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Post by brightonpete on May 8, 2021 13:39:45 GMT
May 8, 1922
Germany 40pf Numeral definitive. It's not handy so I can't check the watermark. Posted in the Berlin suburb of Steglitz.
Scott 142 or 166 : Michel 163 or 182
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Mick
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Post by Mick on May 8, 2021 17:12:46 GMT
Here is one from Minneapolis, 8 May 1967, with a nice slogan cancel.  Minneapolis, Minn. -PM 8 May 1967 3A US Mission Safety 70 Stamp Out Accidents What does the "3A" in the cancel signify? |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 9, 2021 12:16:28 GMT
9 May 1928 Upper Volta YT 32,issued in 1926 and with a postmark from Ouagadougou R.P.  9 May 1928 Senegal YT 63,issued in 1914 and with a postmark from Ziguinchor.  9 May 1940 Middle Congo YT 120,issued in 1933 and with a Massendjo AEF postmark.  9 May 1949 French West Africa YT 37,issued in 1947 .The postmark is from Diouloulou,a small town in southwestern Senegal.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 10, 2021 10:56:01 GMT
10 May 1921 Upper Senegal and Niger YT 27 and YT 32,issued in 1914 and with a Bamako R.P. cancellation.   10 May 1927 Upper Volta YT 37,issued in 1925 and with a postmark from Ouagadougou R.P.  10 May 1930 Dahomey YT 43,issued in 1913 and with a postmark from Cotonou.  10 May 1939 Dahomey YT 90,issued in 1930 and with a postmark from Allada.  |
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Post by brightonpete on May 10, 2021 12:54:10 GMT
May 10, 1938
Third Reich 12pf Official
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 11, 2021 11:17:29 GMT
11 May 1937 French Sudan YT 84,issued in 1931 and with a Bamako R.P. postmark.  |
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on May 11, 2021 13:49:45 GMT
May11, 1923
Another German Empire issue, the 10 mark Farmers definitive issued in 1922, cancelled more than likely in Bremen.
Scott 222 : Michel 239
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kasvik
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Post by kasvik on May 11, 2021 15:26:49 GMT
May11, 1923
Another German Empire issue, the 10 mark Farmers definitive issued in 1922, cancelled more than likely in Bremen.
Scott 222 : Michel 239
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Post by brightonpete on May 11, 2021 15:53:51 GMT
I dunno, I am not that versed in the intricacies of the postmark. I just know it is used and leave it at that. Very superficial as far as details go! If it has a dated cancel on it, it goes in here...
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on May 11, 2021 17:17:52 GMT
I would think that all of the not-centered postmarks are that way because they had previously been tied to their covers. This example postmarked in Cambridge on this date ( May 11) in 1972 is an example. Can anyone tell me what the "D.I." represents?  |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on May 11, 2021 17:27:04 GMT
brightonpete It took me a while--a year of mindless glancing--to appreciate what you are doing here. Unless you squeeze in a CTO, your German cancels are irregular, not tied as required by usual practice/regulations, right? I don't know when the old Deutsche Reichspost began requiring tied cancelations. The practice is the bane of my well-centered taste. So suddenly I get it; your collection is a vast trove of mistakes and irregularities. This makes a cancellation that normally would be very fine look much perkier. @kasvik please explain tied cancelations- I am unfamiliar with that term? A google search was of no help Thanks Stan |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on May 11, 2021 17:32:11 GMT
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on May 11, 2021 17:41:33 GMT
tomiseksj thank you, and to make certain I understand, it basically means the cancellation is on both the stamp and the cover (aren't almost all cancellations on both?) Stan
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on May 11, 2021 17:45:36 GMT
Stan, that is correct.
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kasvik
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Post by kasvik on May 11, 2021 20:06:02 GMT
Hey Stan. I'm not expert on this, but certainly Switzerland and I think Germany too normally require cancelations connect the stamp and some of the envelope. They started this practice in the 1870s, primarily to irritate me. Germany later relaxed this for CtOs, and blocks often are perfectly centered—proof they can do it—but tying remains normal for non-philatelic singles. Consequently, even partially centered cancelations are about as good as they get. Really well-centered cancels—what I fork out for—are flukish, maybe the result of lucky machine strikes.
