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I have a small collection of Worcester cancels. I used to avoid the cards in favor of stamped covers but I found that postal cards show the strike much better.
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By sheer chance I received this miniature sheet on the same day I had booked to see the Chinese film Our Time Will Come, an impressive effort at dramatising the Chinese resistance to Japanese occupation. This is a subject about which I knew virtually nothing, and I'm still not certain of the overall effect Chinese resistance groups had on the occupation, but both the film and this miniature sheet gave pleasing pause for thought.
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I have been wanting this set from Cuba for a while. From 1937, they were only on sale for 3 days, and during those days, only these were available, then remainders were overprinted. Part of the proceeds were paid to the Assoc. of American Writers and Artists.
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Great showings, Guys! Sean, I'm particularly fond of that blue 10c w/Native American motif! I'm gonna need to find one of those for my N/A topical collection.
Here's a set I recently acquired for my Hungary collection. All MNH w/horizontal w/m.
Stamp World doesn't give a name to the set, but I'd assume that the title "Revolutionaries" would apply as well as any. I'll do some research and a write up for each one and mount them on their own page.
I do wish the centering was a little better on a couple of them, but I'm still happy to finely add them to my collection.
WB
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WB. Nice set. The centering is actually not bad for that set. Be sure to leave spaces for the vertical watermark ones. They are not that hard to find but you will end up paying significantly more than you did for these.
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Thanks Sean.
The vertical set is on the list, but I was under the impression that they cataloged for a bit less then the horizontal w/m set. Of course I could be wrong, it's happened a few times before.
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Sean, Congrats on the Cuba set. It is one of my favorite sets from Cuba. It is a scarce issue that is hard to come by, especially the complete set that includes the 14 regular, 6 airmails and 2 special deliveries issues. Any Cuban collector should keep their eyes open for these.
I won the used set below this weekend. It is the key set for Austria issued in honor of the death of Franz Joseph in 1910. I needed the 3 top values only having forgeries as space fillers previously as shown on 2nd page below from my collection. The forgeries were very well executed leaving the Yellowish colored paper as the easiest way of telling them apart as well as perf count. This leaves me only 2 stamps and the Renner sheets to complete all of the regular, Semi Postal and airmail issues thru 1985 for Austria.
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Some junk mail from the 1850's. These are third class mailings.
This first sheet comes from Albany, NY with a US Scott #24 tied with a paid CDS.
These next two sheets are from Glens Falls, NY with precanceled stamps. They both fit into three of my collecting areas. Fire/Fire Insurance, Rates and Precancels.
The first sheet has a US Scott #24.
This sheet has a US Scott #9.
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Marienburg, Marienwerder
Under the control of the Inter-Allied Commission after WWI.
Ceded to Germany as a result of a plebiscite vote on August 16, 1920.
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I received in the mail today a group of auxiliary markings on cover, most are the "Pointing Finger".
The first cover came with a return to sender Pointing finger and "deceased" written on front.
This cover was opened by the dead letter office in Philadelphia, PA. It was returned for 55 cents postage due. 15 postage and 40 for handling. Not visible in the scan under the black marking is "Return For Postage".
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Nothing too rare, but a couple of nice covers. First day C20 / First Flight San Fran to Manila (Manila backstamp). Also a Canada C4 First day / First Flight Ottawa - Bradore Bay. This was an inaugural service to take mail from Ottawa Imperial Conference participants to catch the last docking of the SS Empress of Britain for overseas mail connection. Full slogan cancellation reads By Air from Ottawa to Belle Isle 1/3 of the Shortest Route to Europe. Backstamp reads Bradore Bay.
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Heydekrug, Memel Land
November 21, 1921
German Territory under French Administration after WWI from 1919 to 1923. Was ceded to Lithuania in 1923.
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A couple of decades later Heydekrug was the site of German POW camp Stalag Luft VI. (Not sure how relevant this is to your cover, but I thought I'd mention it anyhow!)
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It was not really a new acquisition, but something I rediscovered in one of the boxes that still needed to be unpacked. I thought I had lost it, or traded it a long time ago, but it turned out I did not 
It is an early Madeira stamp, nr. 13 in Afinsa, from 1873. The cancel appears to be genuine, 45 is Funchal at Madeira.
It is not in the best condition, but since it is a rather rare stamp I think it is acceptable. The beauty of it all is that this stamp was found in a small collection (about 150 stamps) of Portuguese colonies I bought a few years ago for about € 1.50!
