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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

 

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TuskenRaider
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04 Jan 2016
11:35:19pm
Hi Everyone:

I have a couple of items I could use some help with.

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What can you tell be about this one? Where was it mailed from or to.

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I assume this one is from Victoria, Australia, however what does N D S O stand for?



And lastly where can you find listed postal stationary from other countries than the US

The ones I'm interested in are:

Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Canada
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Austria
Cuba

Could Canada be found in Unitrade specialized?

Could Great Britain, or Australia be found in one of Stanley Gibbons catalogs?

Perhaps Germany could be in Mitchel's specialized?

I have a catalog for US postal stationary only.

Thank you in advance.

Just learnin'....
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jillcrow

05 Jan 2016
07:44:33am
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Regarding the Australian one, this was cut from a George VI envelope, first issued in 1942, either 145 x 90mm cream paper, or 132 x 108mm buff paper. The postmark would be Windsor, VIC. (a suburb of Melbourne)

Stanley Gibbons does not include Australian stationery in its catalogues.
The authorititive reference for Australian stationery would be The Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue. Postal Stationery including Australian Territories, issued by Brusden White in 2013, but a little pricey at over $A200.

The Australasian Stamp Catalogue is found in many municipal libraries, and is adequate for most collectors, if they don't have their own copy.

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nigelc
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05 Jan 2016
08:00:22am
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

All these countries are listed in the old Higgins and Gage catalogues although these weren't updated after the early 1980s.

For GB I recommend Collect British Postal Stationery by Alan Huggins and Colin Baker:

http://www.postalstationery.org.uk/book.htm

Michel issue a postal stationery catalogue for Germany:

http://www.briefmarken.de/michelshop/de/kataloge/ganzsachen-katalog-deutschland-2014

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05 Jan 2016
09:22:43am
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

{2c} you are looking at NDSOR, not NDSO, as in 'Windsor' {/2c}

{1c} SPOK RPO might be Spokane and Tacoma RPO {/1c}


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Jlav

05 Jan 2016
10:58:39am
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Unitrade does have Postal Stationery listings but there is also Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland.

Jacques (jlav)

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Terry
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05 Jan 2016
03:44:36pm
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

As Nigel suggested for world postal stationary, the 20 volume Higgins & Gage catalog was the most comprehensive; however it has long been out of print.

I do have a complete set of the Higgins & Gage, and would be glad to share any information that it has to offer for those with postal stationary inquiries.


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TuskenRaider
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05 Jan 2016
05:57:50pm
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Hi all;

@ jillcrow;

Thanks for the reply. I'll have to get in touch with my friend Susan, who is a jewellery customer of
mine, back when I sold jewellery on eBid. She also lives in a suburb of Melbourne. She visits the
states from time-to-time and is into American Bison, and Indian culture.

@ ikeyPikey;

Good catch, I didn't notice that 'R' on it's side like that. I should have used the old magnifying glass. Laughing

Thank you so much jillcrow, nigelc, ikeyPikey, Jlav, and Terry for all your great help. I will favorite
this thread, so I can refer back to it at any time, for future references.

Ken

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06 Jan 2016
09:11:34am

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re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

I thought RPO stands for Railway Post Office.Confused

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TuskenRaider
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06 Jan 2016
06:07:06pm
re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Hi Everyone;

Boy, you guys are good. I had no idea that so much info could be determined from just a cancel. But
then I'm not really much of a postal history guy. I only recently (on SOR) learned of railway postal
cars and in-route sorting of mail.

I guess I probably saw some of those cars with the clerks in the mail cars trying to shoot and kill all
the Indians that were attacking the train. Gosh this is really fun. I guess now I can understand all
this fascination with postal history. You guys seem to make it really come alive.

@ Anglophile;

So you think that because of the numbered '1st Div' that this was carried on the "Spokane Portland &
Seattle" Line? Is there any significance to the marking; 'TR4' just below the 29 of the date? Gosh, now
you guys got me doin' it too! Laughing

I'm glad I made this thread a favorite, so I can return when I have more time to explore the links
and sources that you all have provided.

Thank you all so much, very interesting....
TuskenRaider

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TuskenRaider

04 Jan 2016
11:35:19pm

Hi Everyone:

I have a couple of items I could use some help with.

