Postmark Calendar

  November 16, 1984 at Perth.

November 18th-19th (stampless period) docketed date Nov. 18th 1839, / Circular Date Stamp Nov. 19 Taunton, Mass.

A little history on Taunton Massachusetts.

Taunton was founded by settlers from England and officially incorporated as a town on September 3, 1639. Most of the town's settlers were originally from Taunton in Somerset, England, which led early settlers to name the settlement after that town. At the time of Taunton's incorporation, they explained their choice of name as being, in honour and love to our dear native country... and owning it a great mercy of God to bring us to this place, and settling of us, on lands of our own bought with our money in peace, in the midst of the heathen, for a possession for ourselves and for our posterity after us. Prior to 1640, the Taunton area was called Cohannet, Tetiquet or Titiquet.

The British founders of Taunton purchased the land from the Nemasket Indians in 1637 as part of the Tetiquet Purchase and the remaining native families were relocated to the praying town of Ponkapoag in current day Canton, MA. The Taunton area was the site of battles (on its soil or in the surrounding area) during various conflicts, including King Philip's War and the American Revolution. Taunton was re-incorporated as a city on May 11, 1864.





The writer appears to be Barney Dean. The Dean family is/was very prominent in southeastern Massachusetts and in fact Taunton has streets named as such. As far as I can tell Barney Dean was born in 1796 and died on January 24, 1840 at the age of 44.

I also found reference that Barney Dean was a Director of the Bristol County National Bank from 1833-1839 and was also affiliated at one time with the firm Washburn, Barney Dean, which I understand was some sort of coffee-mill manufacturing business back in the day.

Samuel D. Orrick & Co. Maufacturers

Mrs. Caroline R Orrick, in the 53d year of her age, wife of Samuel D. Orrick, and daughter of the late George Ross, Esq., of Lancaster, Penna. died on the 16th of April last, on board the ship Gloriana, bound from Calcutta to London.

The Ship Gloriana on the Thames. (The ship on which Samuel Orricks wife passed away on the way from London to Calcutta.)



There are records in a book in the Altoona library that consist of 26 letters addressed to Orrick & Fox, Samuel D. Orrick & Co., Orrick, Grubbs & Parker and E. B. & C. B. Grubb. They are primarily concerned with shipments of iron from the Grubb furnaces and its resale to manufacturers along the east coast. Among the Grubb Furnaces mentioned are Mananda in Dauphin County and Mt. Hope in Lancaster County. Other correspondence includes the famous Tredegar.


State Agency Series Listing at the Maryland State Archives

CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers)
1836-1837
MSA SSF 512


Date: 1836/04/11
7524: Samuel D. Orrick vs. Isaac Savill and Jane Savill. BA. Petition to sell lot in BC.
Accession No.: 17,898-7524 MSA S512-10-7541 Location: 1/38/3/

Nov 18.  I showed this one in another thread, but what the heck - - -

My pleasure. I hadn't even noticed the annotation until I posted the cover here. A Google search on "SS Europa" led me to that site. Perhaps the cover was on the same transatlantic voyage as the filmmaker...

November 19

A stampless folded letter from Salina, New York in 1833. Also shown is a retroReveal enhancement of the SFL which brings out the CDS. The zone rate, 150 to 400 miles, was 18.75c.






This cover sent from Wichita Falls, Texas in 1945 bears the 3c violet, perf 10.5x11 Printing Tercentenary issue of September 25, 1939 (Scott 857). The stamp was designed by William K. Schrage and features the Stephen Daye press.





These covers with stamps and first day cachets for the 5c Erie Canal issue (Scott 1325; July 4, 1967) and the 5c Henry David Thoreau issue (Scott 1327; July 12, 1967) were struck this day at the 1967 American First Day Cover Society Convention in New York, New York.








Laslty, a United Nations New York first day cover with a pair of 1976 9c multicolored, perf 14 definitive issue stamps depicting the UN emblem (Scott 269).

Alan, you must have quite the collection of socked-on-the-nose Machins ....

Ryan

I've posted this image recently, but I need to put it here as well. The postmark of November 20 marks my wife's birthday (though admittedly she was NOT born in 1939). Happy Birthday Hon!

Ryan...The British PO sometimes puts the circle cancel on the
          right side of the machine cancel.  This provides lots of
          nice cancels.

November 22


The first day of issue for the Wildlife Conservation issue (Whooping Cranes) was on this date in 1957. The 3c blue, ocher & green, perf. 11 stamp (Scott 1098) was issued to emphasize the importance of wildlife conservation in America. This first day cover was postmarked at the American Stamp Dealer Association National Postage Stamp Show Station in New York, New York. 

According to the New York Times, the ninth ASDA National Postage Stamp show was the culmination of National Stamp Week. The show, held in the 71st Infantry Regiment Armory on Park Avenue and 34th Street in New York City, opened with the issuance of this Wildlife Conservation issue.





On this date in 1974 the United Nations issued two stamps promoting the Law of the Sea and the use of the sea bed for peaceful purposes. The 10c green & multicolored, perf. 14 stamp is Scott 254; the orange red & 26c multicolored stamp is Scott 255.

November 23


This stampless folded letter with 30mm red CDS ("e" high) and large "V" rate stamp was sent from Brunswick, Maine on this date circa 1848-49.





This cover, postmarked New York, New York on this date in 1877, traveled to Germany aboard the S.S. City of Berlin. The 10c brown Jefferson used to pay the postage was issued in 1873 (Scott 161).






This postcard was postmarked in what I believe to be Koshien, Japan on this date in 1932. The 6s carmine stamp on the card is from Japan's 1926-37 issue (Scott 195).





A first day cover for the 1943 5c blue violet, red & black Overrun Countries: Austria issue (Scott 919).

Very nice examples of the American Postal Machines Company five-bar killer used on Boston's machine 6. According to William P. Barlow, Jr., two varieties of five-bar killers were used in 1890; one with separation between the bars and the dial and one without.

Man o' live Steve you always out-do me! I'd love to sit down with you and pour over your cover collection someday! It must be amazing!

Here is one that confuses me.  It commemorates the USS Iowa, when it came to Seattle after the Japanese surrender.  The postmark is Nov. 27, 1945, but it is also postmarked Nov 1 Onaway, Mi, parcel post.  In trying to track the Iowa's voyages, all I can find is that the battleship arrived in Seattle on Oct 15th, 1945, and then left for maneuvers sometime after.  Does anyone have an idea what happened here?

Whatever did happen, this cover has a personal link, my late father-in-law was a seaman on the Iowa, from 1944 - 1946.  He watched the surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2nd, 1945.

I noticed there is a pencil date next to the postmark, If this wasn't pencilled by you then I'm assuming that the postmark was incorrectly stamped with the wrong month and someone in the postal system pencilled the correct date, its the best I can come up with.  We still use hand stamps in the mail centre and its not unheard off, that someone has hand stamped the wrong date on an item, this is due to someone not checking the die set has been changed before using.