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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2022 1:27:57 GMT
A couple of years ago whilst going through some kiloware material, I came across a few commercially used Latvian stamps, I noticed one particular item had an unusual cancellation and after making a few enquiries I discovered that the cancellation used was actually a last day postmark that had a line crossing out the symbol CCCP with the date of 30th of June 1992, which meant that Russian stamps would no longer be postally valid in Latvia. They had become independent and were no longer under Russian control. Here is the item in question >  It was certainly an interesting and unusual find. |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2022 8:23:13 GMT
No doubt Russian stamps which can be identified as being postally used in the newly independent countries will be sought after, even prior to their independence, if a date and township can be identified in its cancellation, a bit like the early GB stamps used abroad and identified by their numeral cancellations, example A25 Malta, C35 Panama etc.
This could make an interesting specialised study for followers of the new independent countries !!
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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 May 3, 2022 16:28:32 GMT
The above pm on a cover circulated to Lithuania
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2022 16:54:52 GMT
Nice one cursus........
My example is only on a small piece whereby yours is on a complete cover that has not been torn off, which makes your specimen much more collectible as a last day cover for the use of Russian stamps in Latvia.
Was there a pictorial cover used for this occasion, similar to a first day one ?
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Post by cursus on May 3, 2022 17:16:34 GMT
It might well be, but I'm not sure. I'm not a Latvian stamps specialist. For a while, on years 1991-95, I was avidly looking for Baltic (Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian) stamps to make a collection on their restored independence. At the end, as i got a reliable penpal in Tallinn, I decided to concentrate in Estonia, building a not-so-bad collection on the 1990/2000 period, leaving Latvian and Lithuanian items somewhat aside.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2022 17:57:51 GMT
At least you have recognised and saved it for posterity cursus since 1992, as an item of postal history relating to the Baltic states.
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