norsten
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What I collect: Definitives from Western Europe, Swedish postmarks
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Post by norsten on May 23, 2020 18:34:26 GMT
I am sorry for the poor quality, but this was the best I could manage today. For some reason the date May 23th is virtually non-existent on stamps and covers in my collection. The stamp is from a series issued in 1987 depicting various scenes from Astrid Lindgren's books. The postmark is from Skellefteå 1, the main post office in that town. The type is 59G, a rubber stamp that nearly always ruins the day for a collector.  |
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cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 24, 2020 2:59:45 GMT
Barcelona (Catalonia), May 24th, 2018. Barcelona Water Supply Company Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition. Held, since 1977, a pictorial post-mark showing a Barcelona fountain is used and interesting magazine is printed. On 2018, there was depicted a XV century fountain on Sants Just i Pastor square. This year exhibition celebration, remains uncertain due to covid-19.
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Post by brightonpete on May 24, 2020 14:37:16 GMT
May 24, 1923
Luxembourg 3 centime Grand Duchess Charlotte definitive, initially issued September 20, 1921, cancelled in the city of Luxembourg.
Scott #132 : SG #195 : Michel Prifix #123
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Post by brightonpete on May 24, 2020 14:50:03 GMT
May 24, 1984
Switzerland first day CTO souvenir sheet showing a panoramic view of Zurich. Issued for the NABA-ZÜRI ’84 Stamp Show, it sold for 3fr.
Scott #749
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Post by brightonpete on May 24, 2020 14:52:20 GMT
May 24, 2007
Great Britain 1st Class Large Machin.
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Post by brightonpete on May 25, 2020 21:19:00 GMT
May 25, 1992
Great Britain 1st Class orange machin.
Sorry, it's all I have for today, but just wait for tomorrow!
It's late... someone cut the wires & I lost my internet for the past 9 hours or so. Cell provider was terrible as far as speeds go.
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 25, 2020 21:30:08 GMT
25th May (1928) Norway, Sc 115, 10-øre yellow green definitive stamp depicting the "Lion Rampant", Scott Design Type A16, postmarked on this date in 1928 in Skien. From Wikipedia: This post is dedicated to all of TSF's great members from Norway: blaamand , barbu , and tobben63 .... thanks for all your great contributions to the Forum!   View of Skien, Norway
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Post by brightonpete on May 26, 2020 14:15:33 GMT
May 26, 1992
Was everyone waiting with baited breath for today's submission? Not one, but two 1st Class Machin's posted on the same day! Thanks to feebletodix for the pile of Machin's he sent me last Fall.
That is all...
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Post by brightonpete on May 26, 2020 15:32:02 GMT
May 26, 1982
Not quite all...
In going through my world-wide collection, I spotted these covers with reception cancels of today. The stamp on these covers was issued when the Falklands/Malvinas War was being waged. The first cover was mailed from Port Stanley to Buenos Aires. The second, sent from Buenos Aires to the Malvinas, both clearly philatelic curiosities. But an interesting part of history to say the least. Note that the stamp overprinted "Las Malvinas Son Argentinas" lists as 50 cents in Scott's, but a whopping $18.29 (Canadian) at Stampworld! It was issued April 22, 1982, although Scott's erroneously lists it as April 17, 1982.
Scott #1338
EDIT 2020-05-31: How quickly one forgets... the "Argentine: Stamps" thread tells the story. Phosphor paper is cheap, plain paper expensive, and all mine are of the phosphor variety.
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anglobob
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What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on May 27, 2020 12:33:29 GMT
May 27,1938 Senegal YV109,part of the Marche Local series which ran from 1914 to 1933.This was issued in 1930 and was the highest value in the set,usually used on registered or overseas mail.Postmark of Dakar Plateau,the central district of Dakar.  |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 27, 2020 20:10:08 GMT
27th May (1878) Guatemala, Sc 13, 4-reales violet stamp depicting an "Indian Woman" according to Scott (Design Type A7), postmarked in Guatemala City on this date in 1878, 142 years ago today. Thanks to Ryan for help in confirming the location of the CDS (see next post). Note on provenance: this stamp was part of the 19th Century album pages that I bought from "Atout Philatélie" in Aix-en-Provence during my time there in 2018. The CDS seems a bit oddly generic to me, with no city/town name. Can anyone tell me if this was typical for Guatemala at that time?
