Mick
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Post by Mick on Feb 5, 2020 1:26:39 GMT
4 February 2013 from somewhere in South Africa. Slogan: "Get your own PO Box at your local post office today." Solid advice. 
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Feb 5, 2020 6:49:58 GMT
February 2. Deutsche Bundpost, Accident Prevention. Issued 1972
The whole serie has some obscure details. See the last one and feel the pain....  |
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Post by tobben63 on Feb 5, 2020 6:58:03 GMT
5th. february Denmark. 1000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Denmark: Church of Kalundborg  Michel DK 345 Scott DK 344 Yvert et Tellier DK 349 Stanley Gibbons DK 389 AFA number DK 348 300th.Anniv. of French and German Reformed Church in Denmark  Michel DK 828 Scott DK 769 Yvert et Tellier DK 831 Stanley Gibbons DK 792 AFA number DK 825 Unificato DK 831 |
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Feb 5, 2020 12:58:45 GMT
Am I perverse, or do others think this German stamp is funniest thing ever printed with perforations? The whole serie has some obscure details. See the last one and feel the pain....
Ah, there is even better! I don't know what to call it; humor, irony, sarcasm; all the qualities Germans are most famous for? Maybe someone had read too much Struwwelpeter. My wife (a German) thinks that's hilarious, but I just find it incomprehensible. |
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 5, 2020 14:14:13 GMT
February 5, 1923
Germany 100 mark (numeral of value) issued in 1922-1923.
Scott #156 or 199 (I can't find it ATM, so I can't verify which one it is.)
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 6, 2020 14:04:38 GMT
February 6, 1968
This triptych of stamps from East Germany celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Meteorological Observatory in Potsdam.
The 10pf shows the sun, an actinometer and the observatory; 20pf shows an antenna and a cloud formation over Europe & the 25pf shows the weather influence on farming. Cancelled at Gotha, a small town SW of Leipzig. That is where those East German covers I gave-away last year that stanley64 won were mailed from.
Scott #964a, strip of 3, issued January 24, 1968.
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 7, 2020 14:48:59 GMT
February 7, year unknown
5pf Bavarian coat of arms
Scott #49 watermark 95v (vertical wavy lines)
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 8, 2020 10:05:44 GMT
8th February (1970) United States, 10-cent air mail metered postage, printed on this date in 1970 in Charleston, West Virginia, 50 years ago today. Note on provenance: This sort of item is not one that I would normally have in my possession or collect for myself, but I am pretty sure that this is something that had belonged to my Dad, he who is known as Uncle Bill here on TSF. In truth, I am not sure if I even still have this item, as it may have gone to Mick or someone else in one of my earlier year-end giveaways. On top of that, it is the only item currently in my files for this date, and I really wanted to post something today. 
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 8, 2020 15:23:58 GMT
February 8, 2007
This stamp is the self-adhesive 55¢ booklet stamp that features the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Issued on May 4, 2006.
Scott #2379
 (I did have the list of post offices, but gone again. I'll have to look for them again.)
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 9, 2020 8:27:57 GMT
9th February (1923) Egypt, Sc 82, 5-millieme pink definitive stamp, picturing the Great Sphinx and overprinted to mark the start of the Independent Kingdom, and postmarked on this date in Cairo in 1923. Nice stamp, isn't it? I really like this one. 
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 9, 2020 15:11:17 GMT
February 9, 1998
Icelandic mini-sheet of 8 issued on April 15, 1997, showing mail planes.
Scott #838-841 : SG #879-882
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 9, 2020 16:15:41 GMT
February 9, 1998
The first of a number of Machin's with pretty good cancels. Amazing how some single stamps get such a nice cancel, but multiples do not.
From the longest running (it is, isn't it?) definitive series ever, the 30p mailed from Brixton Hills.
Stoneham: probably EE30? I really have no idea, and I do not have Scott or SG catalogues.
I'm not sure if I really want to delve into this series now. Very complicated with all kinds of varieties. I'll take a stab at it and see with what I have so far.
And I just noticed, the two entries today that I posted today were mailed on the same day, same year! What a coincidence!
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 10, 2020 13:25:59 GMT
10th February (1921) Portugal, Sc 210 1-centavo chocolate, Ceres definitive stamp with imprint, postmarked on this date in 1921. I had a few choices for today, but I decided to go with this one in honor of Vince ( stanley64) and his great thread on the Ceres issue. Vince, if you see anything of interest on this particular stamp, I welcome your comments! 
