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Post by rod222 on Dec 21, 2013 3:52:37 GMT
Goodness me, you are becoming a dab hand at research, Steve, Thanks! |
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 21, 2013 17:23:16 GMT
December 21This reply card was postmarked in Santa Ana, California on this date in 1966. The 5c dark blue gray, perf. 11x10.5 Washington, issued November 23, 1962 (Scott 1213), is from a miscut booklet pane of 5 + label. 
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Post by alanl on Dec 21, 2013 23:54:30 GMT
December 21 in Oxford and Watford, England.  And Maple Ridge, British Columbia.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 22, 2013 14:50:48 GMT
December 22This stampless folded letter received a red, 32mm Albany & Buffalo Railroad CDS on this date c. 1845-51. Both the writer, John Stryker, and the recipient, S. Newton Dexter, were prominent in the building of America (Newton's bio begins of page 124 of the linked text). 
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Post by alanl on Dec 23, 2013 0:42:22 GMT
Glasgow December 22, 1973.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 23, 2013 14:12:03 GMT
December 23This cover was sent "Express Special Delivery" from Paris, France on this date in 1972. It carries a 40c bright rose & multicolored, perf. 13 stamp issued July 15, 1972(Scott 1349) and a 5fr Prussian blue, black & light green, perf. 13 air mail stamp issued April 17, 1971 (Scott C45). The cover arrived in Chicago, Illinois on Christmas day.  
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Post by alanl on Dec 24, 2013 0:02:38 GMT
On December 23rd we have Royal Mail London South and Arhus C, Denmark. Arhus C is a borough of Arhus(Aarhus).  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 24, 2013 18:00:28 GMT
December 24This 3c rose, perf. 12 Washington, issued in 1861 (Scott 65), was postmarked in Bradford, Vermont on this date. 
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Post by rod222 on Dec 24, 2013 22:42:50 GMT
"This 3c rose, perf. 12 Washington, issued in 1861 (Scott 65), was postmarked in Bradford, Vermont on this date."
I admire collectors who keep and respect stamps like this,
well done you.
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 25, 2013 5:43:30 GMT
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Front: Back:This one is postmarked on Christmas day, December 25th. |
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 25, 2013 16:27:47 GMT
December 25
Postmarked in Saint Louis, Missouri on Christmas Day in 1945. The stamps paying the 8c domestic air mail rate in effect from March 26, 1944 through September 30, 1946 are a 3c bright blue green, perf. 11v10.5 Coast Guard issue (Scott 936; November 10, 1945), a 2c carmine rose, perf. 11x10.5 from the Franklin D. Roosevelt issue (Scott 931; August 24, 1945), and a 3c purple, perf. 11x10.5 Alfred E. Smith issue (Scott 937; November 26, 1945). 
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 26, 2013 15:37:43 GMT
December 26Postmarked this date in Claverack, New York, the stamp on this cover is the 3c red, perf. 12 Washington with F grill (about 9x13mm; 11 to 12 by 15 to 17 points) from the 1867-8 issue (Scott 94; EDU March 21, 1868). 
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 26, 2013 19:35:50 GMT
Wow! Now that's a real beauty tomiseksj!
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 27, 2013 14:08:39 GMT
December 27This stampless folded letter was sent from West Meriden, Connecticut on this date in 1847. Its markings include a 31mm blue CDS and a blue 5 in circle. The sender was an N. A. Linsley and the addresse the G. R. Shoe Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut. 
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 27, 2013 23:11:21 GMT
I have one or two for tomorrow so I'm excited although they are nothing to really get excited about..I just love to contribute.
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Post by alanl on Dec 28, 2013 0:01:50 GMT
It`s December 27th in Kobenhavn. Denmark.  |
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Post by rod222 on Dec 28, 2013 2:25:30 GMT
"This stampless folded letter was sent from West Meriden, Connecticut on this date in 1847"
Crikey, you could write a tome on the history of the cover.
Named after a similar named village in England, anciently known as the very centre point of England, the church there being apparently founded,
by the naked postillion, Lady Godiva, whom spawned the name "Peeping Tom" when one of the lads, gambled a peek.