Image Not Found

What can you tell be about this one? Where was it mailed from or to.

Image Not Found

I assume this one is from Victoria, Australia, however what does N D S O stand for?



And lastly where can you find listed postal stationary from other countries than the US

The ones I'm interested in are:

Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Canada
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Austria
Cuba

Could Canada be found in Unitrade specialized?

Could Great Britain, or Australia be found in one of Stanley Gibbons catalogs?

Perhaps Germany could be in Mitchel's specialized?

I have a catalog for US postal stationary only.

Thank you in advance.

Just learnin'....
TuskenRaider

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jillcrow

05 Jan 2016
07:44:33am

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Regarding the Australian one, this was cut from a George VI envelope, first issued in 1942, either 145 x 90mm cream paper, or 132 x 108mm buff paper. The postmark would be Windsor, VIC. (a suburb of Melbourne)

Stanley Gibbons does not include Australian stationery in its catalogues.
The authorititive reference for Australian stationery would be The Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue. Postal Stationery including Australian Territories, issued by Brusden White in 2013, but a little pricey at over $A200.

The Australasian Stamp Catalogue is found in many municipal libraries, and is adequate for most collectors, if they don't have their own copy.

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nigelc

05 Jan 2016
08:00:22am

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

All these countries are listed in the old Higgins and Gage catalogues although these weren't updated after the early 1980s.

For GB I recommend Collect British Postal Stationery by Alan Huggins and Colin Baker:

http://www.postalstationery.org.uk/book.htm

Michel issue a postal stationery catalogue for Germany:

http://www.briefmarken.de/michelshop/de/kataloge/ganzsachen-katalog-deutschland-2014

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ikeyPikey

05 Jan 2016
09:22:43am

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

{2c} you are looking at NDSOR, not NDSO, as in 'Windsor' {/2c}

{1c} SPOK RPO might be Spokane and Tacoma RPO {/1c}


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Jlav

05 Jan 2016
10:58:39am

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Unitrade does have Postal Stationery listings but there is also Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland.

Jacques (jlav)

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Terry

05 Jan 2016
03:44:36pm

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

As Nigel suggested for world postal stationary, the 20 volume Higgins & Gage catalog was the most comprehensive; however it has long been out of print.

I do have a complete set of the Higgins & Gage, and would be glad to share any information that it has to offer for those with postal stationary inquiries.


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TuskenRaider

05 Jan 2016
05:57:50pm

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Hi all;

@ jillcrow;

Thanks for the reply. I'll have to get in touch with my friend Susan, who is a jewellery customer of
mine, back when I sold jewellery on eBid. She also lives in a suburb of Melbourne. She visits the
states from time-to-time and is into American Bison, and Indian culture.

@ ikeyPikey;

Good catch, I didn't notice that 'R' on it's side like that. I should have used the old magnifying glass. Laughing

Thank you so much jillcrow, nigelc, ikeyPikey, Jlav, and Terry for all your great help. I will favorite
this thread, so I can refer back to it at any time, for future references.

Ken

Keep on stampin'....
TuskenRaider

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Stampaholic

06 Jan 2016
09:11:34am

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I thought RPO stands for Railway Post Office.Confused

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TuskenRaider

06 Jan 2016
06:07:06pm

re: Help with cancels & Postal Stationary info

Hi Everyone;

Boy, you guys are good. I had no idea that so much info could be determined from just a cancel. But
then I'm not really much of a postal history guy. I only recently (on SOR) learned of railway postal
cars and in-route sorting of mail.

I guess I probably saw some of those cars with the clerks in the mail cars trying to shoot and kill all
the Indians that were attacking the train. Gosh this is really fun. I guess now I can understand all
this fascination with postal history. You guys seem to make it really come alive.

@ Anglophile;

So you think that because of the numbered '1st Div' that this was carried on the "Spokane Portland &
Seattle" Line? Is there any significance to the marking; 'TR4' just below the 29 of the date? Gosh, now
you guys got me doin' it too! Laughing

I'm glad I made this thread a favorite, so I can return when I have more time to explore the links
and sources that you all have provided.

Thank you all so much, very interesting....
TuskenRaider

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