Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 12, 2019 1:29:45 GMT
For today, hows about one from Bellflower, California on 11 December 1971. With a sweet "Fight TB and other respiratory diseases" slogan cancel.  Bellflower is part of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. Chris Carter, creator on The X-Files, one of my favorite TV shows, is from here. The 11th of December 1971 was a Saturday, and if you were a young lady or gentleman in Bellflower there were numerous diversions which could occupy your time. Perhaps you could look for a swell new apartment. A groovy bachelor pad with lush shag carpeting and large heated pool could be had for only $145 a month! Pretty sweet.  Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), 11 December 1971.
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 13, 2019 0:55:49 GMT
As fine as 1971 was, 2017 wasn't bad either. Here is one from Rotterdam that was postmarked 12 December of that year, from a postcard sent to me.  |
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Post by Mick on Dec 14, 2019 20:42:53 GMT
Here is a "Seasons Greetings" spray cancel from Indianapolis, 14 December 1016.  |
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 14, 2019 21:12:14 GMT
14th December Berlin 1984 
Michel DE-BE 708 Scott DE 9N488 Yvert et Tellier DE-BE 669 Stanley Gibbons DE-BE 670 AFA number DE-BE 706 |
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 15, 2019 19:44:16 GMT
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 16, 2019 13:38:53 GMT
December 16, 1968
Posted somewhere in Germany using the 30 pfennig centenary of the North German Confederation stamps. This stamp was issued on September 5, 1968.
Wow, I didn't realize just how big it would display on here!
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 17, 2019 1:15:33 GMT
Here is one from Boston for the 16th of December, 1965.  Here are some nice feel good stories from the Boston Globe of that date.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 19, 2019 20:22:17 GMT
December 19Postmarked in Phoenix, Arizona on this date in 2014. 
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 19, 2019 22:01:39 GMT
December 19Postmarked in Phoenix, Arizona on this date in 2014. The abominable snowman from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! What did Cornelius call him? |
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 19, 2019 22:56:31 GMT
if this is the animated Christmas "movie" I watched it enough with my kids and grandkids to know (I think) the answer
OTOH, is this a trick question?
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 20, 2019 1:23:16 GMT
No, not a trick question. I was just referencing the cancel on the previous postmark of the day message.
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 20, 2019 1:28:53 GMT
Kinda looks like Bumble?
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 20, 2019 1:36:21 GMT
guess that's what he called them. With no network TV here, I haven't seen the show for a few years now. Watched it every year since it first came out.
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Post by renden on Dec 20, 2019 1:40:29 GMT
You are stealing this thread  a fine of $2 to be paid to TSF  René ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile....... except in California (!) it is very close to: 20-12-
fdc 20-12-73 - a historic one from Jerusalem - issued for the 1973 Philatelic Exhibition - Scott 530 and 531 stamps Israel.
This exhibition was postponed to Mar 25-Apr 2 1974 because of a conflict "Yom Kippur War" - and since I do not like Wars, I prefer that you admire this beautiful cover (FDC) that I received from Londonbus1 some time ago. Thanks again LB1 !
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 20, 2019 1:54:11 GMT
Here is one for 19 December 1967, from San Rafael, California.  |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 20, 2019 15:06:19 GMT
December 20, 2011
Posted somewhere in Germany using the 55¢ 600th anniversary of the Leipzig University. This stamp was issued on July 2nd, 2009.
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 20, 2019 15:15:53 GMT
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 21, 2019 16:13:45 GMT
December 21, 1999
Posted somewhere in Germany using a 100 pfennig vending machine stamp. This type of stamp first appeared on October 22, 1999. It is number 3 (type 2) in the Michel catalogue. They could be bought in increments of 5 pfennigs from 5 pf to 9,995 pf. Who’d need a 9,995pf stamp? I wonder if anyone ever sat at a machine for a week or so printing out each available denomination. Things that make you go “hmmm”!
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 21, 2019 18:06:14 GMT
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Post by Mick on Dec 21, 2019 18:39:08 GMT
Alameda, California (zip code 94501) on 21 December 1967.  I imagine that after dropping their letter into the mailbox the writer may have had a couple of hours to kill. If they wanted to see a movie, playing in Alameda that day was Fitzwilly, starring Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon.  Oakland Tribune, 21 December 1967, 
I should see Fitzwilly. I loved both the Dick Van Dyke Show and Get Smart. |
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 21, 2019 18:55:09 GMT
21th December Russian Michel RU 68IA Scott RU 78 Yvert et Tellier RU 66 Stanley Gibbons RU 97  Denmark Michel DK 464 Scott DK 445 Yvert et Tellier DK 475 Stanley Gibbons DK 488 AFA number DK 466  German Federal Republik Michel DE 605 Scott DE B451 Yvert et Tellier DE 470 Stanley Gibbons DE 1507 AFA number DE 1572  |
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Post by stainlessb on Dec 21, 2019 19:14:01 GMT
Alameda, California (zip code 94501) on 21 December 1967. I imagine that after dropping their letter into the mailbox the writer may have had a couple of hours to kill. If they wanted to see a movie, playing in Alameda that day was Fitzwilly, starring Dick Van Dyke and Barbara Feldon. Oakland Tribune, 21 December 1967,
I should see Fitzwilly. I loved both the Dick Van Dyke Show and Get Smart. I saw many movies at the Alameda when I was much younger |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 22, 2019 16:53:01 GMT
December 22, 1924
Posted somewhere in the Saar using the 5¢ overprinted on 25 pfennig from the Landscapes series issued in 1921.
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 23, 2019 13:28:03 GMT
23rd December Germany 1981  Michel DE 1097 Scott DE 1350 Yvert et Tellier DE 929 Stanley Gibbons DE 1961 AFA number DE 2040 |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 23, 2019 14:15:04 GMT
December 23, 2002
Posted somewhere in Germany using this 56¢ stamp issued on April 4, 2002
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 23, 2019 14:49:22 GMT
23rd December (1996) U.S. Scott #3111, 32-cent multi-colored Christmas issue depicting "Holiday Shoppers", postmarked on this date in 1996 in Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 24, 2019 1:27:42 GMT
Some lovely cancels yesterday and today! I especially like your 1996 Honolulu, Beryllium Guy . Here is a much less lovely one. A Ft Myers spray cancel for 23 December 2018 with a barely legible "Happy Holidays".  |
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 24, 2019 6:19:00 GMT
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 25, 2019 8:30:05 GMT
25th December United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland Queen Victoria - Surfaced Printed - Jubilee Issue  Michel GB 86 Scott GB 111 Yvert et Tellier GB 91 Stanley Gibbons GB 197 AFA number GB 86 |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Dec 26, 2019 21:39:01 GMT
Very nice Christmas Day postmark, tobben63 ! Here is a spray cancel from Providence, RI. 26 December 2017.  |
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