philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
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What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on May 29, 2022 13:38:06 GMT
Just came across some Grossrachen locals. Aren’t these cheesy, handmade provisionals? But after the war I suppose they used whatever they could cobble together. Can you imagine the time it took for the postmaster to autograph every single stamp? And with a fountain pen no less. Oops just noticed a Finsterwalde snuck in the pic. Correction - please read salentin’s post below. The signatures were stamped. Thanks! |
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on May 29, 2022 15:35:15 GMT
According to Michel the signatures are stamped. The face-values of the lower (but earliar issued) set,were written by hand with ink.
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,403
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on May 29, 2022 17:26:44 GMT
Thank you, salentin. That makes MUCH more sense! |
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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 Aug 14, 2023 13:13:18 GMT
A first for me but it appears not so rare is this Mercur Hannover local post stamp that dates from the 1890’s. It was mixed among the box of classical stamps I have been sorting through. It needs a soaking to remove the paper backing. Hopefully it survives the bath.  |
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