 #291 |
Fairly easy to establish it's from the unissued set of Ukraine 1920, and it probably got too near a red envelope, but whats with that overprint?
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
I found the same overprint on the same set (2 gr.) in a reference manual
published on 1988, plate DCLXXII. I quote from the author "In one of
his Rossica Journal articles Capt. S. de Schramchenko claimed that same
of the kopeck values of the Vienna issue were supplied to the Ukrainian
Republic Government and were used for a short period in Volochinsk and
other towns. We now know that this was just misinformation created to
back up his forged cancellation on this issue. A wide range of crude
cancellations are to be found on all values of this issue." |
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 #292 |
Is this a Private mail service or what's the story? Mail by canoe?
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
Your No.292 is the Western Canada Airways jubilee issue of 1 July 1927, issued for the 60th anniversary of Confederation. It is listed in the Unitrade Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps (p.426 in the 1998 edition), listed under Air Post semi-official issues (Cat. No. CL41), where it states that it was issued in sheets of 200, panes of 50. The postage was 10c for 1oz weight. The quoted catalogue value is $12.50 (Canadian) for a mint single (+25% for never hinged), $75 for used on cover. The design shows the progress in delivering the mail to the remoter regions of Canada from 1867 (canoe) to 1927 (float plane). Several air mail carriers issued stamps to prepay mail carried commercially to areas in Canada not accessible by rail or ship. These companies held contracts with and operated under the strict regulations and control of the Canadian Postal Authorities. These stamps could only be affixed to the back of covers and usually received boxed oval cachets giving the dates or points of flight. Western Canada Airways served northern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.. | |
 #293 |
I'm betting Hungary, and the guys name is SZENT L'ASZIO, after that I'm lost. What's weird is the typescript which spans two stamps: A m. kir. 611 mr (as best as I can make it out).
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
#293 - One of a set of seven inflation stamps
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from WWI.
There is also a 38f, 40f, 50f, 64f and 72f. They
are technically revenues.
Hungary, general revenue, issue of 1914, listed in Barefoot, "Hungary revenues" page 23, #353 and
in Fidder, "Handbook of the hungarian revenues", page 102, #548. | |
 #294 |
I think I can safely say this one's from Belarus, but more than that I don't know.
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
#294 - One of a set of 3 White Russian
propaganda labels prepared for postal use in
1920 but never issued due to the collapse of
the local White Russian government. | |
 #295 |
Another Belarus stamp that mystifies me...
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
#295 - One of a set of 3 White Russian
propaganda labels prepared for postal use in
1920 but never issued due to the collapse of
the local White Russian government. | |
 #296 |
And yet another Belarus? This guy is sitting in a library reading a book with a very tiny inscription I can barely make out as roughly: FRANCISH SKARYNA S POLACKA 1817-1917
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
#296 - One of a set of 3 White Russian
propaganda labels prepared for postal use in
1920 but never issued due to the collapse of
the local White Russian government. | |
 #297 |
Notice that the denomination is expressed in 6 languages including Arabic(?) Probably because sailors get around a lot in spite of lugging an anchor and the coat of arms with him.
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
#297 is a Russian fiscal stamp of some kind; I don't know the period of this one.
#297 - RSFSR, 1924, Tax Duty.
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 #298 |
The double-headed eagle holds an orb and sceptre. Does that make it Czarist Russia?
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
#298 is a Russian fiscal stamp, this one is certainly Czarist. Both "gerbovaya" and "marka" can mean "stamp" (postage stamp is "pochtovaya marka" [as a child I used to read this as "NOYTOBAR MAPKA" on my Russian stamps]; stamp-duty is "gerbovaya poshlina"). The inscription below the double-headed eagle on no.298 translates as "fifteen kopeks". | |
 #299 |
Without the overprint this is a fiscal stamp issued by Italy for the occupied territories of Fiumano-Kupa during
WW2. The overprint was applied in Fiume by Yugoslavians, presumably in 1945. It reads "Fiume - Rijeka" and,
below the red star, "bollo - biljeg". It is not clear to me if the overprint was intended for fiscal
purposes only or if it was also meant to be used for postage. Probably not because even italian
catalogues don't list it, yet they're always very generous toward these kind of issues. Any hint?
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 13 July 99 |
ANSWERS:
Fiume, municipal revenue, provisional issue after the yugoslav occupation of 1945. Listed in
Barefoot, "Hungary revenues", page 101, #314. | |
 #300 |
There is a vertical overprint which spans beyond the top and bottom, and unfortunately I can't make it out. Anybody know what this is?
Posted by Mike Allen on 1 July 99 |
ANSWERS:This stamp looks very much like a Mexican Renta Interior stamp of 1898. The overprint therefore will probably be one of the Mexican states such as: Distrito Federal, Carmen, Vera Cruz, La Paz, Zumpango, Monterey, Compostella, Pagado or one of the other states. (The picture is not clear enough for me to identify it correctly).Leo Bakx (31 Oct 99) | |
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