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on May 27, 2020 20:56:39 GMT
The CDS seems a bit oddly generic to me, with no city/town name. Can anyone tell me if this was typical for Guatemala at that time? "Guatemala" as a cancellation referred to Guatemala City, the capital of the country. There's a 12-page exhibit on Guatemalan postmarks on the International Society of Guatemala Collectors website which has many such examples. There are also various major collections and exhibits online with many other examples noted explicitly as being from Guatemala City even though the postmark only reads "Guatemala" - see this one from Spink and this one from Christoph Gärtner, for example. I guess it's sort of like the way we will say "New York" to mean New York City. Ryan |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 28, 2020 15:51:39 GMT
28th May (1912) Tunisia, Sc 43, 35-centime, olive green & brown pictorial stamp showing the Ruins of Hadrian's Aqueduct (per the Scott Catalogue), postmarked on this date in Tunis in 1912. According to Wikipedia: By comparison, the famous Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct in France is 50km (31 miles) in length, so the Aqueduct of Carthage is long indeed.   View of a partially restored section of the Zaghouan Aqueduct near Oudna (Photo Credit: Earth Trek)
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anglobob
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What I collect: France and French Colonies,French cinderellas British Commonwealth QE2
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Post by anglobob on May 29, 2020 10:28:58 GMT
May 29,1909 YV 5 from Upper Senegal and Niger,part of the General Faidherbe set issued in 1906.Postmark is from Niafunke,29 May 1909. Upper Senegal reverted to the name of French Sudan in 1920 and in 1960 formally became the Republic of Mali.  |
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norsten
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What I collect: Definitives from Western Europe, Swedish postmarks
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Post by norsten on May 29, 2020 14:02:45 GMT
My contribution today is a stamp from 1972 celebrating the bicentenary of birth of the Swedish poet Frans Michael Franzén. It is relatively easy to find good cancellations from the small village of Kåge. It is probably because a philatelic mail order company was (is still?) located there.
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 29, 2020 21:21:50 GMT
29th May (1925) Australia, Sc 20, 1/2-penny orange definitive stamp depicting King George V flanked by Australian national icons, and postmarked in Leprena, Tasmania on this date in 1925, 95 years ago today. From Wikipedia:   View of Cockle Creek, Tasmania at sunrise (Photo Credit: Aldona Kmiec Photography, Own Work)
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Post by sherro on May 30, 2020 2:03:51 GMT
That Leprena postmark is lovely, and scarce, rated 2R. Very nice
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stanley64
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Post by stanley64 on May 30, 2020 6:55:09 GMT
30 May 1841 After a two-day journey, this Penny Black cover arrived in Leominster,
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 30, 2020 11:31:24 GMT
May 30,1939 YV 139 from French Guinea,part of the waterfalls issues,issued in 1938 and postmarked at Pita.The 1fr value was used on overseas mail.  |
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Post by brightonpete on May 30, 2020 15:03:00 GMT
May 30, 1968
Luxembourg's lower value Europa (the other being 6 franc) issued April 29, 1968.
Scott #466 : Michel #771
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Mick
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Post by Mick on May 30, 2020 16:42:14 GMT
What an excellent series of posts on the Postmark Calendar thread! I wonder if this is a record number. Fortunately I can contribute today, having a postmark for 30 May 1980, Alameda, California. (Thanks again, stainlessb for sending me his grandmother's wonderful postmark collection.) 
