tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 23, 2014 22:48:17 GMT
February 23From Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1896. The 2c carmine, type II, perf. 12 Washington (Scott 266) was issued in May, 1895. 
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Post by rod222 on Feb 23, 2014 23:06:09 GMT
Cash-on-Delivery (COD) letter from ПОЧТ.АГ.НА.СТ.ТРИКРАТЫ / Ю.З.Ж.Д (Postal agency at station Trikraty / Southwestern Railways - Ю.З. = ЮГО-ЗАПАД) to Kavkazkaya station of Severno-Kavkaz Railways with a backstamp of Крапоткинская, Kuban (notice inverted “7” in date). The sum to be collected upon delivery was 384R 50k. The letter is franked at 4R 3k with “small heads” – 29x10k, 7x8k, 2x3k, 1x50k and 1xk. This is the correct fee according to the following calculation: 18k for the registered letter rate + 1% for the COD charge, i.e 1% of 385R (rounded-off to the next ruble).
The village of Trikraty is in present-day Voznesenskiy rayon of Nikolaev oblast in the Ukraine.
A very busy cover , beautiful wax seal. albeit, hard to mount in an album I would imagine. |
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Post by alanl on Feb 23, 2014 23:19:49 GMT
February 23rd. Svarstad, Norway and New Westminster, British Columbia.   |
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Post by vasia on Feb 24, 2014 6:07:03 GMT
A very busy cover , beautiful wax seal. albeit, hard to mount in an album I would imagine. I use the Lighthouse Optima C system for my postal history collection, so no problems exist. By the way, COD covers from the early Soviet period are not easy to find, so I am particularly fond of that cover. Even more so because it is from a small locality and because it is "plastered" with stamps to pay the appropriate rate. |
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Post by vasia on Feb 24, 2014 13:07:59 GMT
February 24, 1919
35k/2k overprinted stamp for use in the "White" areas of Siberia. Used in Nikolsk-Ussuriysk (today Ussuriysk) in the Russian Far East.
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Post by alanl on Feb 25, 2014 0:09:50 GMT
Today we have cancels from Utrecht, Netherlands and Oslo, Norway for February 24.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 25, 2014 15:09:05 GMT
February 25
Sent from Brazil in 1937: 200r rose red (Scott 427, 1936), 700r black (Scott 429, 1937) and four 700r blue (Scott 430, 1937).  From Houston, Texas in 1959. The stamp is the 5c blue violet, red & black, perf. 12 Overrun Countries Issue: Denmark (Scott 920. Dec 7, 1953). Background on the history of the "Salt Grass Trail" ride may be found here. A historical perspective of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is provided here. 
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Post by alanl on Feb 25, 2014 23:43:14 GMT
It`s February 25th in Delta, British Columbia and Skarnes, Norway.  |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 26, 2014 22:44:16 GMT
February 26, 1918
Cover from Simbirsk to Kopenhagen (7/8/1918) via London (23/7/1918) – long transit time due to revolution and war. Franked correctly at the 40k registered letter rate with 35k imperf (not frequently seen on cover) and 5k imperf Arms. Standard “R” label of Simbirsk + indistinct “З” handstamp. Censored in Moscow (violet #93) and in England (resealing “opened by censor, PW 90” label). Addressed to Danish Red Cross, POW agency. Unsure what the large crayon "4" on the front is - it is possible that it somehow relates to the POW content of the cover, but this is just speculation.
Oooh, lovely "hooded" London registration strike, I just adore those. Looks like a large ovalled "R" strike on the two stamps, hidden underneath. |
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Post by alanl on Feb 26, 2014 23:35:21 GMT
February 26th in Bad Ischl, Austria.  |
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Post by alanl on Feb 27, 2014 23:30:45 GMT
February 27th, 1969. Here are two items from Vancouver, British Columbia cancelled on that date.   |
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 28, 2014 2:23:49 GMT
February 27Postmarked this date in 1937 from Maua Square (Praça), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
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Post by rod222 on Feb 28, 2014 5:35:41 GMT
Gee, I like the Pitney Bowes "PB" footprint burelage on the meter stamp, not seen that before. |
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Post by alanl on Feb 28, 2014 6:08:19 GMT
I guess PB supplied a role of gummed paper
to the meter user.
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Post by I.L.S. on Feb 28, 2014 12:47:02 GMT
Wow such interesting and beautiful stuff on this thread lately! I'll be glad to be able to contribute again soon. I'm sure I have a lot that could have went in here lately but I cannot lift my heavy cover binders yet. But I'm still watching. Thank you for your attention to detail as it always interests me greatly! -Jeff
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 28, 2014 12:54:31 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Feb 28, 2014 18:33:53 GMT
Nice *,pdf Steve ! Golly, the guys and girls that do the work behind these compendiums are brilliant. A staggering piece of study work. Well done Canadian Philately ! |
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Post by alanl on Feb 28, 2014 23:45:16 GMT
Here`s a pair of Centennial one cent stamps postmarked February 28th at Vancouver, British Columbia.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 1, 2014 1:22:36 GMT
February 28Postmarked Fort Worth, Texas in 1948. The 3c bright green, perf. 10.5x11 stamp depicting a Great White Heron and map of Florida is the Everglades National Park issue (Scott 952; Dec 5, 1947). The stamp was issued to commemorate the December 6, 1947 dedication of the park in Florida. 
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Post by vasia on Mar 2, 2014 14:28:45 GMT
March 2, 1930
Cover from ЭРИВАНЬ п.т.к. (Yerevan, bilingual Armenian-Russian cds) to Riga, Latvia (no backstamp). Franked correctly at 28k with “Large Heads” definitives. The provisional non-standard (i.e no indication of registration) label is also bilingual: Armenian/Russian, perfed on 3 sides, with black border and a pre-printed registration #.
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Post by alanl on Mar 2, 2014 23:47:30 GMT
The Second of March in Plymouth and York, England.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 3, 2014 1:43:12 GMT
March 2
From Baltimore, Maryland on this date in 1891. The 2c carmine, perf. 12 Washington, printed by the American Bank Note Company, was issued in 1890 (Scott 220).  From New Haven, Connecticut in 1893. The 1c deep blue, perf. 12 stamps, also printed by the American Bank Note Company, are from the Columbian Exposition Issue (Scott 230). The earliest documented use of these stamps was on their first day of issue -- January 1, 1893.  While it is not postmarked, this $50 gray brown, rouletted 5.5 documentary stamp from the 1898 issue (Scott R178) was cancelled by the Manhattan Trust Company on this date in 1899. 
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Post by I.L.S. on Mar 3, 2014 2:04:38 GMT
Steve, I wanna back up a moment if I may? What does that Tex.7 postmark represent? I have never seen one quite like it? I just wanted to ask before it got buried in the mix. Thank you. Also, here is one for March 2nd I wanted to squeeze this one in here if I may?  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 3, 2014 3:15:47 GMT
Jeff, I'm not sure but my assumption is that it identifies the processing facility that postmarked the cover. It may or may not coincide with the postal zone system in effect within Houston at the time.
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Post by I.L.S. on Mar 3, 2014 11:41:18 GMT
OK, Thank you. It's quite interesting and I don't see it listed anywhere (like the postmark collectors club) so, maybe it's worth investigating further?
I too have one that's not listed as well (at least that I could find?) on that Cherry Brand advert cover and has a "A" in the bottom center in the year slugs position that I find odd? 
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