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Post by alanl on Jul 26, 2014 22:51:21 GMT
Exeter District, England and Irvine, Airshire, Scotland on July 26.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 27, 2014 13:07:21 GMT
July 27
A stampless folded letter with 28mm red "BOSTON,Ms" ("s" high) CDS (in use from 1800-05) and manuscript "8" indicating the not over 40 mile zone rate for single letters. Letter content notes the year as 1804.  The Haverhill, Massachusetts postmark, applied in 1896, cancelled the 2c carmine, type III, perf. 12 Washington (Scott 267; May 1895).  Postmarked Lyme Regis, England in 1936. The Blue Boar post card carries two 1/2p dark green, perf. 14.5x14 re-engraved versions of the 1912-13 KGV issue (Scott 210). 
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Post by alanl on Jul 27, 2014 22:50:24 GMT
It`s July 27th in Slough, Berkshire and Southend-On-Sea, Essex, both in England.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 28, 2014 11:35:19 GMT
July 28Postmarked Palmyra, New York with a 3c dull red, type III, perf. 15.5 Washington (Scott 26) from the 1857-61 issue.  And from Los Angeles, California in 1941 with a 3c deep violet, perf. 10 vertically, Jefferson coil (Scott 842) issued January 20, 1939. 
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Post by vasia on Jul 28, 2014 15:07:39 GMT
July 28th, 1922
Large-sized cover from Moscow to Pennsylvania. Franked correctly at the 45 ruble rate with strip of 7x5R and 10R imperial-period Arms used at face value.
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Post by alanl on Jul 28, 2014 22:40:46 GMT
Powell River, British Columbia on July 28th.  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jul 29, 2014 10:47:49 GMT
July 29th 1862
Jersey Shore, Pa. Lebanon, Pa cancellation dial.
Rachel E Martin, Lycoming Co., Pa.
(Scott #65)
Cover has a nice example of the Standard Rose of 1862, which was a year of mainly roses, carmines and reds.
James Martin (father), Laborer, age 69, suggesting his DOB was 1791.
Rachel Martin (mother), age 59, suggesting her DOB was 1801.
Sarah R. Martin (daughter), age 29, suggesting her DOB was 1831.
Rachel E. Martin (daughter), Teacher, age 24, suggesting her DOB was 1836.
The family home:
Headstone:
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 29, 2014 11:23:55 GMT
July 29Windowed envelope with Thomas Goggan & Brother corner card and 2c rose carmine, perf. 11x10.5 National Defense issue stamp (Scott 900; Oct. 16, 1940) postmarked Houston, Texas in 1941.  This cover certainly calls into question the above assertion that the firm went out of business prior to the Great Depression era. Additional information, available at the Texas State Historical Association website, indicates that Goggan's music publishing stopped in Galveston in 1930 but some business operations in retail branches continued into the mid-twentieth century.
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Post by alanl on Jul 29, 2014 22:30:36 GMT
July the 29th: At Sandefjord, Norway.  At Fort Steele, British Columbia.  |
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Post by alanl on Jul 30, 2014 22:41:47 GMT
It`s July 30th in Sheffield, Yorkshire...Mechanized Letter Office.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 31, 2014 1:54:45 GMT
July 30The 5c blue, perf. 11 stamp showing Old Faithful (Scott 744) was postmarked (and issued) in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming on this day in 1934.  A 3c deep red violet, perf. 11 Panama Canal issue (Scott 856) on this 1941 cover postmarked Houston, Texas. 
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Post by vasia on Jul 31, 2014 13:34:54 GMT
July 31st, 1922
Inflation-period cover from Moscow to Milano, Italy (backstamped 11/8/1922). Registered with just a handwritten notation! Franked with 6x10R Arms + 3x20k Arms. At this point in time the registered letter rate is 90R and the kopeck Imperial values had been revalued 100x to rubles, BUT the 20k stamps had not been revalued to rubles. Accordingly, only the 10R stamps are cancelled on cover. Although the amount paid is only 60R, there does not appear to exist any postage-due notation!
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2014 13:57:43 GMT
July 31st, 1922
Inflation-period cover from Moscow to Milano, Italy (backstamped 11/8/1922). Registered with just a handwritten notation! Franked with 6x10R Arms + 3x20k Arms. At this point in time the registered letter rate is 90R and the kopeck Imperial values had been revalued 100x to rubles, BUT the 20k stamps had not been revalued to rubles. Accordingly, only the 10R stamps are cancelled on cover. Although the amount paid is only 60R, there does not appear to exist any postage-due notation!
