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A page dedicated to my newest obsession: postal objects
franked with stamps from different countries. Since I found the first combo a few years ago I
have always had trouble with them, not knowing whether they where interesting items. One thing I was sure of,
that I liked them and decided therefore not to stick these stamps off the postal objects they were affixed to.
That gave me troubles because as a worldwide collector I like to have specific and well defined country sections
and I hate to have a stamp stored in a place different from the album of its country. This page gives me an opportunity to start a
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GERMANY + FRANCE I like this one. It was cancelled in Dortmund (Germany) and I think that the 80 pf. stamps pays the actual postage for postcards. What about the french stamp then? I like to think that this postcard was sent by someone touring Europe through the Inter Rail. He bought postcard and stamp while in France, he placed the stamp onto the postcard then totally forgot to send it until he came to Germany... where he needed a new stamp. (May 1999) | |
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USA + UN When I received this letter I thought it was something valuable, but then I received this comment: "The H stamp pays the 33 cent rate for domestic letters up to 1 ounce. The UN stamp probably went along for the ride. Anyone can use UN stamps, provided they mail them at the UN post office in New York. Lots of stamp dealers do this to take advantage of the fact that UN stamps can be bought in bulk for around 55 cents on the dollar." [Carrigan] Still I have a few doubts about this explanation, the cancellation says Phoenix, Az, quite a long road from New York. (May 1999) | |
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(West) GERMANY + BERLIN I don't know if the combination of stamps from West Germany and Berlin are common. This one should have been taxed, though, as the use of Berlin stamps after 31 December 1991 was not allowed. The cancel date read 23/03/92. "...many people used their mint stamps of Berlin as franking also after 1991. I think, also many non-collectors. MICHEL says, that such frankings have no special value, philatelists should not take them in their collection" [Praest]. (May 1999) | |
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AUSTRALIA + COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS There is not much to say about this combination. Stamps from Cocos (Keeling) Islands are valid for postage in Australia, as well as those from Christmas Island (see next combination) and the Australian Antarctic Territory. Besides these are not nations except from a philatelic point of view, and this is what matters to me. (May 1999) | |
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AUSTRALIA + CHRISTMAS ISLAND There is not much to say about this combination. Stamps from Christmas Island are valid for postage in Australia, as well as those from Cocos (Keeling) Islands (see previous combination) and the Australian Antarctic Territory. Besides these are not nations except from a philatelic point of view, and this is what matters to me. And this combination is really very nice. (May 1999) | |
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ITALY + CROATIA I suppose this combination has an origin equal to the one from Germany+France. The sender forgot to send it while in Croatia and posted it in Italy at end of his holidays. The cancel, though blur, looks italian. The front of this postcard shows a typical dalmatian landscape. (June 1999) | |
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ITALY + SWITZERLAND This one is the oldest I have, by all means as it is the first one I found some years ago. I can't say anything about it. If you have any idea why the swiss stamps were applied over the italians I would be very glad to post your comments here. (June 1999) It may be that the Swiss stamps were used to pay an additional carrier fee - I have seen similar combinations of Polish and West German stamps on those cards which accompany parcels. However, it seems rather uncommon for "printed matter" (if I may translate "stampe" thus). Maybe the addressee had moved, and somebody had first kept the letter, and sent it later to the new address. This might also explain the fortnight's difference between the cancellation dates; probably the new address first had to be found out. [Hertzsch] (July 1999) | |
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GRENADA + GRENADINES OF GRENADA I feel like I am cheating by posting this combination. Grenadines of Grenada are a small group of islands belonging to Grenada. Their postal traffic is very limited and therefore there was no need to issue separate stamps for these islands, but alas their existence gives me an easy opportunity to add a combination to this page as philatelically speaking they are a different thing from Grenada. (July 1999) | |
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ITALY + SAN MARINO My wife has been so kind as to send me this postcard from San Marino... and the nice people at San Marino post office have so been so kind as to cancel the italian stamp too. (July 1999) | |
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PORTUGAL + AÇORES An easy to find combination. I'll be glad when I find a triple combi Portugal + Açores + Madeira. (August 1999) | |
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