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 12, 2021 11:42:48 GMT
12 May 1938 Gabon YT 140A,issued in 1933 and with a postmark from Pointe-Noire,Middle Congo.  12 May 1938 French Guinea YT 68,issued in 1922 and with a postmark from Mamou.  12 May 1964 Antigua SG 126,issued in 1953 and with a slogan cancellation and postmark from St John,s.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 13, 2021 11:39:02 GMT
13 May 1925 Upper Senegal and Niger YT 30,issued in 1914 and with a postmark from Kayes,French Sudan.  13 May 1939 Togo YT 132,issued in 1924 and with a postmark from Lome.  13 May 1939 French Guinea YT 110,issued in 1927 and with a Mamou a Conakry convoyeur cancellation.  13 May 1955 French West Africa YT 48,issued in 1953 and postmarked at Bondoukou,Ivory Coast.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 13, 2021 13:46:34 GMT
13 May 1949 Dominica SG 112,issued in 1948 and with a postmark from Roseau.  13 May 1969 Mauritius SG 387,issued in 1969 and with a postmark from Bambous.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 14, 2021 10:15:12 GMT
14 May 1935 French Guinea YT 73,issued in 1913 and with a postmark from Victoria.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 14, 2021 14:17:59 GMT
14 May 1996 GB SG 1925-1929 Football Legends,issued in 1996.This is a FDC with a relevant cancellation from Wembley Park,Wembley  |
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Post by brightonpete on May 14, 2021 15:49:41 GMT
May 14, 1934
May 14, 1956
Luxembourg 5 franc (Grand Duke) Adolphe Bridge,perf 12-½ issued in 1934.
Scott 130 : Michel 136
Germany 20pf 1,000 year anniversary of Lüneburg, issued May 2, 1956.
Scott 741 : Michel 230
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 15, 2021 10:57:11 GMT
15 May 1925 Martinique YT 96,issued in 1922 and with a Colon a St Nazaire paquebot cancellation.  15 May 1939 Niger YT 47A ,issued in 1933 and with a postmark from Bilma.  15 May 1979 Belize SG 463,issued in 1978 and with a Belize City postmark.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 16, 2021 11:22:53 GMT
16 May 1939 16 May 1940 French Guinea YT 139,issued in 1938 and with a postmark from Kankan.   16 May 1962 Seychelles SG 196,issued in 1962 and with a postmark from Grand Anse Praslin. A favour cancellation but maybe it has gone through the postal system as there is an arrival stamp in Victoria.  16 May 2005 GB SG Y 1673,issued in 2004 and with a parcel cancellation from Oldham Rochdale and Ashton-Under-Lyne.  |
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Post by brightonpete on May 16, 2021 15:59:53 GMT
May 16, 1900
Germany 25pf imperial eagle in a circle, issued in 1890 and cancelled in Berlin 10 years later, 121 years ago. 121 is dear to my heart as that is (was) the MOC (military occupation code) of my trade - weatherman. Now it is something like 00001.
Scott 50 : Michel 49
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 17, 2021 10:55:26 GMT
17 May 1938 French Sudan YT 81,issued in 1931 and with a postmark from Segou.  |
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Post by brightonpete on May 17, 2021 12:10:07 GMT
May 17, 1935
Luxembourg 35 centime showing a scientist, from the Aid for Emigrated Intellectuals set of 15 rather expensive stamps since not too many were printed of most values. Issued May 1, 1935.
Scott B65E : Michel 270
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 18, 2021 11:13:59 GMT
18 May 1927 Senegal YT 91,issued in 1922 and with a postmark from Saint Louis.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 19, 2021 11:13:10 GMT
19 May 1922 Gabon YT 55,issued in 1911 and postmarked at Libreville.  19 May 1927 Mauritania YT 39,issued in 1922 and postmarked at Port Etienne.  19 May 1956 French Equatorial Africa YT 234,issued in 1954 and with a slogan cancellation from Brazzaville R.P.  |
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on May 19, 2021 12:45:19 GMT
19 May 1998 GB SG Y 1695,issued in 1996 and with a cancellationj from the Glasgow Mail Centre.  19 May 2009 GB Endangered Plants SG 2931-40,issued in 2009 and with a postmark from Hall Green,Birmingham  |
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kasvik
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Post by kasvik on May 19, 2021 14:52:20 GMT
Nice pre-stamp cover from 19 May 1838 from Le Locle, Switzerland, to Geneva. Le Locle is famous for watch making, but this is a personal letter, apparently between the wives of watch businessmen. Difficult to figure with charges of 10, 8 and 6 sols. The charges have to be compounded. My guess is it was assessed 6 sols in Le Locle, increased to 8 in Bern by the private Fischer Post, and further increased to 10 sols due in Geneva.
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