 #191 | In between the nice stamps
in Martinelli's album there was this nice balloon post from Poland. I particularly
like it as it pictures the old pre WW2 borders in Europe (notice that Slovakia had already
been parted from Bohemia and Moravia). Any info on this stamp will be much appreciated.
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
A very nice balloon post stamp from Poland. It ties in with the regular issue
commemorating Bennet's flight. It is from a set of three and is listed in
Sanabria's air post catalog. |
 #192 | This stamp looks like from Spain.
Both Martinelli and I haven't been able to find it in our catalogues, at least
not with this kind of cancel (or overprint?). Any info on this stamp will be much appreciated.
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
#192 - Spanish stamps from 1854 to 1882
cancelled with three parallel horizontal bars
are remainders and sell for much less than
postally used examples.
This stamp was part of trial sets of king Amedeo 1872-1873 which were
never aproved to be issued by the spanish government. They are perf. and
imperf. and are cancelled with 3 bars. |
 #193 | The only thing we know
about this one is that it probably comes from Hungary. What is it?
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
#193 - "Allami Biztosito" is Hungarian for State Insurer. The "AB" may stand for
AB - Aegon, one of Hungary's largest insurance companies, but that's just a guess. Hopefully
someone can shed some light on how this stamp is used.
The stamp was used as proof of payment for car insurance. The monthly fee of
mandatory car insurance was 20 forint. If someone paid a year at once, received
12 stamps for his insurance booklet, but monthly payment was possible. The
booklet had to be with the car all the time and had to be presented to the police if
the car was stopped by them. AB is an abbreviation from the first letters of Allami Biztosito (state owned insurance company) worked as a logo in advertisements. |
 #194 | The only thing we know
about this one is that it probably comes from Romania. What is it?
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
#194 is a Romanian postal tax stamp, Scott
RA35, from 1948. |
 #195 | And for this one we can not even
suggest an origin, although it must be an eastern european country. Which one?
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
I am fairly sure that this is a Romanian voluntary postal tax/charity stamp. It
may be from the period between the war and the establishment of the Communist
government.
I can recognize the inscription in the bottom of the stamp.
It is in serbo-croatian: NAROD SEBI which means - people in own behalf.
There is no valuta indication of any kind whatsoever, so I am unable to trace it down.
I presume it is some local issue.
Sun as a symbol in coat of arms resembles to Socialist Romania as well as Macedonia. |
 #196 | A local from civil war
in Spain? From which town?
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
#196 - Spain, Edifil Cruzada Contra el Frio #6, 1937 - my assumption:
a postal tax issue for the benefit of those suffering from winter
cold. |
 #197 | This one has to be listed
somewhere. Where is it from?
Posted by Davide Martinelli on 26 Nov 98
#197 - Spain, Beneficiencia #B8, 1929, (Huerfanos de Correos) - my
assumption: a postal tax issue for the benefit of orphans of postal
workers. |
 #198 | I don't have a clue where this
stamp is from.
Posted by Andrew Freeston on 26 Nov 98
Stamp #198 appears to be Scott 63 from Guatemala, the 1897 Central
American Exhibition Issue. |
 #199 | I do not have a clue what this stamp is.
Posted by Andrew Freeston on 26 Nov 98
This is a revenue stamp issued in Italy in 1868. However it has
been extensively used as postage stamp and, as such, tolerated. That means that
letters bearing this stamp were not always taxed. It is listed by Sassone as #5 in a
special chapter called "fiscal & revenue stamps used as postage stamps". Sassone
clearly says that "these stamps, though of fiscal nature, may well be included in a
collection of italian kingdom stamps". I can't tell by the scan if the cancel is postal.
In this case the stamp would have a value of roughly 15 US$, even more if the cancel
were later than 1901. |
 #200 | This stamp
is from Colombia. But what about the red star overprint?
Posted by Andrew Freeston on 26 Nov 98
#200 is one of several Colombian issues from
Cartagena at the turn of the century (Scott 179) that exist only
overprinted. |
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