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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 9:45:54 GMT
Nicely put I enjoyed all those replies now so I don’t over swamp my brain and am able to soak that knowledge I have to venture to my second task I set out to do before I spend all night on her lol it’s intriguing to realize others run by a queen never really stuck in my head till I ventured into stamps but it’s a big part of the world 🌎 that still does In fact have a queen. Well in a way it’s not just a small part at that. vikingeek appreciate the word.
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:04:17 GMT
Well you have 3 ladies, but half a dozen countries.they all became Queens because their fathers who would have been King before them had died , there were no sons to inherit the title of King , so each became Queen in their own right rather than by being married to a King. ( in the case of Victoria it was her late Uncle who had been King and he had no children) The red brown stamp in the middle from the UK is the oldest . Queen Victoria as a young queen from about 1850. This design is the same as the famous Penny Black which was the worlds first stamp. Then the 4 green ones with the same portrait are from 1898 ......60 years later but still the portrait of the young queen though she was really nearly 90! The 1st stamp comes from the Netherlands Indies ( now Independent as Indonesia ) from a period when the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina ruled before the WW1 In 1952 Queen Elizabeth became Queen of the UK and the rest of your stamps show her picture from a photo by Dorothy Wilding . The purple one Number 3 shows Northern Ireland , the two bigger stamps are from the Island of Mauritius which in the 1950s was a British colony , number 6 in the second row shows the flags of Scotland. The first stamp in the last row comes from New Zealand which still recognises Queen Elizabeth as Head of State will let the fiancé know that’s also very interesting indeed my guess was she beat all the kings and there were non left in war i meant lol well we know now Very helpful and thanks 😊 |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:07:44 GMT
The first of a lot of un readable and only the ones I’ve searched and am stumped on by lack of identifying different languages.  A very small stamp |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:11:15 GMT
Second in my stretch to the 50 post line is this stumper.??  |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:12:25 GMT
And 3rd of the same lot..??  |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:13:52 GMT
4th of same lot?  |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:14:55 GMT
5th?  |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:15:55 GMT
And #6 of the unknown languages.  |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 10:18:27 GMT
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 11, 2020 10:21:14 GMT
The first of a lot of un readable and only the ones I’ve searched and am stumped on by lack of identifying different languages. A very small stamp These are difficult to identify exactly as so much depends on the kind of paper , but this one and the similar purple one are from Nepal in the Himalayas between China and India . the two with the Chrysanthemum flower at the top are old Japan, the square grey green is possibly Korean and the crowned eagle green and Purple from Russia at the time of the Tsar , 1880s |
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 11, 2020 11:55:19 GMT
You know your stuff how many years of experience in stamps are you holding that’s two history multi discussion courses in one night man that’s kool I haven’t shown my mint condition ones yet I’m eager to get opinions on those lol but everyone is kinda bored of early USA I think, so I’d thought I found some stumpers to keep the crowd busy but you shot every duckling down at this carnival game well done 👍
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Post by Mr. H on Dec 11, 2020 16:05:16 GMT
Second in my stretch to the 50 post line is this stumper.?? Looks like Japan Scott #266 |
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Post by Mr. H on Dec 11, 2020 16:07:57 GMT
#7? Japan Scott #257 |
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 11, 2020 21:33:20 GMT
Your #6 is upside down, although that made the bottom line of text right-side up. Here it is rotated 180°:  It's Japanese, but not a postage stamp or typical governmental revenue stamp. It looks to me like it's a registration stamp for a Japanese trade association for vinyl. Perhaps that's a lot number. I'm thinking it's after the end of World War 2, maybe in the 1950's, perhaps as late as the 1960's, but that's just a guess. As far as I know, it is not cataloged in any Japanese revenue catalog, but I could be wrong about that. If I had to guess a value, I'd say somewhere between $0.50 - $5.00. |
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Post by khj on Dec 11, 2020 22:04:31 GMT
Japanese serial number tag for broadcast equipment? Specifically, a serial number for equipment that has passed testing (sort of like a certification tag for equipment that has been inspected/calibrated/certified). Just a guess. The top arc of the script on the stamp is "Japanese Wave Technology", which implies broadcast/radio? At least, the term is used by producers of broadcast equipment/supplies. The logo in the center of the stamp looks similar to logos used by testing companies.
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 11, 2020 22:25:38 GMT
Thanks, Kim! I like your answer better than mine.
But the reason I mentioned vinyl is because of the katakana on the bottom row. (Best seen in the original image.)
I'm reasonably certain that that katakana says "vinyl", and I'm thinking fabric rather than, say, vinyl records, because I don't think that became a distinctive term for recordings (like "I prefer old-school vinyl to digital") until there needed to be a distinction from newer tape, CD, and digital formats. However, as a priest friend of mine says, "Of course, I could be entirely wrong." - lol
Since we've both already gone down the rabbit hole here, I'll ask a Japanese-speaking philatelic friend who'd be authoritative.
