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Post by vasia on Feb 7, 2014 14:11:05 GMT
February 7, 1928
Cover from Нов. Чарджуй п.т.к. (New Chardzhui in Bukhara, as per the cds cancelling the stamps) to Tashkent, Uzbek SSR (9/2/1928, bilingual Russian / Arabic cds). Franked correctly at 18k with 2x8k commems + 2k defin. The provisional registration label is perfed, with black-line border on at least 2 sides, with a pre-printed registration number.
[The Chardzhui postmark used here originates from the pre-1920 Emirate of Bukhara period, with the “ВЛ.” indication standing for “ВЛАДЫKA”=sovereignty. Later on, Chardzhui was not part of the Bukharan People’s Soviet Republic (1920-1925), but of the Turkestan ASSR. After 1925, it was incorporated in the Turkmen SSR, while Bukhara was incorporated in the Uzhbek SSR].
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Post by alanl on Feb 7, 2014 23:51:14 GMT
February 7th. Here`s a pair from my home town, New Westminster, British Columbia.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 8, 2014 0:46:21 GMT
February 7
Two covers mailed aboard the Swedish American Line's M/S Gripsholm in 1937. The first bears a coil strip of three 10o dark violet Post Runner stamps (Scott 252) from Sweden's February 20, 1936 issue commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Swedish postal service. The second with a 30o yellow brown Mail Coach stamp (Scott 256) from the same issue.  
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Post by rod222 on Feb 8, 2014 19:49:39 GMT
"AR" cards fascinate me, would the card have travelled with the cover, or would the receiving house send the card
on receival? That's a good deal if no levy was charged.
Do we have an image of a Russian AR card?
Your knowledge of postal rates is extraordinary, what source do you use?
Always enjoy your posts.
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 8, 2014 22:27:08 GMT
February 8
Postmarked in Havana, Cuba in 1937. The 10c yellow orange, perf. 12.5 air mail stamp showing the airship "Macon" (Scott C19) was issued May 5, 1936. 
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Post by alanl on Feb 8, 2014 23:46:28 GMT
February 8th in Ardal | Ryflyke, Norway.  |
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Post by vasia on Feb 9, 2014 6:18:25 GMT
"AR" cards fascinate me, would the card have travelled with the cover, or would the receiving house send the card on receival? That's a good deal if no levy was charged. Do we have an image of a Russian AR card? Your knowledge of postal rates is extraordinary, what source do you use? Always enjoy your posts. Unfortunately, I do not have an example of a Russian AR card. Based on the traces on a couple of AR covers from the 1920's, I would say that, at least during that period, special cards were attached on the back of the envelope and were sent back for confirmation after delivery had been made. As for the postal rates of the early Soviet period, below is a link to a tabulation of these rates in the Rossica Journal: ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00020235/00053/12jThis should give you an idea of the complexity of this collecting field. Further research since this article was published has shown that some corrections need to be made to the tables: for example, in the "foreign rates" table, the rates of 20/5/1922 and 1/12/1922 did not go into effect. Taking account of these corrections, between 10/3/1918 and 16/10/1923 (a period of five and a half years), there were around 20 rate changes for international correspondence (the same applies to domestic rates). |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 9, 2014 6:23:42 GMT
Thanks. well then, we shall leave the intracasies of rates to you  Thanks for the link. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 9, 2014 6:31:12 GMT
(i.e Avis de Reception), but no additional charge is levied.
With respect, you may have to re assess your understanding.
Check with your colleagues, but I think it may be, that the AR fee, was paid, and the stamp affixed to the AR Card.
The card was returned to the sender free of charge, thereby treated as "OHMS" or "On postal service"
Russia may have had a differing system.
Let us know if news / info comes to hand.
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Post by rod222 on Feb 9, 2014 6:42:12 GMT
Some AR images. 2004 My son's Thai Passport, delivered via AR Card in Australia with aux marking "AR" Canada and Iran AR cards with stamps affixed.  |
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Post by vasia on Feb 9, 2014 10:26:18 GMT
(i.e Avis de Reception), but no additional charge is levied. With respect, you may have to re assess your understanding. Check with your colleagues, but I think it may be, that the AR fee, was paid, and the stamp affixed to the AR Card. The card was returned to the sender free of charge, thereby treated as "OHMS" or "On postal service" Rod, thank you for the helpful suggestion on this matter. I have not been able so far to unearth any literature specifically on Russian AR procedures, but the general information provided in a virtual exhibit (here: www.rfrajola.com/mercury/dh12.pdf) suggests that after 1899 (the Washington Treaty) the following two procedures were applied in UPU countries: 1. The AR form / card was prepared at the office of origin. 2. Any applicable AR fee could be paid either on the cover or on the form / card (depending on the regulations of each given country). So it is possible that for my 1922 AR cover the appropriate fee was paid on the card. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 9, 2014 10:44:27 GMT
Thanks for the update Vasia,
good information thus far.
I am still hazy on how the cards travelled,
I think in Australia, they had just rubber bands, but that sounds too tricky for mine.
