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Post by vasia on Feb 16, 2014 14:12:47 GMT
February 16, 1918
Cover from Melitopol, Ukraine to Minsk. Registered with standard domestic “З” label and franked correctly at 35k with Arms (this rate will end in 12 days). A violet seal at upper right (military unit?) is partly covered by the stamps. Melitopol in Tavrida guberniya is under Soviet control at this time, hence the corresponding Russian rate is used (the Ukrainian rate, introduced on 15/1, was 50k).
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Post by alanl on Feb 16, 2014 23:44:55 GMT
February 16th in Bath and Leicestershire, England.  And Port Alice, British Columbia.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 17, 2014 3:21:35 GMT
February 16
On this date in 1940, two First Day covers of the Famous Americans issue: American Poets. The 1c bright blue green, perf 10.5x11 Longfellow stamp (Scott 864) was issued in Portland, Maine and the 2c rose carmine Whittier stamp (Scott 865) in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  
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Post by rod222 on Feb 17, 2014 12:40:34 GMT
Enumerated Number 7.
Possibly correspondence between close friends, or, as was popular in those days, postcard exchange clubs.
Senders often numbered their cards to keep a tally on cards sent and received.
The script on the card may have clues.
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Post by vasia on Feb 17, 2014 14:41:20 GMT
Well spotted, Rod! I have a few other cards from the same correspondence, albeit not the full run. I wish I could read the contents (in German or Swedish?) - it was an interesting period in the Soviet Union.
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Post by alanl on Feb 17, 2014 23:45:57 GMT
Harrow(London), England and Glasgow, Scotland on February 17th.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 18, 2014 2:22:25 GMT
February 17
From Rochester, New Hampshire in 1896. The 2c carmine, type III, perf. 12 Washington was issued during May 1895 (Scott 267).  Florence, South Carolina in 1914 -- the 10c ultramarine, perf. 12 Registry stamp (Scott F1) was issued on December 1, 1911 to prepay registry fees but not postage (ordinary postage stamps could also pay the registry fee). The registry stamps were abolished by order of the Postmaster General May 28, 1913 but their use was permitted until supplies on hand were exhausted. The 2c carmine, type I, perf. 12 Washington paying the postage fee was issued during February 1912 (Scott 406).  
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Post by I.L.S. on Feb 18, 2014 11:54:03 GMT
Oh my goodness steve!! WOW, those are absolutely WONDERFUL! I love the registered cover the best but they're both fan-tastic!!!!
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Post by rod222 on Feb 18, 2014 14:06:44 GMT
Is it unusual to have embossed stationery stamps in top left corner?
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 18, 2014 22:17:32 GMT
February 18This registered cover with 10c dark green perf. 12 Webster from the first Bureau issue (Scott 258; September 1894) was sent from Back Bay Station, Boston, Massachusetts on this date in 1895.  Two first day covers for the 4c dull blue, perf. 10.5x11 Olympic Winter Games issue postmarked in Olympic Valley, California on the opening day of the Games in 1960 (Scott 1146).  
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Post by alanl on Feb 18, 2014 23:52:27 GMT
February 18th, 1991 at Tonbridge, Kent, England.  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 19, 2014 0:22:00 GMT
Loving these examples of rare registered covers !
Keep 'em coming.
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Post by vasia on Feb 19, 2014 5:59:02 GMT
Is it unusual to have embossed stationery stamps in top left corner? Starting with the first postal stationery issues of Russia in 1848 and until 1870, the indicium was printed either on the backflap or, as is the case with my 1868 issue, at the upper left corner. After that the printing was done at the upper right corner. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 19, 2014 12:05:20 GMT
With apologies to the fine people of Tartarstan,
I had not heard of, or come across their country before.
They hold a "Muslim Graffiti contest" each year,
Wiki shows one from Cairo "I am a Muslim and I love my Christian siblings"
That fills me with great encouragement and hope.
