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.
August Postmark Calendar
August 1
USA 1908 Scott 336 6c red orange "Washington"
August 2
France 1900 Scott 117 15c orange
"The Rights of Man"
August 3
Belgium 1893 Scott 65 10c orange brown "Leopold"
August 4
USA 1934 Scott C19 6c dull orange
"Winged Globe"
San Francisco, California
August 5
USA 1932 Scott 707 2c carmine rose
"Washington"
August 6
Netherlands 1876 Scott 35c 1c green
"Numeral of Value"
Megen or Nijmegen, Netherlands?
August 7
USA 1917 Scott 498 1c green "Washington"
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 8
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
August 9
Belgium 1900 Scott 66 10c bright rose "Leopold"
Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
August 10
France 1898 Scott 104 5c yellow green
"Peace and Commerce"
Dijon to Lyon? Note from Crispin says "lovely clear French TPO postmark".
August 11
Great Britain 1887 Scott 111 1/2p vermilion "Victoria"
Jersey, a Crown dependency of the United Kingdom, off the coast of Normandy, France?
August 12
Austria 1875 Scott 37 10kr blue "Franz Josef"
Fine Print
Rudolfeovo ( now Novo Mesto) in Slovenia?
August 13
Canada 1897 Scott 53 3c bright rose
Jubilee Issue
Galetta in western Ontario. (Thanks Catalin)
August 14
Netherlands 1876 Scott 34 1/2c rose
"Numeral of Value"
Rotterdam? (Thanks Lexman)
August 15
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
Jersey, a Crown dependency of the United Kingdom, off the coast of Normandy, France?August 16
Netherlands 1928 Scott 180 12 1/2c ultramarine
"Queen Wilhelmina"
Soest, Netherlands near Ultrecht
August 17
Denmark 1948 Scott 306 15(o) green
"Frederik IX"
Copenhagen
August 18
Alexandria
August 19
Great Britain 1887 Scott 111 1/2p vermilion "Victoria"
Note from Crispin says probably "Bath"
August 20
Victoria 1890 Scott 172 2 1/2p brown red/yellow
"Southern Cross"
Probably Melbourne
August 21
USA 1898 Scott R164 2c carmine rose "Battleship'
Revenue Stamp
August 22
Belgium 1905 Scott 85 10c dull rose
"King Leopold"
Brussels
August 23
USA 1917 Scott 498 1c green "Washington"
Flint, Michigan
August 24
Belgium 1907 Scott 84 5c green
"Coat of Arms"
Hasselt, Belgium, the capital of the province of Limburg.
August 25
Austria Newspaper 1880 Scott P10 1/2kr blue green
"Mercury"
August 26
Belgium 1900 Scott 66 10c bright rose "Leopold"
Antwerp
August 27
Bavaria 1900 Scott 62 5pf dark green
"Coat of Arms"
Fuerth, Bavaria?
August 28
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
Liverpool
August 29
Switzerland 1882 Scott 87 1fr claret
"Helvetia"
Bern
August 30
Russia 1889 Scott 46 1k orange
"Imperial Eagle and Thunderbolt Post Horns"
Dvinsk (Daugavpils), Lithuania?
August 31
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Accrington in the Hynburn borough of Lancashire. (Thanks Catalin)
Update Note from Crispin says probably "Farrington in Oxfordshire rather than London"
Great Britain 1890 Scott 121 10p carmine rose & lilac
"Victoria"
Out of the BlueSome of the postmarks are identified, others are not. Help from readers is appreciated. ;-)
Note: all of the stamps featured for the post are part of the Kimble collection.
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