hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jun 10, 2021 1:24:37 GMT
It seems every time I see a new post I dig out an album to see if I have similar items. Usually I do not but I stumble across something else I have tossed in between pages. Tonight it was the France classic stamps post by stainlessb that sent me hunting and I came across these interesting postcards from 1940 when a battalion of exiled soldiers from Czechoslovakia were in France. I see similar listed on eBay and I have been tempted to sell them because, although I have a strong foundation of stamps from France, one cannot specialize in everything. This link contains information on Czech exiled forces during WWII. www.militaryhistoryonline.com/WWII/CzechExilesOfWWII Hugh these may be up your alley.  |
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Hugh
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Post by Hugh on Aug 3, 2024 4:09:41 GMT
It seems every time I see a new post I dig out an album to see if I have similar items. Usually I do not but I stumble across something else I have tossed in between pages. Tonight it was the France classic stamps post by stainlessb that sent me hunting and I came across these interesting postcards from 1940 when a battalion of exiled soldiers from Czechoslovakia were in France. I see similar listed on eBay and I have been tempted to sell them because, although I have a strong foundation of stamps from France, one cannot specialize in everything. This link contains information on Czech exiled forces during WWII. www.militaryhistoryonline.com/WWII/CzechExilesOfWWII Hugh these may be up your alley. Hi Hugh hdm1950 ... "up my alley"? Indeed. Nice postcards. Thanks for pointing them out. I've mainly focused on the Polish government in exile in the UK. I don't have anything from the Czechoslovakian government in exile. I've been looking around since reading your post. There's not all that much on eBay ... at least not tonight. Nothing from their short period in France anyway. They moved to the UK early in 1940 and there are several covers and postcards from their time there ... and from just after the war. I just put an offer in on one nice looking cover. I'll keep looking for something from France. I did find a recent book that looks quite interesting -- Exile in London: The Experience of Czechoslovakia and the Other Occupied Nations, 1939-1945 edited by Vít Smetana and Kathleen Geaney. I just downloaded a copy to my Kindle ... good reading for the ferry (the lines are long in the summer with all the tourists and seasonal residents - smile). Thanks again, Hugh. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 3, 2024 4:47:36 GMT
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Post by franoise on Aug 3, 2024 5:33:45 GMT
A group of Czechoslovakian infantrymen "somewhere in France"  |
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Hugh
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Post by Hugh on Aug 3, 2024 17:57:23 GMT
hdm1950 ... A quick update. My offer was accepted so I just bought this cover, sent by registered field post (?) from 'somewhere in the UK' to Mr. R. Kittel in Loughborough, Leicestershire. This was, of course, in the years after the government and army in exile had to move from France to the UK. This is not my area, so comments and corrections are welcome. However, it looks to me like a philatelic souvenir ... or, at least, an organized commemorative initiative by the Czech Field Post in the UK. I've seen a postcard with the same fancy cancel sent to a Czech Army Depot at Southend-on-Sea in Essex. Stamps:UK - George VI and National Emblems 1/2d Green SG 462 5d Brown SG 469 Cancel:Outer Ring - čESKOSLOVENSKÁPOLNÍPOŠTA*CZECHSOLOVAK FIELD POST-1919-4.V-1944Centre - (Image) background - Double cross on a mountain with three peaks; foreground - a broken Linden branch May 4, 1944 was the 25th anniversary of the death of General Milan Rastislav štefánik on May 4, 1919. The general's plane, on a flight to Bratislava crashed killing everyone on board. There was some dispute about whether it was an accident. General štefánik was a national figure, a hero to many and is considered one of the founders of Czechoslovakia after the first world war. The double cross on the mountain is considered a national symbol of the Slovaks dating back to the middle ages. The Linden Tree is a national symbol of Czechoslovakia. The broken branch may represent the government, and army, in exile? Cinderella:"The Hour of Czechoslovakia's FREEDOM will come" with a red, white and blue torch  
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Hugh
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Post by Hugh on Aug 3, 2024 18:09:43 GMT
Hugh Hi Hugh, If you need information on the WWl Theatre, just ask Catalogue (Bi lingual) a generous gift from "Calstamps" Florida USA, with great appreciation. 
Thanks ... much appreciated. Looks like a great resource. (As an aside, I can't find a copy anywhere, yet - smile, but I did manage to get the Brumell book Daniel mentionned last night. After seeing the image of the triple obliterator, I had to get it). |
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Post by franoise on Aug 3, 2024 18:57:29 GMT
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Post by Hugh on Aug 3, 2024 20:23:54 GMT
Great sleuthing ... thank you. I gather in July 1940 when the Czechoslovak Army came to Great Britain from France this booklet was prepared by the Czechoslovak Army Records Department to provide a survey of the commemorative stamps issued by the Czechoslovak Field Post in France and in Great Britain. 5,000 copies were made. Tne only copy I could find with a quick search (nothing on ABE) was from a dealer on eBay. However, the 'buy it now price' was US$500. Rather rarefied territory for what is essentially a pamphet (albeit a very useful and interesting one). I'll keep looking for a better deal. Thanks again, much appreciated. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 3, 2024 22:32:41 GMT
Hugh Thanks ... much appreciated. Looks like a great resource. (As an aside, I can't find a copy anywhere, yet - smile,
but I did manage to get the Brumell book Daniel mentionned last night. After seeing the image of the triple obliterator, I had to get it). If you wern't already, we have seduced you into being a bibliophile.  There is nothing quite like a good personal library. You guys /gals over there, have so much choice, with good purchasing value. The broken branch may represent the government, and army, in exile?
I would think, mourning the loss of General Stefanik. BROKEN TREE (BROKEN TREE BRANCH) - Since a tree represents Life, a broken tree, or a broken branch, symbolizes death, or more specifically a life cut short. This symbolism is usually used on Gravestones, to signify a break in the family tree, someone who died an untimely or premature death. Milan Stefanik, as an Astronomy Professor, and French General Scott # 1625 1969 A694 60h One of those rare souls, that cram so many achievements, in such a short life. 
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Post by rod222 on Aug 3, 2024 22:59:17 GMT
Hugh For the record. COMPLETE TWENTIETH CENTURY SUBJECT INDEX: 1939 - 1999 Compiled by Anne G. Vondra Edited by Ludvik Z. Svoboda Published by The Society for Czechoslovak Philately, Inc. 4766 S. Helena Way Aurora, Colorado 80015 USA First Published 2003 FIELD POST, GERMAN—WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945—SLOVAKIA Beede, Benjamin R. Feldpostkarte from Slovakia. Oct 63, p115; (Parcels). Apr 65, p59 —Slovak Legion Mail, World War II. Apr 65, p59 FIELD POST, SLOVAK—WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 Indra, Viktor. 1939 Field Post of Slovakia, tr, by Henry Hahn. (Repr. from POSTAL HISTORY JOURNAL). Mar 70, pp33-40 —Slovakia Field Post, 1941-1944, tr. by V. Ladd. Mar 71, pp33-39 I have omitted the Legions WWl and Legions in Siberia titles.
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Post by Hugh on Aug 4, 2024 2:38:03 GMT
The broken branch may represent the government, and army, in exile?
I would think, mourning the loss of General Stefanik. BROKEN TREE (BROKEN TREE BRANCH) - Since a tree represents Life, a broken tree, or a broken branch, symbolizes death, or more specifically a life cut short. Yup ... makes perfect sense. A good reminder not to overthink things. Somewhere William of Ockham is smiling. Thanks also for the information on the Society for Czechoslovak Philately. Interesting website and they have a goodly number of online reference works -- even for non-members. |
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