Kimble's December Calendar
Into the Deep BlueAs 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.
With this December post, there is a date stamp for every day of the year!
The introduction, dedication, and links to the other months that have been published, is included with the January post.
December Postmark Calendar
December 1
USA 1864 Scott R15c 2c orange "Washington"
Internal Revenue
New York
December 2
China 1898 Scott 100 2c scarlet
Chinese Imperial Post
Canton
December 3
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Postmark?
December 4
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Chiddingfold, District of Surrey Thanks Catalin!
December 5
USA 1933 Scott 728 1c yellow green
"Restoration of Fort Dearborn"
Seattle
December 6
Belgium 1923 Scott 151a 25c dull violet
"King Albert"
Liege
December 7
USA 1936 Scott 790 1c green
"John Paul Jones and John Barry"
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
December 8
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
"48" is the post office number for Barnard Castle (Durham). Thanks to Bud
December 9
Sweden 1896 Scott 59 15o red brown
"King Oscar II"
Ljusne, Sweden
December 10
Sweden 1920 Scott 150 80o deep green
"Crown and Post Horn"
Eskilstuna in Sodermanland county Thanks Catalin & Steamboat!
December 11
Great Britain 1911 Scott 152 1p carmine
"George V"
Haywards Heath Thanks Bud!
December 12
Japan 1930 Scott 135 7s red orange
December 13
Great Britain 1887 Scott 111 1/2p vermilion
"Victoria"
Newcastle
December 14
Great Britain 1881 Scott 89 1p lilac "Victoria"
Woolwich is a district in south-east London.
December 15
Japan 1888 Scott 79 10s brown orange
"Imperial Crest, Star and Kiri Branches"
Shanghai..a Japanese Office there? Thanks Bud!
December 16
USA 1864 Scott R15c 2c orange "Washington"
Internal Revenue
BostonDecember 17
Netherlands 1894 Scott 36 2c olive yellow
"Numeral of Value"
's Herogenbosch Thanks Axel
December 18
Belgium 1907 Scott 84 5c green
Schaerbeek, a municipality of Brussels Thanks Catalin!
December 19
USA 1916 Scott 463 2c carmine "Washington"
Dubuque, Iowa
December 20
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Lugan, a city in Northern Ireland Thanks Catalin
December 21
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
Wolverton
December 22
Great Britain 1912 Scott 160 1p scarlet "George V"
December 23
Denmark 1940 Scott 227A 8o yellow green
Holbaek, DenmarkDecember 24
Bavaria 1911 Scott 78 5pf dark green/green
"Prince Regent Luitpold"
(hafen am Rhein)..Ludwigshafen? Thanks Axel
December 25
Great Britain 1902 Scott 127 1/2p gray green "Edward VII"
December 26
Canada 1899 Scott 77 2c carmine "Victoria"
RPO cancellation from the Kingston & Sharbot Lake railway. The M.C. at the bottom stands for "mail car". Thanks Ryan!
December 27
Belgium 1900 Scott 66 10c bright rose "Leopold"
Brussels
December 28
Belgium 1905 Scott 85 10c dull rose
"King Leopold"
Antwerp
December 29
Great Britain 1887 Scott 111 1/2p vermilion
"Victoria"
Loughborough? Thanks Bud!
December 30
Sweden 1891 Scott 56 5o yellow green
"King Oscar II"
Baggetorp, Sweden Thanks Catalin
December 31
Great Britain 1887 Scott 111 1/2p vermilion
"Victoria"
Jersey?
Canada 1927 Scott 142 2c green
"The Fathers of the Confederation"
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.
Comments appreciated!
Hi, Jim! Let'see...
ReplyDelete- December 4 - Chiddingfold, district of Surrey, England
- December 18 - Schaerbeek, one of the nineteen municipalities of Brussels, Belgium
I'll come back with more of these! :)
Catalin
For December, 10th - Eskilstuna, a city in the Södermanland county, Sweden.
ReplyDeleteCatalin
Really appreciate the city sleuthing Caitlin!
DeleteHello again, Jim!
DeleteFirst of all, I want to thank you for these 12 beautiful chances to discover once again how fun is to collect stamps! :)
I also want to add 2 more discoveries for December:
- Dec. 20 - I guess is Lurgan city, situated in Northern Ireland;
- Dec. 30 - I guess is Baggetorp, a bimunicipal town situated in Sweden.
All the best wishes!
Catalin
Thanks so much Catalin - best wishes to you too!
DeleteJim, I wish you an enlightened Christmas, with hope and many smiles. Merry Christmas! Cătălin
DeleteBest wishes to you also Cătălin - may your days be bright!
DeleteDec. 11 -- Possibly Haywards Heath.
ReplyDeleteDec. 16 -- Looks like Shanghai, perhaps a Japanese office there. Shanghai cancels sometimes have an eight point star.
Dec. 29 -- Maybe Loughborough, but that would require filling in a great many blanks.
Great guesses Bud. I put them in.
DeleteDec 10 is "ESKILSTUNA".
ReplyDeleteYou got it!
DeleteDecember 17 :
ReplyDeletes'Hertogenbosch
December 24 :
... hafen am Rhein
but which...
Ludwigshafen perhaps?
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Rheinh%C3%A4fen
Thanks Axel. Good guesses, I added them.
DeleteDec. 8 -- 48 is the post office number for Barnard Castle (Durham).
DeleteThanks Bud. You must have some specialized literature!
DeleteNo specialized literature, but used this helpful website:
Deletehttp://www.gbps.org.uk/information/po-numbers/provincial1.php
Your Dec 26 stamp has an RPO cancellation from the Kingston & Sharbot Lake railway. The M.C. at the bottom stands for "mail car". This is a relatively rare postmark, given a value multiplier of 130 in my Shaw catalogue. This slots it in between "Rare" (120x) and "Very Rare" (150x).
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