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 11, 2020 22:40:16 GMT
That was fast!
The answer has elements of both our posts, Kim.
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Post by khj on Dec 11, 2020 23:12:30 GMT
That's great. I can't read the katakana, so I should have noted to defer to you regarding the vinyl.
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Post by Philatarium on Dec 11, 2020 23:18:26 GMT
It was a collaboration, with an answer better than either of us would've gotten to otherwise!
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Post by khj on Dec 11, 2020 23:31:33 GMT
Regrettably, I can no longer ask my mother these questions on the Japanese script anymore. She'll be 90 next month, and her hearing & eyesight just aren't there anymore -- she's got enough on her plate as it is. You and your friends are a great resource, Dave!
I tried to learn Japanese from my Mom when I was a teenager, but that lasted for about 10 minutes. It was either that or play baseball/football with my friends. Well, you can guess which one won out...
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 13, 2020 0:08:16 GMT
Thanks I’d never have understood it like in full, your input well informed Me and now I know. Know where and what this stamp is about.
One of the perks to the stamp forum its nice to meet you all if not introduced I’m John I caught Kim’s name and well thanks to your reply I guess it wasn’t at a complete fault to post it upside down if it helped the collaboration .
😆 I have a load more unrecognizable to the single language folk if interested I will post but this time I’m advised to ad what if any info for each post to not make it as much a stumper to you all who view but to not leave blank rather, well to do that hmmm 🧐 trying to figure a possible way to add stumpers that aren’t actually stumpers is a very mind bending task but I will find a way... I’ll be back .
Oh and it’s exciting reading these replies that I get a more complete lesson when I wait a bit and read multiple reply’s at once is that normal like I’d rather hear them all in one read than to read as they come idk
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Post by randyharper on Dec 19, 2020 21:37:54 GMT
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 26, 2020 14:20:48 GMT
Have another post for this to see who can identify possibly. It’s a envelope written by or to Mrs. Ellie Moore in 1887 February 14 from MO,. Has great handwriting and was next to a card pamphlet not sue if it was the contents. Will do separate identification for that after this one.   These next post cards are from a post card binder full of year 1949 ? Not sure what they are actually titled as or what the specific name for double canceled . #1  These next ones the same below is#2  #3 Some of them I have have very good solid cancles.  #4  |
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 26, 2020 14:47:25 GMT
Your first envelope with embossing is typical of what might have contained a lady’s greetings card, Valentines or Birthday from the 1880-1900 period .
I note a Seymour arrival handstamp for 1887 on the reverse which suggest it went through the post , but the absence of a stamp is a puzzle!
The February 14 of course would be a Valentine.
perhaps some collector removed the stamp which could explain the staining marks
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 27, 2020 11:45:06 GMT
Three of the US postcards with a printed 1c value are described as “ postal stationery”:
1c would be enough to pay for a postcard as printed matter, without a long message.
I don’t know why mr Dunham who was obviously a collector of “ commemorative slogan cancels” put an extra 3c on one card . Is there a lot of writing on the reverse of that one?
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 31, 2020 13:57:52 GMT
Zero writing, may just be to send a stamp home to his wife just for kicks.
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Post by graphicbadger92 on Dec 31, 2020 21:52:49 GMT
Three of the US postcards with a printed 1c value are described as “ postal stationery”: 1c would be enough to pay for a postcard as printed matter, without a long message. I don’t know why mr Dunham who was obviously a collector of “ c ommemorative slogan cancels” put an extra 3c on one card . Is there a lot of writing on the reverse of that one? Would it be more sought after of a card if the two cancels match each other like in the Michigan cancels? |
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 31, 2020 22:16:57 GMT
But they do match ! the slogan indeed matches "Gold rush in NOME Centennial" is the same type of commemorative slogan as the other two. Alaska was not a STATE of the US in 1949 not until 1959
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Post by khj on Dec 31, 2020 23:36:31 GMT
I don’t know why mr Dunham who was obviously a collector of “ c ommemorative slogan cancels” put an extra 3c on one card . Is there a lot of writing on the reverse of that one? As you noted, Alaska was not a state at the time. But as far as I know, 1c was still the applicable rate for postcards mailed from Alaska to the continental US. I'm wondering if the mailer might have thought he needed to apply the international postcard rate? I don't know the international postcard rate in 1949, but it was 4c in the 1950s and 3c in the 1920s. There's nothing in the pic to indicate it was sent airmail, but the airmail postcard rate in 1949 was 4c. |
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Post by khj on Dec 31, 2020 23:46:14 GMT
OK, I just looked it up. Alaska did qualify for domestic rate in the 1940s. In the 1940s, all the international postcard rates were less than 4c. And the domestic letter rate (in case anything was attached to the postcard) was still 3c. So the only "normal" option remaining that I can think of is the 4c airmail domestic postcard rate in 1949.
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