anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 25, 2020 12:22:57 GMT
25 December 1911 Ivory Coast YV25,issued in 1906 and with a postmark from Moyen-Berebi.  25 December 1937 Reunion YV136,issued in 1933 and with a postmark from Trois Bassins.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 26, 2020 15:15:47 GMT
26 December 1928 France YV199.issued in 1926 and with convoyeur cancellation Niort a Bressuire.  26 December 1911 Ivory Coast YV25,issued in 1906 and with a postmark from Aboisso.  |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 26, 2020 22:41:07 GMT
December 26, 1899
Queen Victoria 1 cent Numeral definitive mailed on "Boxing Day" (was it called that back then?) from St. Catherines, Ontario. I haven't checked for re-entries or paper/colour varieties. It was initially issued on June 17, 1989, with 313,900,000 printed, which means lots of varieties are possible.
Unitrade 75
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 27, 2020 13:08:40 GMT
27 December 1917 Upper Senegal and Niger YV22,issued in 1914 and with a postmark from the town of Kita,Mali.  27 December 1939 Inini YV35,issued in 1939 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the French Revolution and with the uncommon Secteur de l,Ouest cancellation.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 27, 2020 18:52:10 GMT
27 December 1967 Bermuda SG176,issued in 1962 and with a postmark from Bailey,s Bay.  27 December 2008 France YVAA222, French art series celebrating Gerard Garouste,issued in 2008.The postmark is from the department of Loiret. This stanmp was found in a bag of stamps on pieces I purchased for 50p at a show in England last year.This stamp is the self-adhesive issue which is harder to find and has a much higher catalogue value.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 28, 2020 13:50:09 GMT
28 December 1913 France YV 134 ,issued in 1906 with a Bussang a Epinal convoyeur cancellation.  28 December 1968 Bahamas SG 298,issued in 1967 and with a postmark from Bimini.  28 December 2009 A personalized issue from France,issued in 2009 to mark the 75th annivesrary of the French Airforce...L,Armee de l,Air.  |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 28, 2020 14:10:42 GMT
December 28, 1920
Germany 20pf Germania, issued in January of 1920 (according to Michel), with a fancier cancel, possibly from Frankfurt. But can anyone tell from this one?
Scott 121 : Michel 143
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 28, 2020 20:01:00 GMT
28 December 1925 Madagascar YV 99,issued in 1917 and with a Tananarive Pl.Colbert cancellation.  28 December 1935 French Guinea YV 114,issued in 1930 and with a postmark from Conakry.  28 December 1948 French West Africa YV 37,issued in 1947 showing a young girl from Mauritania.The postmark is from Akjoujt,Mauritania.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 29, 2020 12:19:28 GMT
29 December 1976 Bermuda SG253,issued in 1970 and with a postmark from Hamilton.  29 December 2008 A personalised issue from France,postmarked at Vauvenargues.  |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 29, 2020 14:10:53 GMT
December 29, 1950
Germany 2 mark Castle from the American & British zone issues. Posted at Hamburg-Altona. It is type II, with 7 steps inside the arch. Most of this series that I have are of the Type II variant, very few are type I with 4 steps inside the arch. I didn't bother checking for the orientation of the watermark.
Scott 659a : Michel 98
 This brings 2020 postmark of the day thread to a close for me. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year, no matter how you celebrate it! Just remember - this is ONE new year celebration - there will be many more.
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 29, 2020 17:05:10 GMT
29 December 1914 French Guinea YV70,issued in 1913 and with a postmark from Boke.  29 December 1931 Senegal YV58,issued in 1917 and with a Dakar Succursale postmark.  29 December 1935 Dahomey YV63,issued in 1922 and with a postmark from Dassa-Zoume.  29 December 1938 French Sudan YVBF1,issued in 1937 for the Paris International Exposition and postmarked at Bamako R.P.  29 December 1949 French West Africa YV20,issued in 1945 and with a postmark from Segou,French Sudan.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 30, 2020 11:46:13 GMT
30 December 1911 France YV134 ,issued in 1906 and with convoyeur cancellation of Le Verdon a Bordeaux.  30 December 1948 French West Africa YV 19 and Yv 16,issued in 1945.The postmark is from Tiassale,Ivory Coast.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 31, 2020 11:06:48 GMT
31 December 1907 France YV75 issued in 1876 and with a convoyeur cancellation Poitiers a Angers.  31 December 1962 Bahamas SG209,issued in 1954 and postmarked at Man of War Cay.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Dec 31, 2020 14:08:37 GMT
31 December 1938 Dahomey YV 59,issued in 1913 and with a postmark from Cotonou Dahomey YV 91,issued in 1928 and with a postmark from Cotonou.   31 December 1938 French Indo China YV BF1,issued in 1937 for the Paris International Exposition and with a Saigon Central postmark.  31 December 1954 French Equatorial Africa YV 224,issued in 1947 and with a postmark from Brazzaville.  These are my last postmarks for 2020...Happy New Year to everyone. |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Jan 1, 2021 12:42:16 GMT
