Postmarks.day By Day

July 28


BELGIAN CONGO #22 (SW), issued in1896 Etat Independant du Congo, mailed at Lukungu in 1897.





GAMBIA #131 (SW), first issued in 1938, mailed in 1952 at Georgetown.

July 29

CROSS ROADS
JY 29
12
JAMAICA


JAMAICA # 57 (SW), 1911 King Edward VII, 1842-1910. This was the only stamp issued in Jamaica for the son of Queen Victoria.




ELDORET
5 PM
29 JY
36
KENYA


KENYA UGANDA TANGANYIKA #16, (SW). Issued in 1935 for the 25th Anniversary of King George V's Accession Eldoret is located near the Rift Valley in Kenya.






ROSE HILL
A
JY 29
01
TRINIDAD


TRINIDAD #40 (SW), 1896 -1900 Britannia. Rose Hill in Trinidad is a historic hillside community overlooking Port of Spain

July 30

ST. JOHN'S
C
JY 30
10
ANTIGUA B.W.I.






LEEWARDS ISLANDS # 25 (SW), first issued in 1902 and showing Edward VII.

July 31

Postmarked PRAIA, the capital of CAPE VERDE in 1959.

Shown on the left is CAPE VERDE # 278 (SW) issued in 1952. The set to which this stamp belongs features navigators. Also shown is #287 (SW) which commemorates an exhibition of religious art that was scheduled to open in 1951. The stamps from this series were issued in 1953.

August 1
LA M. & Q.
175
1 AU
51
R.P.O



CANADA # 250 (SW), 1949 -1951 King George VI - Inscription: "POSTES POSTAGE" The postmark is from a railway post office (R.P.O.) that operated between Quebec City and La Malbaie, on the northern shore of the St. Lawrence River

August 2

KRIBI
*
2 - 8
1960
CAMEROUN


CAMEROUN # 312 (SW) issued in 1956 Economic and Social Development Fund - Inscribed "F.I.D.E.S.". Kribi is a coastal town with a seaport and beaches for tourism.

August 3

RIPLEY
3 AM
3 AU
43
WOKING SURREY



GREAT BRITAIN # 201 (SW) first issued in 1937. I used ImageSleuth to decipher the time on the postmark. At first, I thought how can that be. But then I thought someone posted their mail at the Ripley post office late at night and the letter carriers probably first showed up for work to sort mail for their morning rounds and discovered the letter in the box and applied the postmark - at the first hour of their shift. It is not only the baker who rises early in the morning.

August 4
NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASS.
AG 4 11 AM
1962


UNITED STATES #846 (SW) Lincoln, and Special Delivery stamp #13 (SW).

Aug 05


MAALLA
*
5 AU
57

ADEN # 49 (SW) was first issued in 1953. Maalla, now spelt as Mualla or Ma'alla is a city district in Aden Governorate, Yemen.





N.Y.P.O. HUD. TERM. STA.
D
AUG 5
1908
PAQUEBOT

DOMINCA # 27 (SW) first issued in 1903. Mailed on the High Seas.




COULIBISTRIE
*
5 AU
65
DOMINICA



DOMINICA # 163 (SW), first issued in 1963. The image shows the beach at Rosallie.





AWASO
*
5 AU
52
GOLD COAST

GOLD COAST #124 (SW), first issued in 1948. Located in what is now northwestern Ghana, bauxite was mined in this region beginning around 1940.



VICTORIA
D
AU 5
91
GOZO


MALTA # 6 (SW), was first issued in 1885. Victoria (also known as Rabat) is the capital of Gozo Island, in Malta. It's known for its medieval Citadel, with fortified walls.