 #C81 |
This little blue stamp reads (maybe-it's hard to read) "Utile duici" on the top ribbon
and "Timbre Rodennais" below. Also "20" but no type of money. I am not quite sure what
is pictured in the shield... some seated animal with a backpack... anyone know what this is? And where from?
Posted by Paul Luchter on 19 May 2000 |
ANSWERS:
I suspect that closer magnification will show that the top words are really
"Utile dulci" not "Utile duici".
"Utile dulci" is a Latin phrase from Horace's Ars Poetica (68-65 BC),
and means "the useful with the beautiful."
I suspect that closer magnification may also show that the bottom words
are really "Timbre Rouennais" and not "Timbre Rodennais".
"Timbre Rouennais" is French for 'a stamp from Rouen', a city in France.
My guess would be that this stamp was produced in Rouen to raise funds
for the arts and very possibly related to poetry.
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 #C82 |
The green stamp: "Le Bon Pain" at top - the good bread...
"Auvelais" below though the overprinted 8 obscures the end of this word. A sheaf of wheat between
"3 Cts". What is this, where is it from?
Posted by Paul Luchter on 19 May 2000 |
ANSWERS:
Auvelais is a small town in the French speaking part of Belgium. Some years
ago a lot of shops, butchers, etc. gave their clients discount stamps.
Now the use of those stamps is vanishing. With those stamps, which had to be
fixed on a card or in a booklet, the client could get discount when he was
buying later on.
Auvelais et en Belgique, province de Namur.
Il s'agit probablement d'une vignette de prime d'une boulangerie
destinée à fidéliser la clientèle.Les oblitérations doivent correspondre
à des informations comptables et de période de validité.
L'utilisation de vignettes de ce type était fréquente tant en France
qu'en Belgique francophone (Wallonie) avant l'apparition des
supermarchés.
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 #C83 |
Here is a confusing item. Is it a wafer seal? Is it a cut-square from an
embossed envelope? And where is it from?
All it says is "50 c./'sGr. 1919".
Is 'sGr. silbergroschen? But that is a 19th century monetary unit in
North Germany, in Bremen and Brunswick, etc. and in Luxembourg. Could
this somehow be Luxembourg?
The coat of arms is a striding grython, arms and legs and tongue akimbo,
and holding a sword. This is not Luxembourg coat of arms or Bremen or any
I know. Whose coat of arms is that? What is this?
Posted by Paul Luchter on 22 May 2000 |
ANSWERS:
This is an embossed print of the Dutch National Lion.
It's probably used as a wafer seal by the city of The Hague. The old
fashioned name of The Hague was 'sGravenhage.
50 cents was probably the cost for this seal or for the service represented
by this seal.
Cinderella #83 is a cutout of sealed paper of the State of the Netherlands.
There were sheets of paper with embossed & printed on it the seal, year and the place were the government resides:
's-Gravenhage (The Hague). It was in former days obliged to use these "gezegeld papier" (sealed paper) when you applied
for a public job or contract. When you were a young teacher you spent a lot of money by writing your CV and application
for getting a job on a state or community ruled school! There were several rates like 50 C(ents) 1 guilder, 2 1/2 guilder. | |
 #C84 |
Any info on this will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 26 May 2000 |
ANSWERS:
This item looks like a fund raising stamp for
a carnival association or maybe a hospital. On the bottom it says:
"Meilleur moral / prompte guerison / rire c'est guerir" which loosely translates:"Good moral, is good for healing to laugh is to heal".
Around it says "aidons nous et aimons nous les uns les autres" which would be something like:
"Help us and let's love each other".
In the banner:"la gaite" i.e. the cheerfullness. | |
 #C85 |
I have two of these, the other in green. Presumably an Israeli
charity seal of some sort. Can anyone help?
Posted by Ian Young on 26 May 2000 |
ANSWERS:
# C85 The stamp is a Jewish National Fund stamp, issued in 1951, the Keren Kayemeth stamp; with the symbol of JNF Jubilee
year "50 years of JNF". Also known as a Purin Gift Stamp. This stamp was issued in different color combinations and was
perforated 12 1/2. | |
 #C86 |
Here is a another weird stamp... It has the design like the 1866 Hamburg issues, but is from 1911..
On the left it says "Ausstellung", on the right, "Wohnräume 1911".
Reading the rest from top to bottom: "Hamburg/April- Sept./6/Monate/Bemalter".
Although I can translate the words, I am still not sure what this
was/is...Anyone know this label?
Posted by Paul Luchter on 26 May 2000 |
ANSWERS:
"Ausstellung bemalter Wohnraeume Hamburg April - Sept 6 Monate".
This "Exhibition of painted living rooms" was probably what we
would nowadays call an exhibition of indoor design. It took
place in Hamburg from April to September (no idea, of which year)
which makes six months. In my humble opinion this is clearly an advertisement
label, perhaps to be affixed to letters in order to spread
word of the event across the country.
Exhibition poster stamp issued in Hamburg in 1911. Listed in some Exhibition poster stamp catalogues. | |
 #C87 |
Something oriental commemorating the 1952 Olympics. Stamp or label?
Posted by Derek Brinkley on 05 Sep 2000 |
ANSWERS:
I assume it is a fund-raising label. The inscription along the bottom is in
Japanese katakana characters, the syllabic signs always used to write
foreign words including personal and place names. In this case it reads
HE-RU-SI-N-KI, the nearest Japanese can get to HELSINKI. | |
 #C88 |
Can someone please give me more details of this issue and a possible value.
Posted by Daniel Seymore on 14 Sep 2000 |
ANSWERS:
I do not have the Michel Austria Specialized catalog, but my good guess is that this is a Retournmarken, an official seal,
for the Vienna Post Office, 1860s-1870s maybe.
Cinderella #88: the text on it means: Kaiserliche Und Koenigliche (=Empirial And Royal) Direction (=Administration) of the
Hof (=Court's)-Apotheke (=Dispensary) in Wien (=Vienna).
So it should be some seal, perhaps as proof for cash payment of medical supplies obtained at the court's dispensary. | |
 #C89 |
I have a label which I cannot get any information about, and hope that
some of you visitors might help. It is of interest to me as I also collect flags on stamps
(see http://www.stampshop.net/flags.html).
I would like to know its status, any historical background, etc.
Posted by Robert Murray on 14 Sep 2000 |
ANSWERS:
This is a phantasy military label printed by Delandre during WWI which
was sold to the public as a profit making venture. There are thousands of
these and they are listed in several catalogs by Walter Schmidt & Charles
Kiddle. He also printed Red Cross and other Charity labels in the same
era. Because flags are a patriotic symbol, the topic is widely used on
labels for not only France, but also Great Britain and Italy.
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  #C90 A-B |
My daughter gave up trying to ID these. She would appreciate knowing what these are.
Posted by Jeff Dunlap on 29 Sep 2000 |
ANSWERS:
#C90 A-B - The first stamp "John Paul Jones" is from the John Paul Jones Training School, Corpus Christi, Tx. listed in the
Mosbaugh's U.S. all Funds catalog. This was issued in the 1910's or abouts. This stamp or seal was issued in two colors , A)
blue perf 12, 12x14, or 14x12; B) green with perf combinations 12, 12 1/2, and 14. | |
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