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Paramedic Or Ems Stamp?

 
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Posted 05/06/2009   02:32 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add JayR101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I have been a paramedic for 29 yrs and love medicine. I found a few medical type stamps, but the only stamp I found with anything to do with EMS is an old wagon type ambulance.
Does anyone know of any others? I would love to collect all the medical stamps, b ut especially those to do with EMS.
Thanks
Jay
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Posted 05/06/2009   02:43 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tina to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

not sure if these are but I know I have some but my laptop has caught a bug or worm or whatever it is that messes up your computer and thats where I scan from im using my mini laptop now I knew I bought this 2 weeks ago for a reason have to work all day tomorrow so hopefully tomorrow evening I can go to my computer guys house my saviors
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Posted 05/06/2009   10:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add David Giles to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Canada Post issued a Dangerous Occupations issue iin the early 1990s. There is one 40-cent stamp with fire trucks and an ambulance on it.

David
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Posted 05/06/2009   10:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add khj to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The stamp David is referring to is Canada #1333a in the Scott catalog and shown below (not in Scott order).
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Posted 05/06/2009   11:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add khj to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There are many stamps that depict/commemorate emergency medical services. However, those that show an actual ambulance are few in number. I assume you already have the US stamp (#2128) from the Transportation Series. Sorry I don't have scans of them all, but here are a few more showing ambulances (Scott catalog numbers)...


Australia 1602-1605 (I think #1605 shows the back end of the ambulance?


Austria 1201


Alderney 239-244 (27c stamp shows the ambulance)


Norfolk Island 534-537 (536 75c stamp shows ambulance, sorry I don't have a scan of that stamp)


St. Helena 641-644 (644 60p stamp shows ambulance, sorry I don't have a scan of that stamp)

This list is not comprehensive, but just to let you know what to look for.

There are a other stamps that commemorate EMS but don't show ambulances. Now here's a "fun" one. The EMS doesn't stand for Emergency Medical Services; rather Express Mail Service!

Thailand 1138

Good luck hunting for these!
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Posted 05/06/2009   1:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stamperdude to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You may want to try the American Topical Association or ATA website. They have handbooks & checklists for a lot of different topics. I would think there would be one for the medical field. Good luck building your collection.
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Posted 05/06/2009   2:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add laswabbie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here's one from British India (1944):

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Posted 05/06/2009   2:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add laswabbie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
. . . . and U.S 2128a, the Ambulance precancel:

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Posted 05/06/2009   8:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add gussyboy1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great topic!
Thanks for posting!
Gussyboy1
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Posted 05/06/2009   8:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add meostamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Iceland 1963 semi-postal set



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Posted 05/06/2009   9:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add khj to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good show, Mike! I had completely forgotten about that one! And I just finished sorting my Iceland last month, too!

k
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Posted 05/06/2009   9:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wd1040 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Why 8.3c? What was that used for?
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Posted 05/06/2009   10:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add khj to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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Why 8.3c? What was that used for?

It was at that time the bulk rate stamp for large volume mailings that had been pre-sorted by carrier route. In this case, the precancel notation helps to explain the rate. Later on USPS produced the non-denominated Eagle/Shield bulk rate stamps because of the ever-changing bulk rate, but also so that the public would not know exactly how much lower rate the mass mailers were paying.
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