Postmark Calendar

I very much like these franoise - they have a 'photographic' appearance (I think it says that on the bottom of the label:-)), especially the sepia coloured example - forgive my ignorance, but assume the last five are 'cinderellas'?

For 19 July 2023 we have a kitty. I mean, a postmark from Briefzentrum 26 (Oldenburg), Germany.

germany.briefzentrum.26.oldenburg-2023.07.19-de.13214510 by Mick Taylor, on Flickr

20th July (1897)

Most British Commonwealth/Colonies stamps showing Q. Victoria appear to maintain the young head image throughout her reign - and this 1d. Stamp Duty issue from Victoria (Australia) is no exception - cancelled this date in 1897 at Melbourne.

Believe this is SG 313, from a set of Stamp Duty issues which remained current 1886 to 1896 .................     reading the SG catalogue it looks like they were aiming for a record number of shades ........ dull chestnut - deep red-brown - orange-brown - brown-red - yellow-brown - bright yellow-orange and brownish-orange - all for just this one issue/value.

Have attached picture showing, perhaps, two or three of these colours.

July 20, 1957 ...

and somehow, someone decided to use a 60 year old Canadian stamp.

Stamp:
Canada: QV Diamond Jubilee
1c Orange
Issued: June 19, 1897
Unitrade 51

Cancel:
Outer ring - SOREL QUE
Inner = JY 20 / 57



The sixteen-stamp Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Issue is one of Canada's most iconic series. And, a collecting challenge to get all sixteen ... if only because of the cost of the final few high value items.

The interesting question here is why use this stamp 60 years later? Canada allows stamps to be used with no end-date. But, even so? 

I don't have a 1957 Canadian catalogue, but the stamp's current CV is only C$3.50 (unused) ... so, I'm guessing it was probably about $0.35 back in the fifties (and only a stamp collector would have known that). In any event, probably not enough to worry about if you needed to mail a letter. Postage was about 5c ... this would have saved a penny. I would like to have seen this stamp on cover. 

The other option is that it was a stamp dealer using it on a package to a client. Sorel is a fairly small, but who knows?

 

Postmark/Cover of the day
21 July 1972
25th Anniversary Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Dental Surgery London
Geoff (GBCC) www.gbcovercollector.co.uk

Nice to have an actual postmark in this Postmark Calendar thread

July 21, 1959 ...

The launch of the NS Savannah the world’s first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship. Launch at the height of the Cold War. She was commissioned by the U.S. government as part of President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace program to demonstrate the safe and peaceful use of nuclear power and its potential for commercial shipping. Equipped with a compact nuclear reactor that powered the propulsion system, the ship was also equipped with a range of features technologically advanced for its time – including air conditioning, refrigeration, and a desalination plant.

Despite making a powerful impression on the public, NS Savannah had a short operational life. As we certainly all know now, nuclear powered commercial ships did not displace conventional vessels. Reality had its way. The high cost of fuel and the complex regulations, training and staffing involved in the the operation of marine nuclear power could not compete with the economics of oil-fired steam plants – especially in the 1960s. NS Savannah was retired from service in 1970 and
designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991.


Stamps:
United States
SS Savannah / 'First Steamship to Cross the Atlantic'
3c Violet
Issued: May 22, 1944
Sc. 923
Atoms for Peace / 'Atomic Energy Encircling the Hemisphere'
3c Deep blue
Issued: July 28, 1955
Sc. 1070

Cancel:
Slogan Cancel: 'N/S SAVANNAH / FIRST ATOMIC LINER / U.S. MERCHANT MARINE
with image of NS Savannah and a classic 'atom'
Outer ring: CANDEN, N.J. 1959
Inner: JUL 21 / 10:30 AM

Cachet:
LAUNCHING OF N/S SAVANNAH JULY 21, 1959
1st NUCLEAR MERCHANT VESSEL
Images of SS Savannah, NS Savannah and a classic 'atom' 

Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and, apparently, King of Hungary, simultaneously.     This value is one of several from the issues printed 1890 t 1896 whilst the currency remained in Kreuzer/Gulden  -  this being the 2 kreuzer value in brown - SG 80 I believe, and currency changed in 1899 to Heller/Krone.             The cancel here may well be WIEN (Vienna), this date in 1893 - but not entirely clear, so some doubt  -  definitely granite paper  -  the hairs are very numerous viewed from the back of the stamp.  Sorry the picture is a tad less sharp than usual  -  the stamp has curled to some extent and unable to flatten easily.           Grateful if someone is able to advise what the 10/1 means  -  thanks. 

paul1
Hi Paul,
Curled stamps of this era are quite common, the gum can be very viscous and hard to remove.  A challenge to soak.

The 10/1  (style) is quite common, but I have yet to find an explanation
I have 
3/1 WIEN 45
18/1 WIEN 110
4 WIEN 50
?WIEN 117
2/1 WIEN 9   etc & etc

I have read (with the double ring "bridge" type) The annulus contains a "Counter letter"
but Austrian Postamarks are VERY involved, and not seen an explanation for the exact type.
Hopefully an specialist can chip in.

July 22

This 1.50 pesos, ultramarine stamp depicting Argentine industry was postmarked on this date in 1961 (Scott 636; 1956) in what may have been Tartagal in the province of Salta.