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Jansimon,
I find it nice when I go through a box of material that I haven't handled in a while and find something I forgot that I still own. Helps relive the fun of when I first acquired it.
It was time to feed my fancy cancel collection and these are the new additions that arrived today.
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Vinman, i do the same thing all the time..its amazing what i find that should be in my collections...thats what comes of my having too much disorganized stuff.
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Montevideo, Uruguay
On the back is a received stamp showing the year of 1839.
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Went to the Kent Philatelic Stamp Show in Grand Rapids a week ago Saturday;
found this group of local posts selling for quite cheap, probably because a few had damage/staining....
....but still, some nice covers!
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My grandfather has been cleaning out his house and found a bunch of stamp-related stuff from the collection of my Great Aunt Doris. Some of my favorite finds have been some early 40s commemorative covers. A few of my favorites are attached.
The inaugural run of the Empire State Express was rather upstaged by other events...
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My new favorite covers! Limited edition of 4, 3 pink and 1 beige!
I had these hand cancelled on the way to the hospital to see my one hour old granddaughter. I finally had time to apply the cachets this morning.
I will keep two and give two to my daughter for Kelsie's memory book. Gotta start her off right since she is the heir to my collection!
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Congratulations on your new granddaughter!!!!
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Fantastic Tom way go! All the best to mother and baby.
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Congratulations, Tom! That's a perfect birth announcement.
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What a great idea, Tom! I'm sure that will be a treasured keepsake for both grandfather and granddaughter.
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Congratulations on your new Grand Daughter. That's nice greeting card you made up for her.
This gives us something in common as I also was the proud recipient of a beautiful Grand Daughter named Guinevere, a week ago today.
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Congratulations to both Tom and Mitch.
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Thank you everyone! And congrats to Mitch! It's a wonderful thing!
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That hole in my album has been bugging me for a while.
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Here is a US Scott #73 with a patent cancel. Patent cancelers were an experiment by the Post Office to prevent the reuse of stamps. They were designed to cut, punch a hole or scrape the stamp so the cancelling ink would soak into the stamp to prevent reuse. I am showing the back side of the stamp to illustrate the cuts made in the stamp.
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I am starting a new thread for recent acquisitions with this postal card from Worcester, MA.
I have a small collection of Worcester cancels. I used to avoid the cards in favor of stamped covers but I found that postal cards show the strike much better.
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By sheer chance I received this miniature sheet on the same day I had booked to see the Chinese film Our Time Will Come, an impressive effort at dramatising the Chinese resistance to Japanese occupation. This is a subject about which I knew virtually nothing, and I'm still not certain of the overall effect Chinese resistance groups had on the occupation, but both the film and this miniature sheet gave pleasing pause for thought.
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I have been wanting this set from Cuba for a while. From 1937, they were only on sale for 3 days, and during those days, only these were available, then remainders were overprinted. Part of the proceeds were paid to the Assoc. of American Writers and Artists.
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Great showings, Guys! Sean, I'm particularly fond of that blue 10c w/Native American motif! I'm gonna need to find one of those for my N/A topical collection.
Here's a set I recently acquired for my Hungary collection. All MNH w/horizontal w/m.
Stamp World doesn't give a name to the set, but I'd assume that the title "Revolutionaries" would apply as well as any. I'll do some research and a write up for each one and mount them on their own page.
I do wish the centering was a little better on a couple of them, but I'm still happy to finely add them to my collection.
WB
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WB. Nice set. The centering is actually not bad for that set. Be sure to leave spaces for the vertical watermark ones. They are not that hard to find but you will end up paying significantly more than you did for these.
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Thanks Sean.
The vertical set is on the list, but I was under the impression that they cataloged for a bit less then the horizontal w/m set. Of course I could be wrong, it's happened a few times before.
WB
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Sean, Congrats on the Cuba set. It is one of my favorite sets from Cuba. It is a scarce issue that is hard to come by, especially the complete set that includes the 14 regular, 6 airmails and 2 special deliveries issues. Any Cuban collector should keep their eyes open for these.
I won the used set below this weekend. It is the key set for Austria issued in honor of the death of Franz Joseph in 1910. I needed the 3 top values only having forgeries as space fillers previously as shown on 2nd page below from my collection. The forgeries were very well executed leaving the Yellowish colored paper as the easiest way of telling them apart as well as perf count. This leaves me only 2 stamps and the Renner sheets to complete all of the regular, Semi Postal and airmail issues thru 1985 for Austria.
