Dates On Stamps

That's what I was afraid of. I've got way too much stress in my life already. I don't need more.

It might be difficult even getting this started. Most post offices are closed on Jan 1st. You might have to go to the airport for that one too.

Steve

Thanks stamperdude and nuggethill
1929 postdates and in perfect condition, wow! Thats just 11 years from the Titanic sinking!

Thanks mate

now 362 to go

This is one of my favorite, the stamp got ready to leave Singapore April 16th 1993 by plane, Its a South East asian sea crab, common here, about 7 inches width, normal grey and white splotches, becomes red when cooked, fine dining

Nice cover Triggersmob!
Nic, nice crab stamp an cancel!

I have just been getting interested in the postmarks / dates. It's neat!

I like railway post offices (I like trains) so here is a postmark from the back of an envelope from Nova Scotia, Canada to New York in 1895. They worked on Christmas Day in 1895!
Doug

1895! that piece of paper, together with the stamp, is more than a century old! Doug that is awesome

Which makes me wonder, when did this postmarks actually started? that date I think would be the oldest of all!

nic,

Here he is, a fine man....

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Henry_Bishop...ter_general)

Bishop's Marks

BISHOP MARKS !

Thanks Nic. That was not really mine. It was in my hands for a few weeks as I was selling it for a friend. I got all the headaches of eBay and he got the money, ha. I see neat things through him once in a while. I liked that cover and the postmarks as it is near where I live and grew up and my parents grew up, and grandparents. Very historical for me.

Londonbus1,
Wow, I like those Bishop marks. I copied it to my Windoes desktop and zoomed in on it and I can just make out the anmes of the places that way. Neat!

Doug

Thanks Londonbus1... Aug 2,1661 that year reads backwards same as forwards, easy to remember, hard to forget!

Encyclopedia Britannica lists that the very first topics on thematic stamp collection based on countries are stamps from Israel and Vatican! Thats a nice theme to start

Thanks Puzzler eBay just to big for me, I get lost for time on too many items!

Nic,
eBay or DelCampe or StampWants or others are OK when you learn to search (advanced search) and are able to narrow down the results of what you are searching for.

Or just look at one country's listings and ignore what you don't really want right now. For most things, something similar comes up for sale after a while.

I limit what I want, but then it is usually so limited that I have to look worldwide to find anything. Or I am searching for the wrong words sometimes.

Different countries, different languages, different interests, it is all interesting to me!

Doug

I do agree, There is a site referred by Laswabie that you can go see the stamps issued on your birthyear, had a great time with that, and only discovered then at eBay that five of my stamps were issued on my birthyear, great discovery!

Just cant insert the link in, dont know how to do that yet...

Looking through my album, saw this one, it's a full date on the stamp