On the 30 May 1980, Alameda was in the middle of a brutal race for CountyTreasurer-Tax Collector between incumbent James Scully and challenger Robert Knox. Here is part of an article from The Berkeley Gazette of that day. The clipping is not really big enough to read the text - I was mainly just tickled by the photos of the two candidates. James Scully looks like he is drunk and in the middle of having a good laugh at somebody's joke.  |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 30, 2020 20:19:25 GMT
30th May (1927) Italy, Sc 180, 60-centesimi red brown commemorative stamp issued to honor the 700-year anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi in 1926. This stamp was part of a set of six values and was postmarked on this date in 1927 in Sorrento, Naples (Napoli). From Google:   View of Sorrento, Napoli on the Amalfi Coast in southwestern Italy (Photo Credit: Leger Holidays, UK)
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 30, 2020 20:27:44 GMT
That Leprena postmark is lovely, and scarce, rated 2R. Very nice Sherro!! I was hoping you might see this post and respond. I know little about Aussie postmarks, but I am glad to receive your comments about this one. I had such a hard time finding any mention about Leprena, I wondered if it might be hard to come by. The Wikipedia write-ups refer to it as a township, but judging by the context that it was a timber-logging community in the farthest reaches of southern Tasmania while timber was being harvested there up until the 1930s, it sounds like it was always a small place. Well, if this item is anything special, it was totally a lucky find in a mixed lot from somewhere. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then, they say.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 31, 2020 10:46:21 GMT
31 May,1932 Another postmark from Dakar on Senegal YV 84A.Issued in October 1926,part of the long-running Marche Local series.  |
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Post by brightonpete on May 31, 2020 18:28:38 GMT
May 31, 1933
German 25pf Hindenburg definitive, Scott wmk126 (Network), Michel 2, issued on October 1st, 1932. Likely cancelled at Stolpe (Parchim). If it is this Stolpe (there are 4!) it is a tiny village a couple kilometres southwest of Parchim, which is midway between Hamburg and Berlin.
Scott #395 : Michel #471
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 31, 2020 20:04:14 GMT
31st May (1935) Belgium, Sc 262, 70-centime olive black definitive stamp depicting King Leopold III, postmarked on this date in 1935 in what has now been identified as ABEELE (GRENS), as explained by cjoprey . Many thanks, Chris, for figuring this out (see next post). From Wikipedia: I would like to dedicate today's post to our member Chris ( cjoprey ), who originally came from Belgium and has a specialist collection of his native country! 
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cjoprey
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Post by cjoprey on May 31, 2020 21:29:39 GMT
Thanks Chris ( Beryllium Guy ) for the dedication! Of course, I had to do some research on the interesting postmark on your stamp. Sadly it won't be Baarle-Hertog as their postmark quite clearly shows the entire name with the hyphen. However, I think I may have an answer for you. First of all, "grens" is the Dutch and Flemish word for "border", so we know we're looking for a border town. Limiting to this, we find there is a small town called Abeele in Flemish (Abele in Walloon) which lies on the southern border of Belgium with France, near the coast. I then found the following for sale on the Delcampe site, which bears out my findings I think, as it bears an uncanny resemblance to your stamp: 
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Jun 1, 2020 10:36:56 GMT
June 1, 1939 Niger YV 41,first issued in 1926 shows a canoe on the Niger river.Postmarked at Niamey,the capital of Niger.According to Wikipedia,Niamey is one of the hottest cities on the planet.Average monthly temperature is 38c for 4 months and never goes below 32c for the rest of the year.  |
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norsten
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What I collect: Definitives from Western Europe, Swedish postmarks
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Post by norsten on Jun 1, 2020 11:52:13 GMT
A stamp from my very tiny Danzig collection (8 stamps in all...). Unfortunately I cannot add any information regarding the postmark, but maybe someone else here might be able to fill in.  |
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renden
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Post by renden on Jun 1, 2020 17:57:18 GMT
June 12 Canada FDCs dated 1 VI 1971 Unitrade Canada Sp # 541 RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL 15 cents ....issued to mark inauguration of new transmitters Unitrade # 542 CENSUS.....issued to mark the centenary of Canada's first national census René 
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