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Some junk mail from the 1850's. These are third class mailings.
This first sheet comes from Albany, NY with a US Scott #24 tied with a paid CDS.
These next two sheets are from Glens Falls, NY with precanceled stamps. They both fit into three of my collecting areas. Fire/Fire Insurance, Rates and Precancels.
The first sheet has a US Scott #24.
This sheet has a US Scott #9.
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Marienburg, Marienwerder
Under the control of the Inter-Allied Commission after WWI.
Ceded to Germany as a result of a plebiscite vote on August 16, 1920.
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I received in the mail today a group of auxiliary markings on cover, most are the "Pointing Finger".
The first cover came with a return to sender Pointing finger and "deceased" written on front.
This cover was opened by the dead letter office in Philadelphia, PA. It was returned for 55 cents postage due. 15 postage and 40 for handling. Not visible in the scan under the black marking is "Return For Postage".
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Nothing too rare, but a couple of nice covers. First day C20 / First Flight San Fran to Manila (Manila backstamp). Also a Canada C4 First day / First Flight Ottawa - Bradore Bay. This was an inaugural service to take mail from Ottawa Imperial Conference participants to catch the last docking of the SS Empress of Britain for overseas mail connection. Full slogan cancellation reads By Air from Ottawa to Belle Isle 1/3 of the Shortest Route to Europe. Backstamp reads Bradore Bay.
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Heydekrug, Memel Land
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German Territory under French Administration after WWI from 1919 to 1923. Was ceded to Lithuania in 1923.
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A couple of decades later Heydekrug was the site of German POW camp Stalag Luft VI. (Not sure how relevant this is to your cover, but I thought I'd mention it anyhow!)
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It was not really a new acquisition, but something I rediscovered in one of the boxes that still needed to be unpacked. I thought I had lost it, or traded it a long time ago, but it turned out I did not
It is an early Madeira stamp, nr. 13 in Afinsa, from 1873. The cancel appears to be genuine, 45 is Funchal at Madeira.
It is not in the best condition, but since it is a rather rare stamp I think it is acceptable. The beauty of it all is that this stamp was found in a small collection (about 150 stamps) of Portuguese colonies I bought a few years ago for about € 1.50!
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Jansimon,
I find it nice when I go through a box of material that I haven't handled in a while and find something I forgot that I still own. Helps relive the fun of when I first acquired it.
It was time to feed my fancy cancel collection and these are the new additions that arrived today.
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Vinman, i do the same thing all the time..its amazing what i find that should be in my collections...thats what comes of my having too much disorganized stuff.
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Montevideo, Uruguay
On the back is a received stamp showing the year of 1839.
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Went to the Kent Philatelic Stamp Show in Grand Rapids a week ago Saturday;
found this group of local posts selling for quite cheap, probably because a few had damage/staining....
....but still, some nice covers!
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My grandfather has been cleaning out his house and found a bunch of stamp-related stuff from the collection of my Great Aunt Doris. Some of my favorite finds have been some early 40s commemorative covers. A few of my favorites are attached.
The inaugural run of the Empire State Express was rather upstaged by other events...
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My new favorite covers! Limited edition of 4, 3 pink and 1 beige!
I had these hand cancelled on the way to the hospital to see my one hour old granddaughter. I finally had time to apply the cachets this morning.
I will keep two and give two to my daughter for Kelsie's memory book. Gotta start her off right since she is the heir to my collection!
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Congratulations on your new granddaughter!!!!
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Fantastic Tom way go! All the best to mother and baby.
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Congratulations, Tom! That's a perfect birth announcement.
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What a great idea, Tom! I'm sure that will be a treasured keepsake for both grandfather and granddaughter.
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Congratulations on your new Grand Daughter. That's nice greeting card you made up for her.
This gives us something in common as I also was the proud recipient of a beautiful Grand Daughter named Guinevere, a week ago today.
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Congratulations to both Tom and Mitch.
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Thank you everyone! And congrats to Mitch! It's a wonderful thing!
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That hole in my album has been bugging me for a while.
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Here is a US Scott #73 with a patent cancel. Patent cancelers were an experiment by the Post Office to prevent the reuse of stamps. They were designed to cut, punch a hole or scrape the stamp so the cancelling ink would soak into the stamp to prevent reuse. I am showing the back side of the stamp to illustrate the cuts made in the stamp.
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