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A few new stamps from this month #63  #178, #188  #E2  #E13  Also (not shown) is a #327, #403, #537 |
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Very nice collection!
One question: In the stock sheet with Special Delivery stamps, there's a 20-cent special delivery stamp (last stamp on third row) with an interesting 1954 (?) cancellation that reads at the bottom "Federal Annex". Any idea what "Federal Annex" that was? I find it rather unusual. |
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beautiful stamps! How do you get such magnificent photos? is there a special program or a special camera that you use? |
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There are many "Federal Annex" datestamps and cancels, used when a Post Office is located inside a Federal Building. Jacksonville, Florida, had one when I lived there; you had to pass through a metal detector to get to the clerks and Post Office boxes. Our regional headquarters in Atlanta also had a Federal Annex. New York City has several. |
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Ponso I use a flat bed scanner. It's just an All-In-One scanner and nothing special. I actually messed these scans up and had to use a enhancement program which I don't much like using because it makes the colors look over saturated but I didn't want to scan them again! lol |
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Thanks for the enhanced image. It looks like the top of the postmark reads "ATL" so I assume it's Atlanta, Georgia Federal Annex. Apparently the Atlanta, Georgia Federal Annex used a couple of different types of postmarks during 1954. Here's an example of a barrel postmark from the same period:  |
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| Edited by wt1 - 05/06/2013 11:33 am |
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Like this one? I found this card on Jim Forte's postal history and it is not mine.  |
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The major federal government activities I can think of in Atlanta are the Cenders for Disease Control and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The PO still exists and is now located in the Martin Luther King Jr Federal Building. |
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Thank you. I always was curious about these as I have a couple more in my collection. Now I know what they are. Thanks again. -Jeff |
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I wonder if I have all or most of the color variants of the #E11-13? |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 05/07/2013 06:33 am |
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