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Friday, September 29, 2017

Kimble's October Postmark Calendar

Kimble's October Calendar
Into the Deep Blue
As a collaborative project, Dan and I are presenting a postmark calendar for all 366 possible days of the year, represented by interesting appropriate date cancellation stamps from the Kimble collection.

We are publishing, during 2017, a monthly blog post with the date postmarks for that month for everyone's enjoyment.

The introduction, dedication, and links to the other months that have been published, is included with the January post.

 October Postmark Calendar

 October 1
Belgium 1886 Scott 56 20c olive/greenish
"King Leoppld II" 
Brussels

 October 2
Canada 19th Century Revenue 6c "Victoria"

 October 3
Belgium 1885 Scott 53 25c blue/pink
"Leopold II"
Brussels

 October 4
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Wolverhampton, part of Staffordshire

 October 5
USA Revenue 1898 Scott R163 1c pale blue
"Battleship"
Cleveland, Ohio

 October 6
Great Britain 1887 Scott 111 11/2p vermilion "Victoria"
Bath

 October 7
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
Dublin

 October 8
USA Revenue 1898 Scott R164 2c carmine rose
"Battleship"

 October 9
Belgium 1905 Scott 85 10c dull rose
"Leopold II"
Probably Burxelles (Nord) - Brussels- North Station. Thanks to Lexman.

 October 10
Belgium 1900 Scott 66 10c bright rose "Leopold II"
Brussels

 October 11
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
Hertford?

 October 12
Sweden 1891 Scott 58 10o carmine
"King Oscar II"
PKXP is a railway postmark ("Postal Compartment"). In 1895, probably Stockholm-Nyköping-Nässjö line. Information from Steamboat Willie. Thanks Steamboat.

 October 13
Canada 1897 Scott 53 3c bright rose
"Jubilee Issue"
Hamilton, Ontario ? (Thanks Gene)

 October 14
Belgium 1900 Scott 66 10c bright rose "Leopold II"
Bruges. A UNESCO Hertitage site for the canal based historic city center. I've been there. Incredible!

 October 15
USA 1853 Scott 11A 3c dull red "Washington"
Kingstree, South Carolina?

 October 16
Austria 1860 Scott 15 10kr brown
"Franz Josef"
?

 October 17
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
West Hartlepool

 October 18
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Croydon in south London?

 October 19
Austria 1875 Scott 36 5kr rose "Franz Josef"
Fine Print
Linz, Austria

 October 20
Belgium 1884 Scott 52 10c rose/bluish
"Leopold II"
Gent/Ghent/Gand? Thanks to Lexman.

 October 21
Bavaria 1888 Scott 63 10pf carmine
"Coat of arms"
Hoechstadt an der Donau

 October 22
USA Revenue 1898 Scott R164 2c carmine rose
"Battleship"

 October 23
Belgium 1884 Scott 52 10c rose/bluish
"Leopold II"
Charleroi

 October 24
USA 1932 Scott 705 1c green "Washington"
Bartlesville, Oklahoma?

 October 25
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Darlington

 October 26
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"

 October 27
USA 1917 Scott 498 1c green "Washington"
Buffalo, N.Y.?

 October 28
Peru 1898 Scott 42 1c yellow green
"Manco Capac, Founder of the Inca Dynasty"
Mollendo, Peru (Thanks Gene)

 October 29
USA 1904 Scott 324 2c carmine "Jefferson"
Caro, Michigan

 October 30
Austria 1876 Scott P9B (1kr) violet "Mercury"
Terlan, South Tyrol (Now Telano in Italy) (Thanks Gene)

 October 31
Germany 1889 Scott 48 10pf carmine
Uerzig, Germany, near Trier.

Belgium 1953 Scott Q344 2fr slate
"New North Station, Brussels"
Out of the Blue
We tried to identify the town/city postmark on the stamps. We were not very successful in some cases. Perhaps the reader could help?

Note: All the stamps are part of the Kimble collection.

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7 comments:

  1. Gene/DJCMHSeptember 29, 2017 at 8:48 AM

    Oct 28 maybe Molledo Peru? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollendo

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  2. Gene/DJCMHSeptember 29, 2017 at 8:50 AM

    Oct 30 Terlan, South Tyrol (now Terlano in Italy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terlan

    Oct 13 Hamilton Ontario Canada (?)

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    1. JimSeptember 29, 2017 at 9:44 AM

      Thanks Gene for the great guesses. They look right.

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  3. -= Steamboat Willie =-September 29, 2017 at 11:07 AM

    OCT 12. This postmark is "PKXP №34A" a railway postmark. [PKXP stands for "Postal Compartment" or "Postkupéexpedition"].

    At 12 october 1895 PKXP 34A was on the Stockholm-Nyköping-Nässjö line.

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  4. LexmanSeptember 29, 2017 at 11:40 AM

    October 9 : Although Ixelles could be right, I guess it's once more Burxelles (Nord), I suppose there was a postoffice in the North Train station....

    October 20 : a wild guess says Gent/Ghent/Gand, what troubles me is the letter between the d & s...

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  5. AnonymousOctober 10, 2017 at 11:07 AM

    21 October : Höchstadt an der Donau (written as Hoechstadt a/d D), a small town in Western Bavaria

    grtz, Arend

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