1 January 1947 French West Africa YV 14,issued in 1945 and with a postmark from Dubreka,French Guinea.  |
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 2, 2021 13:30:06 GMT
January 2, 1959
Germany 20pf 50th anniversary of the death of Wihelm Busch, issued January 9, 1958. It was cancelled in the small village Unna, located east of Dortmund, in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Scott 781 : Michel 282 : Stampworld 172
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norsten
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Post by norsten on Jan 2, 2021 15:04:27 GMT
January 2, 1959
Tre Kronor 1.70 kr (first issued issued in 1951) on a piece from an address card. This was the standard rate for parcels between 2 and 3 kilos. Postmark is from Lund 1, one of the oldest cities in Sweden.  |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Jan 7, 2021 13:11:16 GMT
Iceland Stanley Gibbons 815 cancelled January 7, 1994  |
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 7, 2021 13:52:33 GMT
January 7, 1949
January 7, 1965
January 7, 1990
January 7, 1999
One from East Germany (DDR), one from West Germany and two from the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Jan 8, 2021 13:56:25 GMT
New Zealand Stanley Gibbons 438 January 8, 1934  |
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 8, 2021 14:20:48 GMT
January 8, 1958
January 8, 1966
January 8, 2009
Another trio from Germany...
10pf Water Lily from a pair for the protection of wild animals and plants, issued October 4, 1958.
20pf Industry and Tech series showing a lighthouse. This stamp issued on May 15, 1975, but did someone in Germany invent a time machine? It was used 9 years prior to it being issued in 1966! Or maybe the postal clerk put the wrong year in the canceller! I like to think it was a time machine!
55¢ Post! stamp self adhesive version, showing a Camellia, issued August 12, 2004.
Scott 773, 1172 & 2294 : Michel 274, 848 & 2416
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Post by norsten on Jan 8, 2021 14:33:13 GMT
January 8, 1935. The 5 öre Standing Lion is the most abundant of all Swedish stamps, but is still an interesting issue thanks to the plethora of types, perforations, watermarks and paper variants. This is a type II, perf 9 3/4 coil stamp printed on A3 paper that was issued in 1934. Postmark is from Hälsingborg 1. LBR stands for "Lådbrev"; the letter was posted in mailbox and not left at the post office.
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 8, 2021 14:51:54 GMT
Wow, A3 paper would make that one heck of a big stamp at 297 × 420 mm's! Sheesh! Must have been used for Christmas packages!  |
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Mick
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Post by Mick on Jan 10, 2021 18:36:54 GMT
Last year I got a letter that was cancelled on this day (10 January) in Las Vegas.  |
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Post by renden on Jan 11, 2021 19:21:45 GMT
11 - 1 - 1967 January 11 Canada FDC Centennial of Confederation - Unitrade # 453 Block of 4 X 5¢  |
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Post by WERT on Jan 11, 2021 19:37:59 GMT
Rene...Check the perforations. Assigned 12 x 12..But i get 11.9 x 11.9 Robert
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Post by renden on Jan 11, 2021 23:00:09 GMT
A new variety (not in Unitrade) Robert ?? WERTRené |
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Post by alanmiley on Jan 15, 2021 4:52:33 GMT
Is there some resource that helps one decode the dates from postmarks? For example, take a Netherlands stamp with:
2 IX 20
1949
We know the month (September) and year, but what is the date? In this case, it turns out that the postmark was on the 2nd and the 20th is irrelevant.
It would be very useful if this kind of decoding information were documented somewhere.
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Post by alanmiley on Jan 15, 2021 5:03:41 GMT
Second question:
i am trying to develop some sort of collection organized by dates. Ideally, it would have items from Jan. 1 sorted by year, then items from Jan. 2, etc.
The problem is that items may be of dramatically different sizes. Right now I am using stock pages for stamps, large stock pages for items like cut squares, and 8x11 plastic collector covers for covers. Of course, these are not integrated.
A second constraint is that I am continually finding items from new years of particular dates so that however they are organized my be somewhat dynamic.
Any good ideas on how to deal with this problem?
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Post by stanley64 on Jan 15, 2021 10:48:16 GMT
... the 20th is irrelevant. Great questions ( alanmiley ) although given that this thread is for members to post their covers, and/or stamps that have postmarks matching the month and day of their posting, it may not be the most appropriate of locations (see previous examples of others' postings).
As for the first question, perhaps a bit harsh given that the '20' likely indicates the time that the mail was cancelled and not irrelevant for the individual working that evening ;-) If you want to continue the discussion of Dutch postmarks, feel free to create a thread on the Netherlands board found here.
Happy collecting!
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