It is curious that the postal clerk, spent considerable energy cancelling the 10R Arms very nicely, each one afforded a strike of the hammer, yet missed the 3 x 20k arms completely. |
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Post by vasia on Jul 31, 2014 15:28:21 GMT
Rod, I agree with your observation. It looked so peculiar that I initially thought the 20k stamps might have been added to the cover at a later point to substitute for some missing stamps (remember the correct rate is 90 rubles and there are only six 10R stamps). However, I can see no traces of cancellations either in the area where the 20k stamps are located or on the backside of the cover. So it is possible that the postal clerk enforced the regulation that did not allow the use of 20k stamps as ruble values by NOT cancelling them, but no postage-due was raised subsequently. For a complete picture, here is the backside of the cover:  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 31, 2014 16:25:39 GMT
July 31Double circle Boston, Massachusetts postmark on a 2c Blackjack (Scott 73) and corner card from Edwin H. Sampson's Paper & Twine Warehouse.  This "last day of old air mail rate" cover was postmarked in Springfield, Illinois in 1928. The 10c domestic air mail rate for 1/2 ounce, all routes, paid here with an orange, perf. 11 Monroe (Scott 562; Jan. 15, 1923), was being replaced on August 1st by a 5c, all routes, 1st ounce rate that would remain in effect until July 5, 1932. 
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Post by alanl on Jul 31, 2014 22:50:27 GMT
Builth Wells, Powys, Wales and Walsall, Staffordshire, England on July 31st.  |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2014 23:36:23 GMT
Rod, I agree with your observation. It looked so peculiar that I initially thought the 20k stamps might have been added to the cover at a later point to substitute for some missing stamps (remember the correct rate is 90 rubles and there are only six 10R stamps). However, I can see no traces of cancellations either in the area where the 20k stamps are located or on the backside of the cover. So it is possible that the postal clerk enforced the regulation that did not allow the use of 20k stamps as ruble values by NOT cancelling them, but no postage-due was raised subsequently. For a complete picture, here is the backside of the cover:  I came to the same conclusion, the way the stamps are laid out on the cover, would suggest they were all adhered together, but as you, I first considered they may have been added. we have to be vigilant. I was reading a debate the other day, where for reasons not given, a stamp was removed from an important cover (perhaps for cover husbandry) and then re applied to the cover via a hinge, I think I recall the collector suggested this was the accepted regime. |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 31, 2014 23:42:27 GMT
tomiseksjSteve, is that biplane cachet faded? or intended? I have a few cachets similar, and I came to the conclusion they were designed/printed like that.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 1, 2014 1:03:12 GMT
tomiseksjSteve, is that biplane cachet faded? or intended? I have a few cachets similar, and I came to the conclusion they were designed/printed like that. These three cachets suggest the "fading" to be a function of inking, rather than design intention.  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 1, 2014 8:38:24 GMT
August 1st 1910 (Scott #331) Broad St. School PC Broad Street, Jersey Shore, Pa. Front:  Back:  August 1st 1945 U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE postmark and censor tape Jackson G. Rutherford 439th Bomber Squadron & 319th Bomber Squadron A little blurb on one of Rutherford's Bombardment squadrons 349th -"..used B-25 aircraft. Returned to the US in Jan 1945. Re-designated 319th Bombardment Group (Light) in Feb. Trained with A-26 aircraft. Moved to Okinawa, Apr-Jul 1945, and assigned to Seventh AF. Flew missions to Japan and China, attacking airdromes, shipping, marshalling yards, industrial centers, and other objectives. Returned to the US, Nov-Dec 1945. Inactivated on 18 Dec 1945." Re-designated 319th Fighter-Bomber Group.  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 1, 2014 11:50:54 GMT
August 1st, 1929
Postal stationery from Kaluga to Onega, Archangelsk, 3/8/1929. Registered with hanstamped single-line Kaluga inscription and pencil noted registration number. The cover is correctly franked at 20k with two 10k “Large Head” workers.
Hi Vasia, Printed on the back, hence privately produced Stationery? |
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 2, 2014 1:19:08 GMT
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Post by vasia on Aug 2, 2014 5:09:48 GMT
August 1st, 1929
Postal stationery from Kaluga to Onega, Archangelsk, 3/8/1929. Registered with hanstamped single-line Kaluga inscription and pencil noted registration number. The cover is correctly franked at 20k with two 10k “Large Head” workers.
Hi Vasia, Printed on the back, hence privately produced Stationery? Hi, Rod, during the late 1920's - early 1930's the Soviet postal authorities produced many stationery envelopes (denominated or not) bearing a large variety of printed slogans. These slogans had to do with the ongoing industrialization drive, the collectivization in the countryside, various aspects of education, international solidarity, etc. These are a fascinating field of study, usually referred to as "Advertizing and Agitation". The denominated ones have been catalogued - a total of 289 different envelopes recorded in the period 1929-1935. The slogans on my un-denominated envelope above have something to do with directions for postal sendings, but this will have to wait for a better translation.  |
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Post by alanl on Aug 2, 2014 22:57:25 GMT
It`s August 2nd in Eastbourne, East Sussex and Fulham, London, in England.  And Hidrasund, Norway.  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 3, 2014 11:20:03 GMT
It`s August 2nd in Eastbourne, East Sussex and Fulham, London, in England. and Hidrasund, Norway. The only references I have for the "D" perfin, are gb D = Debenham Ltd or Marshall & Snelgrove Ltd of Oxford St. gb D = Dobbie & Co gb D = William Dawson |
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I came to the same conclusion, the way the stamps are laid out on the cover, would suggest they were all adhered together, but as you, I first considered they may have been added. 
