancelled in Heraklion.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 21, 2018 21:27:39 GMT
December 21st, 2012. Two FDCs for the stamp series issued by the British Antarctic Territory for the 50th anniversary of the British Graham Land Expedition. 
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 22, 2018 17:23:27 GMT
Dec 22
Some modern Scandinavian kings Sweden Sc#423, 1951 issue featuring King Gustav VI Adolf, postmarked 1954 probably at Hälleforsnäs or Hällekis. I'm leaning toward it being Hällekis, because my grandmother was from Västra Götaland, and I suspect it was floated off a letter from a relative, but the location of the existing letters argues for a longer name.  Denmark Sc#320, 1950-51 issue with King Frederick IX which was issued in various colors and denominations between 1948 and 1955. Postmarked 1959 in Copenhagen. King Frederick IX married Princess Ingrid of Sweden, daughter of King Gustav VI pictured above. 
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Post by alanl on Dec 22, 2018 19:08:56 GMT
Dorion-Vaudreuil, Quebec. Near Montreal on December the 22nd.  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 23, 2018 13:36:15 GMT
December 23rd, 1906
3 kopecks Russian Imperial Arms (Scott #57), cancelled in Stomerzee - Stamerenie in present-day Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire.
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Post by alanl on Dec 23, 2018 19:29:20 GMT
December the 23rd in Stockholm, Sweden.  |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 24, 2018 1:04:55 GMT
December 23, 2013 in Brno, Czech Republic.  |
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 24, 2018 14:32:41 GMT
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 26, 2018 10:20:05 GMT
December 26th, 1983. Postmark from Ouidah, Bénin. 
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 27, 2018 0:56:36 GMT
Start spreadin' the news... here is one from New York on 26 December 2017.  |
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vasia
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Post by vasia on Dec 27, 2018 15:15:21 GMT
December 27th, 1921
Soviet Russia cover from Petrograd to Philadelphia. Franked at the correct 5.000R rate with 5x1000R “5th anniversary of revolution” commemorative.
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Post by alanl on Dec 27, 2018 20:12:49 GMT
Alsen, Sweden on December the 27th.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 28, 2018 15:33:20 GMT
December 28
A red fox is featured on this 20 centimes + 10 centimes, vermilion, perf. 11.5 Swiss semi-postal (Scott B362; Dec 1, 1966) postmarked on this date in 1966.
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Post by alanl on Dec 28, 2018 19:05:14 GMT
December the 28th in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  |
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stevew
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Post by stevew on Dec 29, 2018 13:27:12 GMT
Dec. 29, 1876 US Postal Card, Sc#UX1, UPSS#S1 was the first standard US Postal Card and was first issued on May 12, 1873. A total of 31,094,000 of this card were produced. The next card issued (Sc#UX3/UPSS#S2) had an identical design, but smaller watermark. A different design, but with the same 1 cent postage, began production in 1875. The plates for this card were manufactured by National Bank Note Company. The card was produced by Morgan Envelope Company. Initial production was fraught with problems including paper quality and ink color that almost led to cancellation of the contract. These early production problems resulted in some very rare varieties of this card. As an example of one of the problems, as the company quickly sought to iron out the difficulties, the men were working well into the night (by gaslight) trying to formulate the ink to match the standard. They thought they finally got it right, and immediately put it into production through the night. When morning came and they saw the new cards in daylight, they appeared quite different, with a clearly purplish hue. Since cards with that ink were only produced a few hours, they are of course, quite rare now. The card below was postmarked in Deposit, New York, from Deposit National Bank to another bank in Newburgh, New York. Postmarks then did not include the year, but the card is dated on the reverse by the sender.  
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 29, 2018 15:52:49 GMT
December 29th, 1936. Found while cataloguing my African stockbooks (Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, and Namibia now done), Ruanda-Urundi YT#60, issued in 1924-25, and postmarked in Kitega (in current Burundi): 
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