 #C61 |
A blue label with a ship picture: all it says is "½ Nantes"
Any information on this (origin, date, use) would be great...
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 02 February 2000 |
 #C62 |
German stamp: I think it is a german Red Cross "welfare stamp" for Oldenberg... post-war?
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 02 February 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#C62 is a local German Red Cross stamp from Delmenhorst in the (former) state of Oldenburg , I think 1946 to 49 were the dates that this was possible.
C62: German Red Cross Welfare Stamp for the State of Oldenburg at Delmenhorst. I
would guess in the immediate post-war period ('45-'47), because Oldenburg was
eventually swallowed by the state of Lower Saxony. There were something like 12
million refugees running around Germany in the immediate postwar period (from
parts of the country ceded to Poland and the Soviet Union, Sudeten-Germans from
Czechoslovakia, others from Hungary, Romania, others who had simply fled before
the advance of the Red Army, etc.). This is undoubtedly an attempt to help them
out.
#C62 "Deutsches Rotes Kreutz/Wohlfahrtsmarke/Landeshilfe Oldenburg"
which means "German Red Cross/Welfare Stamp/Oldenburg State Aid"
So everything you say is correct.
It is listed in Michel Deutschland-Spezial catalogue only,
as a private (unofficial) stamp.
2 different blocks with 4 different stamps each,
perforated or imperforated, were issued in 1948.
This stamp is the 3:rd stamp from the 2:nd block.
There are no prices for the individual stamps,
but the blocks are listed at DM 25.- (perf)
and DM 35.- (imperf) each, in Michel-Spezial 1995. | |
 #C63 |
"Sveriges Allmänna
Verkmästareforbund...Broderskap-Hjälpsamhet...Hvildhemsfonden"
Swedish-German worker society? The SAVF-what was it? What was this?
Are those last three long words place names? company names?
Any help on this one I need.
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 02 February 2000 |
ANSWERS:
Not a positive answer but a guess: #C63 has been issued for what translates roughly as "Swedish General
Foremen's Union", the next two words mean "brotherhood - mutual help"
(or "... - readiness to help"), the last one seems to be the purpose,
I guess it is meant to raise funds for some home, perhaps for sick
or elderly or homeless members of the issuing society. I'm sure a
Swedish reader will translate it completely.
Regarding the swedish vignette I looked up the translation of the
swedish word "verkmästareförbund". "Förbund" means association and
"verkmästare" means according to my book (industrial) supervisor or
foreman and I dont know of any other way to translate it.
#C63 "Sveriges Allmänna
Verkmästareforbund...Broderskap-Hjälpsamhet...Hvildhemsfonden"
This is a swedish charity stamp.
SAVF could be translated into
"Swedish Public Supervisor Association".
I know nothing about this organization.
It is not mentioned in the Swedish Encyclopedia.
It probably doesn't exist any more.
"Broderskap-Hjälpsamhet" means "Brotherhood-Helpfullness"
"Hvildhemsfonden", I guess it should be "Hvilohemsfonden"
(I can't read the letters),
which means "The Sanatorium Fund".
The spelling is old fashioned (pre 1925),
today it would be "Vilohemsfonden".
By the way, if it really says "(H)vildhemsfonden",
it would mean "The Wild Home Fund".
Not very likely ... | |
 #C64 |
"Sammlermarken..."Sorgfältig stempeln". Sweden? Special handling? What exactly?
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 02 February 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#C64 is German. The text means "Postmark carefully - collector stamps".
One could buy such labels in philatelic shops, there are also rubber stamps with the same
wording, they were placed on letters which were meant to be cancelled
nicely (by hand, of course). However, in our age of automation this
doesn't help any more.
C64: this is in German "Sorgfaeltig Stempeln Sammlermarken" means: "Cancel carefully,
collector stamps". I would imagine that this is added to first-day issue envelopes.
A message for postworkers to make a careful cancel of stamps on this letter,
because they are intended for collectors.
#C64 "Sammlermarken"..."Sorgfältig stempeln".
This is german, "Collector's Stamps"..."Cancel carefully".
This could be a label from a stamp vendor.
Your label is indeed a label for collectors mail. "Bitte sauber stempeln" = Please cancel carefully.
These labels were only available and used in the former DDR (East Germany). | |
 #C65 |
Sigmund Freud? A weird stamp... I wonder what it is.
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 03 February 2000 |
 #C66 |
I was putting this in my stamp album as the high value for the 1908 set "Reconstruction of S. Marco Bell Tower"...
then I noticed it was something different: 25 cents instead of 15 cents and above all no mention
of "Poste Italiane" but a fancy "Campanile San Marco" instead (besides the printing method was different).
So I am asking what? who? when? why? (and why not... how much?). Thanks for your help.
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 14 February 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#66 Issued as same time as postal set as fund raiser for the reconstruction of the Bell Tower. | |
 #C67 |
This little square blue stamp with stylized "bucking bronco" looks as if the drawing was made from an "OK".
It says "O.K. CGE!": US no doubt, but would anyone ever have heard of, or remember what CGE was? Any clues anyone?
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 09 March 2000 |
 #C68 |
A stamp with the portrait of Elisabeth Josef, with perforations cut into the left side text.
I think the first word says "Forigna" then , Bankgeschäft., Jelinek & Co. Bratislava", and the number 46,416 in red at bottom. What is it?
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 09 March 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#C68 might be a savings stamp pf a German-speaking bank in
Bratislava.
#68 Believe this to be a lottery stamp. Issued in sheets of at least 50 and perhaps 100 with all different photographs of young girls. Have seen in red, green, brown and also other type sets all done by Jellineck. | |
 #C69 |
A big yellow stamp with the forlorned individual saying Sécurité Sobriété.
I guess it is French, the signature may say "forge" "Fogé", is this a famous drawing I wonder...does this have to do with Drunk Driving?
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 09 March 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#C69 says "safety - soberness" and is looks definitely like an
advertisement for drinking less. | |
 #C70 |
A red on cream stamp with the nice mansion or inn with what look like tree size lily plants. It seems Polish but says not Poczta Polska.
"1000 Szkól na tysiac lecie" and at bottom: "KIELCE TBPS". What might this be, a union dues stamp? What, when is this 5 Zloty stamp?
Posted by Paul S. Luchter on 09 March 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#C70 is Polish, probably a fundraising stamp.
"1000 Szkol na tysiac lecie" would mean something like "1000 schools for
1000 years". I assume this would have been a drive to build 1,000 new schools
connected with Poland's 1,000 year anniversary of statehood celebrated in 1966. I don't know what TPBS means, though.
Kielce is a city in Central Poland south of Warsaw. | |
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