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Post by rex on Oct 16, 2020 16:24:10 GMT
 I think the numbers 10-11N in the date widow are the time of sending . I'm pretty sure about that,.. but I have same doubts, and kindly ask for confirmation . The N stands for night...? Thank you in advance.. |
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Post by stainlessb on Oct 16, 2020 17:12:18 GMT
Rex I think you are correct as to N meaning "night". I notice after in the mid/late 20's they seemed to have gone to a 24 hour clock Below are examples and how I have ineterpreted top Merzig 12/28/1927 22 hours (10 PM) bottom left Saarpfatz (?) 10/2/1922 and it appears to be 12-1 N (after midnight) bottom center Saariouis 8/5/1929 12 (noon) bottom right Ensheim 11/9/1927 17 (5:00 PM)  |
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Post by Ryan on Oct 16, 2020 17:33:47 GMT
The N stands for night...? Specifically, "Nachmittag" or after noon ("after mid day", to use a more literal translation). You also see cancellations from that period with a "V" in that place, meaning "Vormittag" or before noon. Ryan |
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Post by rex on Oct 16, 2020 17:37:28 GMT
Thank you Stanley for your opinion.. what do you think of these..   |
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 16, 2020 18:42:36 GMT
“nachmittag” again as indicated by Ryan above , with in a one hour time slot, 17.00 - 18.00 and between 20.00- 21.00
Oh that mail handling was so precise. Today maybe a day and month , but often no cancel at all !
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Post by rex on Oct 16, 2020 19:54:18 GMT
Thank you all . I got it... Understood . !
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Post by rex on Mar 2, 2021 13:16:19 GMT
A member of the Italian philatelic forum where I am registered asks for help to understand if the postcard has traveled and why it is without postage stamp. Thanks in advance to those who can help. Ludovico   |
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Post by salentin on Mar 2, 2021 13:35:27 GMT
It is a Field-Post-Card (Feldpostkarte),(top of the card,underlined twice),what needed no stamp during WW I.
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Post by vikingeck on Mar 2, 2021 15:38:03 GMT
October 1914 . The Great War ( to end all wars) has just begun. Soldiers and sailors were given concession to send mail without postage charges when away from home “ on active service” . This would be indicated by writing Feldpostkarte as here , or in the case of British servicemen marking the letter O.A.S or On active service” . The British Tommy was also issued with printed Field Service postcards when in France, Egypt , Mesopotamia and Salonica for short weekly messages home. The concession did not apply to soldiers on leave or stationed in the British Isles, and it only applied in the British Navy when the ship was at sea. Being in a home port or in the fleet base at Scapa Flow sailors had to pay . I have to confess I don’t know the precise German rules but I believe they would be similar. I have soldier Field post cards for British. , Indian, French , Belgian, American and Italian soldiers, and Austro Hungarian and German armies as well as British and Italian Navy , all giving free postage. The French and Italian cards are quite colourful printed. All the others are very plain. rex you actually had a similar feldpostkarte at the start of this thread 16 Oct. from Saarbruken in 1915. |
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Post by rex on Mar 2, 2021 15:53:45 GMT
You're absolutely right Alex, I've asked the same thing twice, ..but these old German calligraphies are not easy to decipher. I must say that being unstamped I thought about the free postage feldpost. Anyway THANKS to you for the reassurance and response. And of course THANKS to salentin for the quick reply. |
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Post by rex on Mar 2, 2021 16:03:10 GMT
Now I see it clearly!  |
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Post by vikingeck on Mar 2, 2021 18:10:43 GMT
The two lines below give details of the sender. All I can read is .....Merz No. 3 company .... salentin we need you again to read it for us . I get the impression , mailed in Frankfurt am Main that the sender is a soldier , not a sailor on one of the ships. |
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Post by rex on Mar 2, 2021 22:15:59 GMT
Having the details of the sender and also the text would be great Alex vikingeck . |
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