tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post4069441233204354679..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: Kimble's November Postmark CalendarJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-87471856744165033192017-11-02T08:23:45.039-07:002017-11-02T08:23:45.039-07:00Wow, thanks for your nice words! I developed the t...Wow, thanks for your nice words! I developed the topic on my blog, into the latest post. Best wishes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-29821465988683698662017-11-02T06:58:38.652-07:002017-11-02T06:58:38.652-07:00Catalin and blogdetimbrofil, the best blog out of ...Catalin and blogdetimbrofil, the best blog out of Romania, and all of Europe for that matter, has cleared the confusion. So Bucharest (Bucuresci prior to 1904) it is!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-89285313334673784202017-11-02T00:09:43.394-07:002017-11-02T00:09:43.394-07:00Hello, Jim! Concerning the 25 bani 'Ear of whe...Hello, Jim! Concerning the 25 bani 'Ear of wheat' violet postage stamp, I know that it was issued in 1894, and I guess the year on your postmark is 1896. The name 'Bucuresci' was changed into 'București' (Bucharest) in 1904, when the orthographic reformation of the Romanian language took place (the diacritics were introduced; eg 'ș'). CătălinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-5122564047151052532017-10-30T19:39:26.102-07:002017-10-30T19:39:26.102-07:00Gene- Thanks for the good guesses. !! I've add...Gene- Thanks for the good guesses. !! I've added them to the list.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-67139364957892184452017-10-30T16:38:10.898-07:002017-10-30T16:38:10.898-07:00A couple of guesses :
11/14 : Urros, Portugal htt...A couple of guesses :<br /><br />11/14 : Urros, Portugal https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urr%C3%B3s_(Mogadouro)<br /><br />11/17 : Metlika, Slovenia (was Möttling in Habsburg era)<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metlika<br /><br />11/18 : Klagenfurt perhaps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klagenfurt<br /><br />11/23 : Brno, Czech Republic (was Brünn to the German Habsburgs)<br /><br />11/30 : Enfield (as in the Rifles)<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Enfield<br /><br />and that Rumanian one has me stumped...definitely NOT Bucharest (Bucuresti). Tried some searches on this site (really good for trying to find names of places)<br /><br />http://www.fallingrain.com/world/<br /><br />It's a global gazeteer.<br /><br />But nothing matching that Rumanian cancel. Given the date it has to be either in Moldavia or Wallachia - Rumania lost Bessarabia to the Russians in 1878, and didn't gain Transylvania until 1919 so an 1897 cancel (I think??) has to be somewhere in the "Old Kingdom"<br />Gene/DJCMHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289801853947188368noreply@blogger.com