Perhaps they travelled in a special pouch between offices. (including registered letters)
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Post by vasia on Feb 9, 2014 13:19:40 GMT
February 9, 1937
Small cover from ТЕМИР-ТАУ (Temirtau) in Tashtagol rayon, Kemerovo, Siberia to Zaporozhye, Dnipropetrovsk (backstamped 16/2). Franked correctly at 20k with definitive. Sender is from a unit of the NKVD (future KGB) and address is given at ЗАПАДНО-СИБИРСКИЙ КРАЙ (this krai existed until September 1937). Temir-tau (not to be confused with the town in Kazakhstan) is a settlement located south of Novo-Kuznetsk (ex-Stalinsk) and north of Tashtagol. In the address there is also mention of a station АХНУН (??).
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Post by vasia on Feb 10, 2014 10:29:31 GMT
February 10, 1930
Cover (pre-printed Esperanto administration stationery) from Elchotovo / ЭЛЬХОТОВО, North Ossetia, Caucasus to Leipzig (17/2/1930), addressed to the administration of the "Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda". Registered with unusual violet handstamp, bearing both “З” and “R” designations, city-name in both Russian and English and designation of the North Ossetian oblast.
Franked correctly at 28k with Lenin “large heads”. Elchotovo is in the north of the North-Ossetian Republic, bordering Kabardino-Balkariya, south of Terek. Note the receiver cancellation of Leipzig Messestadt, i.e Fair Grounds with the characteristic double “M” symbol.
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 10, 2014 16:44:58 GMT
February 10Stampless envelope from Kingston, Rhode Island on this date circa 1851-53. The 30mm red CDS with was used in Kingston from 1840 to 1853. Effective June 30, 1851 the single letter rate 1/2 oz not exceeding 3,000 miles prepaid was 3 cents (5 cents if not prepaid). From July 1, 1845 until June 29, 1851, the under 300 mile zone rate for half ounce letters was 5 cents; thus the circa 1851-1853 determination.  First day of issue for the 1935 16c red and blue air mail special delivery stamp (Scott CE2). 
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Post by alanl on Feb 11, 2014 0:00:25 GMT
February the 10th in 3 English towns. Derby, Horsham and Petersfield.  And in Squamish, British Columbia.  |
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Post by vasia on Feb 11, 2014 6:44:15 GMT
February 11, 1922
Today a stamp, not a cover. A value from the first Soviet commemorative set, issued November 5th, 1921, for the fourth anniversary of the October Revolution. The stamp is cancelled on the Orekhovo Zuevo - 125 - Ilinskii Pogost traveling post office (TPO). The year slug ("22") appears to be inverted.
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Post by alanl on Feb 11, 2014 23:38:21 GMT
February the 11th at Rotterdam, Netherlands and Northamptonshire, England.  |
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Post by vasia on Feb 12, 2014 14:13:08 GMT
February 12, 1929
Cover from an undecipherable location in the Vladivostok area to Vladivostok city, 13/2/1929, machine cancellation on back. Franked correctly at 10k with 2k “Large Head” and an 8k/14k provisional overprint on postage-due. The postage-due stamps of the 1925 issue (7 values) served their intended function from April 1925 to 31/1/1926. In 1927 the rather large supplies of these stamps that remained in stock across the USSR were recalled in Moscow and overprinted with an 8k cliche, corresponding to the prevailing domestic letter rate between 1/2/1926 and 15/7/1928.
Use of the 8k overprints on postage-dues was gradually phased out after the raising of the domestic letter rate to 10k in July 1928. This is the latest recorded use of these overprints.
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 13, 2014 2:55:07 GMT
February 12
From Kingston, Jamaica in 1937. The 9p violet brown stamp on this post card is from the 1929-32 issue (Scott 105).  This stampless cover with red 30mm CDS was sent from New York, New York in 1851; 10 cents was the over 300 miles zone rate for half ounce letters in effect during the period July 1, 1845 to June 30, 1851. Some might consider the addressee, druggist P. Hall of Erie, Pennsylvania, a "snake oil salesman."  
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Post by rod222 on Feb 13, 2014 5:06:03 GMT
February 12
From Kingston, Jamaica in 1937. The 9p violet brown stamp on this post card is from the 1929-32 issue (Scott 105). Nice early South African Airways etiquette on the Jamaican.Not seen that fellow before. I stand corrected, Pan American Airways. |
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Post by alanl on Feb 13, 2014 23:59:30 GMT
For February 13th...Garibaldi Highlands, British Columbia and Haarlem, Netherlands.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 14, 2014 0:04:12 GMT
February 13
This stampless folded letter with Williamsport, Maryland 32x27mm oval date stamp and manuscript "6" rate marking (the not over 30 mile zone rate for single letters) was sent in 1835 (from docketing on letter content).  Two items mailed aboard the M/S Gripsholm on this date in 1937.  
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Post by alanl on Feb 14, 2014 23:59:36 GMT
February 14th at...Arnhem, Nederland and Nibong Tebal, Penang.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 15, 2014 3:50:54 GMT
February 14From the United Nations, New York in 1972. This 8c dull rose, black, blue and gray, perf. 13.5x14 stamp was issued to promote non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (Scott 227). The stamp, issued in panes of 50, was designed by Arne Johnson of Norway and printed by Heraclio Fournier, S. A. Spain. 
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Post by vasia on Feb 15, 2014 15:02:08 GMT
February 15, 1913
The 2k value of the set issued in 1913 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, used in Odessa.
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2014 23:40:48 GMT
Nice scan, what intrigues me, is the ink the Russians used,
British early postmark ink had oils, that would gradually bleed into the stamp.
Russian postmark ink always looks like some sort of paint.
It doesn't bleed, but smudges easily.
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