stampguyusa
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Post by stampguyusa on Jan 30, 2021 20:20:51 GMT
I have had this Cinderella for several decade, and have not the clue what is for. I did a Google image search and that turned up nothing. Any idea would be appreciated. Thank you!
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cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jan 30, 2021 21:10:27 GMT
Norsemen sailors' church in Hong Kong?
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stampguyusa
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Post by stampguyusa on Jan 30, 2021 22:06:38 GMT
Norsemen sailors' church in Hong Kong? Could be. I looks like a fair and convention bythe looks of the building. Just guessing. |
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Jan 30, 2021 22:09:16 GMT
stampguyusa , yes, I believe cursus is correct. Here is a website I found that probably is the same organization Seamen's Church: Norwegian Church Abroad. I would guess that this organization issued a Christmas seal in 1955. I am familiar with these organizations. When I was living abroad in Korea in the late 80s and 90s there was a Mission to Seamen, likely not affiliated with the one mentioned in the link, in the port of Busan, Korea where I was living. In fact, later when my wife and I were married, the minister who was head of the organization in Busan, Korea married us. We wanted him specifically to do so because, while originally from England, he had been living in Korea for so long he had married a Korean woman and could do the service in both Korean and English which was our preference.
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darkormex
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Swinging through Switzerland and getting tied up in Thailand
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What I collect: The World...just printing and mounting as I go...call me crazy!
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Post by darkormex on Jan 30, 2021 22:20:48 GMT
stampguyusa , I found your cinderella on ChristmasSeals.net here: Norwegian Funds. The seals are listed in year order from earliest to most recent.
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Post by daniel on Jan 30, 2021 23:55:27 GMT
Well found darkormex . stampguyusa , it translates as The Norwegian Seamen's Church, Hong Kong and Julen is Christmas. Couldn't find a picture though until I came across the page at this link . In Norwegian but you should get it to translate into English. Ignore the pictures at the top, scroll down and you will find plenty of information and history. A house was rented in Hong Kong in 1938 but was damaged during the war. The church depicted on the stamp was built and consecrated in the Kowloon district in 1951, hence the style of the church. In the middle of the page there is a video; Movie: course for Hong Kong, 11 minutes 23 seconds in you'll see the church as depicted on the stamp, although all in white  |
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stampguyusa
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Post by stampguyusa on Jan 31, 2021 12:21:58 GMT
stampguyusa , yes, I believe cursus is correct. Here is a website I found that probably is the same organization Seamen's Church: Norwegian Church Abroad. I would guess that this organization issued a Christmas seal in 1955. I am familiar with these organizations. When I was living abroad in Korea in the late 80s and 90s there was a Mission to Seamen, likely not affiliated with the one mentioned in the link, in the port of Busan, Korea where I was living. In fact, later when my wife and I were married, the minister who was head of the organization in Busan, Korea married us. We wanted him specifically to do so because, while originally from England, he had been living in Korea for so long he had married a Korean woman and could do the service in both Korean and English which was our preference. Thank you! I have a friend in India who was a ship's radio operator for many years, and here is what he said: Sjømannskirken - The Norwegian Church Abroad
Yes, Jim they do excellent services for seafarers as well, board the vesse on arrival priest meets almost every one on board, asks for anyone's special needs, posts our letters to our family, takes us out for shopping and evening to their club where 5-10 min religious mass and entertainment like soft drinks and beer snacks and pool etc they have boxes of books and old magazines to take away to ship,'s library etc .they are very active in all over Europe and all coast of USA particularly at NewPort near NY ...also their presence in conmi countries as well but diff there was instead of religious mass, it was socialist lecture ( in USSR, China, Cuba and all eastern Europe then..to counter this church seamen's welfare program !!
There is great to know of this stamp indeed, yes, they had large presence at Hong Kong then - since they knew very well seafarers are from all over the world of diff religious background main subject "religion" was kept at low profile and use to provide books/mags in all languages - sort of main criteria was welfare for seafarers - during Christmas time - say end Nov onwards they use to deliver lovely gift packages to all ships as many crew we have had on board to be gifted on Christmas Day etc. and generally R/O (that is me) use to be one to distribute !
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 31, 2021 13:42:34 GMT
In fact, later when my wife and I were married, the minister who was head of the organization in Busan, Korea married us. We wanted him specifically to do so because, while originally from England, he had been living in Korea for so long he had married a Korean woman and could do the service in both Korean and English which was our preference. I have a similar story. Even though we were living in Germany at the time, we got married in Montreal because this was the best place where we could get a priest (and reception service staff) that would all be bilingual French-English and switch effortlessly between languages, which is not something either of our families could do easily. We even sat down with the priest to plan which parts would be said in which languages or said twice to make sure everybody got to hear the parts that mattered to them in their language. |
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