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 28, 2013 8:08:27 GMT
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Post by alanl on Dec 29, 2013 0:08:25 GMT
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 29, 2013 9:21:14 GMT
December- 29th Williamsport, Pa. {from my hometown collection}
 Joseph S. Skerrett was a career US Navy man, retiring with the rank of Rear Admiral. His son, J. Taylor Skerrett worked on various engineering and construction projects by trade (perhaps in sales). Incidentally, the individual named on the cover at the beginning of this scan, Miss Frances R. Williams, was later to marry J. Taylor Skerrett, following which she was known as Mrs. Frances Rebekah Williams Skerrett (or Mrs. F.R.W. Skerrett, for short) as documented in the following history: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60B14FF3D5C17738DDDAD0994D9415B8285F0D3December- 29th Dayton ,Ohio- 1922
Edward Schultz Sidney, Ohio.- Tobacconist. This man is the purveyor of Tobacco in the relatively small town of Sidney Ohio in the early part of the last Century. His genealogical information is sparse and thus far eluded me but his name and profession will be carried on by (I am also a Tobacconist and merchant by trade) in my Philatelic Tobacco Advertising topical Collection. This is what I was able to find on him. Most of you have already seen my modest sized tobacco advert covers and esoterica in this thread - thestampforum.boards.net/thread/1223/more-tobacco-advertising-covers  cropped section showing census results: 
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 29, 2013 14:44:03 GMT
December 29From Boston, Massachusetts on this date in 1888, the cover bears the 2c green, perf. 12 Washington issued September 10, 1887.  This post card sent from Podmokly (now in the Czech Republic) on this date in 1913 with a 10h rose stamp from Austria's 1913 issue (Scott 115).  On this date in 1945, the U.S. issued this 3c dark blue, perf. 11x10.5 stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Texas statehood.  Lastly, a Pitney Bowes presorted first class meter from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 2011. 
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Post by alanl on Dec 29, 2013 23:50:58 GMT
December 29th in Gainesville, Florida.  And in Eidsdal, Norway and Glasgow, Scotland.  |
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Post by Zuzu on Dec 30, 2013 3:35:09 GMT
His genealogical information is sparse and thus far eluded me I think I've found a bit more info for you... let me put it together, and I'll post it in your tobacco covers thread. |
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Post by alanl on Dec 31, 2013 0:03:35 GMT
December 30th in my home town, New Westminster.  And Rock-Island, Quebec.  |
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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2013 3:12:59 GMT
I really like the seriffed Month slug of Rock-Island. Very attractive.
That's what drew me, in part, to the early cancellations of Egypt, on the Pyramids issues.
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Post by vasia on Dec 31, 2013 11:15:23 GMT
December 31, 1925   Folded letter from Mykhailo-Lokrobskaya to Moscow, addressed to the All-Union Trade Union Headquarters. The letter was unfranked, it was received in Moscow on 2/1/1926, where it was stamped with a rectangular “Pry vydache...” handstamp (indicating that a charge should be collected, according to the postage-due stamp). Manuscript blue-crayon “7” on front. Postage-due is collected by the use of a postage-due stamp (typographed, perf 12), obliterated at the “temporary” post office located on the grounds of the Trade Union Hqs. Interestingly (and conceivably because this is considered semi-official mail, exempt from registration charges) the due is not assessed at deficit (7k) + registration (7k), but simply at deficit. This is the last month of use of postage due stamps - such stamps were used in the Soviet Union only for roughly 2 years, i.e during 1924-1925.
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Post by I.L.S. on Dec 31, 2013 11:56:14 GMT
December- 31st, Weston, Mo. cancel. (and a Harrisonburg Virginia. cancel in blue ink), Scott #26 claret.
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The "Seibert cover".
Henry J. SEIBERT -served as a member of the first County Court of Berkeley County; he was elected for the short term in 1880. Prior to that date, the county was governed by a Board of Supervisors, one man from each district, seven members for the county. Henry J. Seibert was elected for the long term — 6 years — in 1890. The first county court under this system was composed of Blackburn Hughes, Jacob Miller and Henry J. Seibert.
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 31, 2013 22:34:48 GMT
December 31From the American Air Mail Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this date in 1945. The stamp is the 3c purple, perf. 11x10.5 value from the Franklin D. Roosevelt issue (set of 4 values) released on June 27, 1945. 
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Post by alanl on Jan 1, 2014 0:00:49 GMT
December 31. The last day of the year in Clydebank, Scotland and Kobenhavn, Denmark.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 1, 2014 13:53:48 GMT
January 1
A Lowell, Massachusetts drop letter to Delia H. Honey on this date (year unknown). The stamp is the 1c dark ultramarine, perf. 12 Franklin (Scott 182; EKU January 3, 1879).  With an Ashtabula, Ohio flag cancel on this date in 1909, this "Spooner's Delight" post card bears a mangled 1c blue green, pert. 12 Franklin from the 1902-1903 regular issue (Scott 300). 
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