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Most probably a slip up when attaching the sticky example,
I do not recall this type of thing included in
"the language of stamps" in the way they are attched to
covers/postcards.
It does seem odd he/she has also dated and written "Lewiston Maine"
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the writing on the postcard side is most likely the postmaster's writing to show the stamp as canceled.
the postcard picture is not anything from Lewiston, Maine. There are no lakes in Lewiston, no body of water that wide in Lewiston either.
The Androscoggin river is the biggest thing to run through there. This I can tell you with certainty.
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It's the good old spirit of American individualism. I have seen all sorts of wierd stamp placements.
I have seen several of these stamps over the edge, but only on envelopes. They were placed so that opening the envelope would deface the stamp (much as opening a bottle of wine/liquor or cigar box with a revenue stamp would break it). |
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hey cdnum, relax. This was the first time I could post something on this forum that I knew was correct with 100% certainty.
I don't know much about stamps.. but I do know about Lewiston Maine. I spent the first 30 years of my life in and around Lewiston.
Don't know about Haines Landing, but I have spent a lot of time fishing and hunting around the Rangeley Lakes Region.
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After reading this post, I decided to look up Haines Landing, ME and after sifting through a number of web sites I condensed it to the following...I love the explanation of how the lake purportedly got its name: Quote:
"State Route 4 is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from the New Hampshire border in South Berwick to Haines Landing on Mooselookmeguntic Lake in the town of Rangeley.
The name "Mooselookmeguntic" is an Abnaki word for "moose feeding place"; although a humorous legend states that a Native American was hunting moose in the area, and saw one. The Indian had forgotten to load his rifle and took the shot anyway, afterwords yelling about his misfortune to the moose, which ran off." |
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That's right, and that moose went on to complete a I.T. correspondence course in computer repair.....  |
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I do remember that during rutting season in Maine, driving down a camp road outside of Brownville Jct., being charged by a moose. The driver threw it into reverse and got the heck out. |
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Thanks for the spelling correction cdnum. I suspect a bull moose could seriously damage a car . . . and confuse a car for a rival suitor.  |
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They get so "mean" during rutting season they will pretty much go after anything or anyone.
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I suspect a bull moose could seriously damage a car Although these pics are from NH, the same can be said for moose in Maine ... perhaps moreso, since I would assume Maine has a greater population of moose:  Apparently someone who didn't heed the warning:  |
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