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Post by smauggie on Dec 10, 2018 12:43:53 GMT
Dakar, Senegal - 1933 Registered Air Mail Cover I still remember the day I copped eyes on this fellow. It was love at first sight.  |
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Post by greaden on Dec 10, 2018 23:32:05 GMT
What the hell is the "anonymous society of ancient establishments"?
More seriously, what is the date? It appears to be 1925, but I can't quite tell.
Dakar was an early node in the development of airmail routes, resulting in a proliferation of postal rates.
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Post by renden on Dec 10, 2018 23:54:23 GMT
The date is not evident but I will try to "augment" the image
René
nice btw !!
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Post by smauggie on Dec 11, 2018 0:34:09 GMT
Oh, sorry, I have updated the original post with the year - 1933.
Societe Anonyme is an old fashioned term for corporation (a business owned by many people). I am pretty sure the "of ancient establishment" is just an honorific add-on to indicate that it is a long-established corporation.
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Post by renden on Dec 11, 2018 0:43:58 GMT
What the hell is the "anonymous society of ancient establishments"? More seriously, what is the date? It appears to be 1925, but I can't quite tell. Dakar was an early node in the development of airmail routes, resulting in a proliferation of postal rates. I put the scan in my Retroveal program  Am sure the last # is a 5 but the one preceding looks like a 3 - note that this overprint stamp was issued in 1927 but the Postmark is not as easy even with image modification Nice though !! René |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2018 1:42:33 GMT
The actual full name name was Anciens Etablisssements E Cauvin-Yvose As noted Ancien Etablissement would refer to an older establishment (company)
According to the ad, they sold tents, tarps, flooring & bags
A Societe Anonyme was one where the shareholders/owners were anonymous
As shares were unregistered, this could allow for money laundering, tax evasion,unrecorded transfers and redemption of shares etc - the "anonymity no longer applies to the same extent
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Post by renden on Dec 11, 2018 1:52:14 GMT
Thanks Nelson for the Translation of this cover - I probably, as a french-canadian, should have done it but the "date" was the subject of my experiment, though the images were difficult to decipher, even with Retroveal. Hope everyone has learned through these posts (as I have) - René
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Post by anglobob on Feb 25, 2020 18:38:38 GMT
An interesting registered cover,sent on July 5 1949 from St Louis Senegal to New York.There are two arrival cancels on the back,dated July 9 and July 11. The stamp was originally issued by the Vichy govt in 1942 but stocks never reached Senegal and were only sold in France.After the war,there was a shortage of high value stamps so this and a 50fr value were sent to Senegal for postal use. Gibbons only lists these 2 stamps as being postally used.The Dallay catalogue I have only lists them as mint ,not used. From 1944 to 1958 stamps from French Equatorial Africa were used in Senegal.  |
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Post by anglobob on Feb 25, 2020 19:45:10 GMT
Ooops...meant to say French West Africa...not Equatorial....
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Post by anglobob on Nov 9, 2020 21:56:40 GMT
A postcard from Senegal to London,dated 13 June 1940 with a British censor mark.  |
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Post by cursus on Feb 21, 2021 11:04:05 GMT
FDC "Federation du Mali", Dec. 1959.
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Post by anglobob on Apr 8, 2021 19:15:42 GMT
A letter from Senegal addressed to the directeur of Rocks and Minerals,Peekskill,New York.There is an arrival date stamp from Tuxedo Park,NY dated Feb 9 and also 1934 appears alongside the missent cancel.I looked at this with Retroreveal ,the day is illegible but the year looks like 1933.The month Janv is also inserted back to front. Rocks and Minerals is a magazine still in print today.  |
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Post by ponso1 on May 6, 2023 15:27:59 GMT
A postcard from Senegal to London,dated 13 June 1940 with a British censor mark. I would really like to see the other side please! |
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