Will
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What I collect: Venezuela: ESCUELAS 1871-1880, Locals up to 1903. Cinderellas and BOB | Colombia: Up to 1940. States!
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Post by Will on Sept 16, 2019 23:59:26 GMT
Hello, I've another question. I need to start by saying that I've never been too much into following routes of letters... but I've been mounting my postal stationery collection and I want to describe the postal to the best of my abilities... which is not impressive at all. So here I have, a Venezuela Postal stationery, #1, sent from Puerto Cabello on February 4th, 1890 to Hamburg: It was sent via paquebot (Line A) were it received a transit mark on Feb. 7, 1890. It arrived to Paris where an incoming transit mark was applied on... January? It was finally received in Hamburg on February 26th, 1980. Was this a common situation? Does it have another reason to travel back in time that I don't know?
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 22, 2019 23:00:01 GMT
It looks like the Paris Etranger transit for foreign incoming mail to a third country was not used much in early 1890 and the clerk forgot to change the month slug at the end of January . It does happen, but for it to last unchanged till the 23 February , reading the wrong month is certainly a bit careless.
It happens not infrequently that Year slugs are not changed on 1st January from time to time ....................but maybe after New Year celebrations that is understandable !
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