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 20, 2014 0:22:40 GMT
February 19This official cover postmarked Washington, DC in 1863 was sent by then- Major Samuel Breck to G.W. Childs, a publisher in Philadelphia.  Postmarked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this date in 1947, this cover bears a 3c violet brown, perf 11x10.5 Smithsonian Institution stamp which was issued on August 10, 1946 (Scott 943) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. In addition, the slogan cancel advertises the Centenary International Philatelic Exhibition scheduled to take place in New York, NY, May 17-25, 1947.  Another view of the slogan cancel follows: 
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Post by vasia on Feb 20, 2014 14:29:13 GMT
February 20, 1913
Postmarked in the city of Radom, present-day Poland, then part of the Russian Empire.
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Post by alanl on Feb 21, 2014 0:00:30 GMT
Cheshire, England on February 20.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 21, 2014 0:40:22 GMT
February 20
On this date in 1940, two First Day covers of the Famous Americans issue: American Poets. The 5c ultramarine, perf 10.5x11 Walt Whitman stamp (Scott 867) was issued in Camden, New Jersey and the 3c bright red violet James Russell Lowell stamp (Scott 866) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   The 4c dark blue & yellow, perf. 11 Project Mercury stamp (Scott 1193) depicting the "Friendship 7" capsule and globe was issued at Cape Canaveral, Florida on this date in 1962.  Lastly, this Austria 5kr rose type I, perf. 9.5 stamp from the 1867-72 issue (Scott 29) with a Radnitz CDS. Radnitz is now in the Czech Republic. 
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Post by I.L.S. on Feb 21, 2014 2:51:11 GMT
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Post by I.L.S. on Feb 21, 2014 3:02:06 GMT
February 19This official cover postmarked Washington, DC in 1863 was sent by then- Major Samuel Breck to G.W. Childs, a publisher in Philadelphia. Postmarked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this date in 1947, this cover bears a 3c violet brown, perf 11x10.5 Smithsonian Institution stamp which was issued on August 10, 1946 (Scott 943) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. In addition, the slogan cancel advertises the Centenary International Philatelic Exhibition scheduled to take place in New York, NY, May 17-25, 1947. Another view of the slogan cancel follows:...  link -
www.dcstampclub.org/pdfs/DC_Machine_Slogan_Cancels.pdfAlthough it's not exactly the same it's the best I could find. That's really neat Steve!
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Post by rod222 on Feb 21, 2014 20:21:39 GMT
The Austrian Censorship looks like a machine cancellation? three in a row, in the same plane, with frame ink as well.
The blue wax crayon is curious also.
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Post by vasia on Feb 22, 2014 6:58:18 GMT
The Austrian Censorship looks like a machine cancellation? three in a row, in the same plane, with frame ink as well. The blue wax crayon is curious also. Rod, thanks for the observation on the Austrian censor! I had not noticed that. As for the blue crayon, it seems that a postal official would put his signature in the place on the card normally reserved for the stamp to confirm the free-frank of POW mail. This was usually done in blue pencil. However, despite the presence of such a mark, one often finds POW cards with additional franking, not required. It is not known why - maybe to give a sense of security that the correspondence would arrive at destination. Maybe in this case this was even more so, given that the card being used in not a special POW card, but a standard issue postal card. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 22, 2014 18:15:21 GMT
Vasia, I feel like I have asked this before, but do we know what the number? in the little circle represents?
Nice work with the explanation of the Taxe fine.
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Post by vasia on Feb 23, 2014 13:43:42 GMT
Vasia, I feel like I have asked this before, but do we know what the number? in the little circle represents? Nice work with the explanation of the Taxe fine. Rod, I do not have an answer, although I presume that it is a Belgian mark. In the cover I posted for January 13th, there is a similar mark on a cover to Belgium in 1923, albeit with a number + letter in circle. Back then you suggested that it looked similar to the French carrier strikes. Maybe it is something similar here, relating to a mark that the postal carrier collecting the postage-due had to apply. |
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