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German Celebrate US 200 Years

 
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Posted 02/07/2011   10:18 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add jhlovell to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This is not really a postcard, and it is not an envelope. It's not a FDC nor is a ???. This piece of card stock with a German stamp and cancellation of 20 May 1976? is obviously celebrated US Bicentennial, but I can't catalog it, id it, or really tell you what it is. And to top it all off the back has a blue stamp reading in English "From Italy by Tognellini Dino, Casella postale, 11-116-Rome. Does anyone know what this is? - Jeff

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Posted 02/07/2011   10:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A maxi-card perhaps. The number of "collectible" items created for the US bicentennial was simply astounding.
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Posted 02/07/2011   11:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
International Days (Internationale Tage) is a cultural event held annually in the town. Looks like the dates were May 2 to July 4 in 1976, and the town used the opportunity to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial as a part of the festival.

[edit: By the way, those who object to a lack of concordance in their maximum cards might quibble about the relationship between the stamp and the card/cancel combo...I'm no expert on that.]
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Edited by Cjd - 02/07/2011 11:07 am
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Posted 02/07/2011   11:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jhlovell to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Cjd the date reads as follows "2.5-4.7.76" I am not sure how to read that but your read makes sense.
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Posted 02/07/2011   12:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'm pretty sure they'd use the day/month/year convention instead of the month/day/year convention. When they use Roman numerals for the months, it makes it more obvious to know which method was used.
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