 #421 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
This is a local stamp from the town
Tampere (finnish) / Tammerfors (swedish), Finland.
Tammerfors (Tampere) local post from 1866-1875. You can read in FACIT special catouge:
Started according to an agreement with the Postal Authorities by the City´s Postmaster
in 1862. The stamps, the first og which appeared in 1866, were affixed on incoming letters
which were delivered in the City and its vicinity on the postmaster´s instructions. The
postmaster received the income from the stamps.
#421 This is a local stamp from the Finnish town of Tampere (Tammerfors in
Swedish). This was a private enterprise by the Tampere Postmaster since the Finnish Post
Office did not deliver mail to individual addresses at that time (you had to collect your
mail from the Post Office). The scan is not clear emough to tell whether the stamp is from the 1866
(clear print) or 1872-3 (more blurred print) printings, or a reprint.
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 #422  #422bis |
Any info on these stamps will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
Local stamps from the town
Helsinki (finnish) / Helsingfors (swedish), Finland.
#422 is city post from Helsingfors 1866-1893.
#422 Finland again! These are from the Helsinki local post. #422 was issued in
1884 and #422 bis in 1871. Reprints of #422 bis exist.
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 #423 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
The Croatian specialist catalogue 'Katalog Postanskih Marka - Hrvatska
1999/2000' lists this stamp as # XIII under 'NDH Lokalna izdanja - Medimurje
(Cakovec)'. NDH stands for 'Independent State of Croatia', 'lokalna
izdanja' means 'local issue'. Cakovec is a town at 46.23N, 16.26E in the
district of Medimurje in the far North of Croatia, bordering both Slovenia
and Hungary.
There are 15 values in the set, from 25para to 30 din, and variations such as
inverted overprints are also noted on the lower values. But no prices are
quoted in the catalogue. However, it would appear that only 142 of the #
XIII were printed - so this is a rare stamp.
An older catalogue, the Cjenik of 1975, contemptuously dismisses these stamps
as 'private local issues not recognised by the official of the Independent
State of Croatia', and does not even bother to illustrate them or list them
in detail. This is particularly curious as the same catalogue devotes 21
pages to illustrate and list the issues in exile from 1934 to 1972 - but, of
course, I do not know the politics of the editor.
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 #424 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
This stamp was overprinted "Prestito Nazionale", i.e. "National Loan", during WW1 in order to
raise funds to finance the war. Stamps were sold at every post office and were to be applied
on special booklets. The overprint comes in 2 or 3 rows. Although this stamp
was sold at post offices it is very rare to find it used as postage stamp. According to
Sassone stamp catalogue this stamp had nothing to do with postal service. Yet it seems that no one
explicitly forbid use of this stamp to frank mail.
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 #425 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
This is a locally precancelled Newspaper stamp September 19, 1902.
The stamp shown is a Newspaper Stamp with the "Budapesti Hirlap" overprint.
This is a precancel as identified by Paul Luchter. The stamp is listed in Scotts Catalogue D-I.
The stamp was issued in 1900 with the Crown in Circle (#135) watermark. Scott identifies it as follow: | |
 #426 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
Western Hungary. "Nyugatmagyarorszag" is the name
of that region in Hungarian, "Westungarn" in German. This area, also called Leitha-Banat or
Lajtabansag, was disputed between Hungary and Austria, and
it had stamps of its own. #426 is either a West Hungarian
stamp or (if not found there) it could be a propaganda stamp
issued in Hungary.
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 #427 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
Just a guess: #427 must be a Hungarian stamp, probably from WW I, but it looks rather crude. Maybe it is an essay?
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 #428 |
This question is about the upper stamp, the other one is shown for reference as it is
the stamp normally shown by catalogues. I am puzzled by the "bird" visible in the upper left corner.
I wonder if it's an occasional misprint or a known variety.
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
Yes, this is a known variety from Croatia.
Michel #47 II, value DEM 30.-, congratulations!
The "bird" is the sign from the printer. It is listed in MICHEL as #47 II (the normal one is #47).
#47 I has also the bird in the corner, but there the wings show down. Price for
#47 II is 30 DM.
#428 - The "large bird" variety (Michel 47 II) is from position 59 in the
sheet. The "small bird" variety (Michel 47 I) is from position 43.
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 #429 |
What is this? An essay stamp for Upper Silesia? A cut square?
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
#429 is shown in Upper Silesia by Scotts. In Scotts it is not listed but shown with this note:
"Stamps of the... design were a private issue not recognized by the Inter-Allied Commision of Government".
In Michel it is listed under Poland under the heading "Polnische Abstimmungsgebiete in Schlesien" under the
second category (the ones overprinted S.O 1920 are in the first category - "Ausgabe für Abstimmungsgebiet Ostschlesien, Spis und Orava")
This stamp is listed under the "Ausgabe für Ostoberschlesien" (issue for Eastern Upper Silesia).
This stamp is from "Eastern Upper Silesia",
Michel #6B, issued in June 14, 1921.
Eastern Upper Silesia was the Polish parts of Upper Silesia
and is listed in Michel "Europa Ost" (after the Polish regular issues)
and in "Deutschland Spezial" (after the regular issues of Upper Silesia)
under the name "Ostoberschlesien".
The stamp was issued for Upper Silesia. It is listed in MICHEL under socalled
"Insurgenten-Ausgabe", a not regular issue from 1921. It is a set of seven
stamps (10 F. - 1 Mark). Price of your stamp is 5 DM.
This stamp is in Michel under Insurgenten-Ausgabe for Upper Silesia. There are 7 different stamps in this issue: 10 f - 20 f - 30 f - 40 f - 50 f - 60 f and 1 Mk.
This is an unrecognized private issue of Upper Silesia in 1921. My old Scott international,
volume 1 has a place for a 10 f orange, a 20f purple, a 30 f orange and a 40f green. I also
have a 60f blue. A picture of the 10 f stamp is in my 1971 Scott catalog with a note that the
issue was not recognized by the Inter-Allied Commission of government (page 1515 in vol. ii).
Scott did recognize this issue at one time.
#429 Upper Silesia. The reason there is dispute among the
catalogues as to whether to list them is that some were genuinely used
postally but not officially recognised by the Commissioners. The League of
Nations was desperately trying to keep the lid on an explosive situation
between the Polish and German speaking areas until the plebiscite was
organised. The commissioners didn't much mind what anybody did so long as it
didn't offend the other side! These stamps show an eagle which was a Polish
symbol. It would have been provocative to send these into a German area -
like flying an Irish tricolour in the Lower Falls or a Union Jack in the
Bogside! So the commissioners would not recognise them. But they turned a
blind eye to them being used so long as they were only for mail sent within
the Polish area.
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 #430 |
This stamp is affixed on a letter (which has never been mailed; there is
no address). Who can give me some information on the overprint?
Posted by Olivier Lafarge on 25 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
The whole red overprint, which covers 4 stamps, is shown in the Michel
Europa-Katalog Ost under Russia, note above #105, where it states that the
overprint on this "Romanov-type" stamp of Russia is made privately and was
not an official issue.
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