angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 8, 2022 9:55:35 GMT
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Post by dgdecker on Jul 8, 2022 17:58:04 GMT
Thanks for posting.
i have never seen the #1 printed on the German maps though I had heard of it.
David
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 9, 2022 10:20:13 GMT
Latvia (Russian Occupation 1919) Sc 2N1/SG 21 issued in 1919. Issued at Mitau during the occupation of Kurland by the West Russian Army under Colonel Bermondt-Avalov  |
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Jul 9, 2022 17:30:54 GMT
Here is a block of 18x No 1 with selvedge . It is possible to get single stamps with no map at all or just a black border line   [ |
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Jul 9, 2022 17:53:24 GMT
As well as the so called "MAP BACKS " of Latvia , Some slightly later issues in 1919 for Charity Red Cross semipostals were printed on unfinished German army bank notes and Bolshevik rouble notes   |
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wakeybluenose
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Posts: 279
What I collect: GB to 2000 (but definitives to date) / Ireland to 2000 / General WW classics & definitives / ASFEC / SciFi & Fantasy Literature / Local History
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Post by wakeybluenose on Jul 9, 2022 22:15:31 GMT
My contribution to this thread..... the first page from my humble Latvia collection:  |
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renden
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What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
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Post by renden on Jul 9, 2022 22:50:03 GMT
My contribution to this thread..... the first page from my humble Latvia collection: Very nice contribution - I have a nice classic Latvia collection which I will not post here (wrong thread) and your post is "great" René |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 10, 2022 9:33:24 GMT
Kurland Sc 1N20/SG 1 issued April 20, 1945. In October 1944, German troops were cut off in Courland (Kurland) giving rise again to specific German overprints.  |
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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 Jul 10, 2022 13:23:50 GMT
Second Latvian republic, May 4th, 1990, "precursor stationery" It shows "Freedom oak"
Second Latvian republic: June, 14th, 1991, first "regular" cover, prepared for independence (efective, September 1991), showing "Freedom statue" in Riga. FDC circulated from Riga to Leningrad (now, Saint Petersburg) The postage is, actually, paid by the Soviet stamp.
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