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 10, 2020 13:26:12 GMT
February 10, 1969
From a series issued on February 6, 1969, highlighting 19th century Berliners, this 10pf shows a newspaper vendor.
Probably posted from Braunschweig, well west of Berlin in West Germany.
Scott # 9N267
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on Feb 10, 2020 18:09:44 GMT
10th February (1921) Portugal, Sc 210 1-centavo chocolate, Ceres definitive stamp with imprint, postmarked on this date in 1921. I had a few choices for today, but I decided to go with this one in honor of Vince ( stanley64 ) and his great thread on the Ceres issue. Vince, if you see anything of interest on this particular stamp, I welcome your comments! Other than being a nice dated copy from 1917-20 or the second issue and likely on smooth paper, not much more to add. An earlier date or having the stamp in-hand might reveal more...
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renden
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Post by renden on Feb 12, 2020 2:43:09 GMT
Feb 12, 1971
Canada FDC - Unitrade/Scott 532 - 6 cents
Big Raven, Emily Carr's 100th birth Anniversary - Painter and Writer
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 12, 2020 13:33:56 GMT
February 12, 1934
8¢ Medallion definitive, issued December 1, 1932, quite possibly cancelled in Windsor, Ontario Oops, thanks to WERT, it is Windsor, Nova Scotia!
Unitrade #200
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Post by WERT on Feb 12, 2020 16:33:13 GMT
brightonpete...I believe it may be Windsor, Nova Scotia.
Robert Town was formed in 1685 with approx. 3000 people around 1930
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 12, 2020 22:03:25 GMT
I didn't even look down there! Windsor, Nova Scotia. Been there, but not to the Ontario one. Thanks WERT |
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 14, 2020 14:20:43 GMT
February 14, 1996
2p Machin on a Valentine's Day card perhaps.
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 14, 2020 14:28:29 GMT
February 14, 2000
Germany's 110¢ State Parliament issue for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania that was issued on March 11, 1999.
Scott #2030; Michel #2037
 Aha, with the TSF image hosting service down, I had to use the imgbb "Add image to post" button to upload the image. That's how the images can be re-sized to a much larger image. The TSF host variant doesn't seem to allow for that. (Is imgbb the same as the other?)
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Feb 15, 2020 0:47:10 GMT
February 14, 1973, Tempe. The cancel actually reads "U.S. Postal Service AZ 85281", the latter being the zip code for Tempe. This is the first time that I have seen this type of cancel - is that common?  I can't quite make out the slogan. Is it "Save Your Week?" Interestingly enough, 14 February 1973 was a state and local holiday in Arizona. I suppose that the post office, not being a state agency, must have stayed open. No doubt the post office staff were a bit miffed, but at least I got a nice looking cancel out of their labor.  From the Arizona Republic, 14 February 1973, p12.
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JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Feb 15, 2020 4:57:19 GMT
February 14, 1973, Tempe. The cancel actually reads "U.S. Postal Service AZ 85281", the latter being the zip code for Tempe. This is the first time that I have seen this type of cancel - is that common? Ironically the text reads SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK
The machine dater dial is common style for the period. |
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Feb 15, 2020 5:16:55 GMT
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 15, 2020 7:19:46 GMT
15th February (1895) Belgium, postal stationery card fragment, similar to Sc 65, 10-centime red brown definitive stamp depicting King Leopold (Scott design A28), postmarked on this date in Brussels in 1895. I don't collect postal stationery, but have hung onto this item because of the very nice clear strike CDS cancel. Note on provenance: This piece was either part of a giveaway or an outright gift from bobby1948 a couple of years ago. Many thanks, Bobby! We are missing you around the Forum, big guy, and hope to see you back soon! 
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 15, 2020 15:02:28 GMT
February 15, 1963
10pf Europa issued September 17, 1962.
Scott #852 ; Michel #383
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Feb 15, 2020 15:09:41 GMT
15 th february Prof. Dr. Theodor Heuss (1884-1963), 1st German President Issued 1959 Michel DE 304 Scott DE 795 Yvert et Tellier DE 175 Stanley Gibbons DE 1221 AFA number DE 1273 |
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 16, 2020 15:52:56 GMT
February 16, 1996
19p Machin
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 17, 2020 14:34:53 GMT
February 17, 1911
Here is another Bavarian coat of arms, this one being the 10pf carmine, cancelled in Nürnberg, which is home of a very nice Christmas Market!
Scott #63 watermark is 95h (horizontal wavy lines)
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