Postmarks.day By Day

10 September



1930
Vila, NEW HEBRIDES
With a blue postmark on a blue colored stamp, I subject the stamp to confirm that New Hebrides and Vila appeared in the postmark using ImageSleuth. The dual currency stamp was first issued in 1925 and appears in the StampWorld catalogue as #92


1901
St. Louis, US
The ten-cent stamp was issued in 1901 for the Pan American Exposition

11 September



1906
Labuan The stamp is #6 (SW) first issued in 1880. The year date on the stamp is difficult to read but after subjecting it to ImageSleuth it appears to be postmarked 26 years after the series to which it belongs, first appeared.


1916
Ile Rouad
The date on the stamp is quite clear but the overprint shown is not listed in StampWorld.com There is a two-piastre on 50-centimes Levant stamp similar to what you see but the overprint of the name runs horizontally across the stamp.

12 September



1945
St. John's & East P.O., Newfoundland The postage dues of Newfoundland were first issued in 1939. In the StampWorld catalogue this is postage due #1.



1912
Port Moresby, Papua
Another denomination in the series seen earlier of Papua official stamps. In the StampWorld online catalogue this is number 28.



1941
Wau, New Guinea
1939 Plane over Bulolo Goldfield, the half-penny is number 94 (SW).



1922
Nandi Island, Fiji This one-shilling stamp is number 76 (SW).




1967
The Valley, Anguilla
The StampWorld catalogue number is 16.

13 September



1933
Rabaul, New Guinea
StampWorld lists this stamp, an overprint of the first issue for The Territory of New Guinea, as number 15 and it was issued in 1931.



1904
Kotta-Radua, Netherlands Indies
The five-cent of a numeral series first issued in 1902. Catalogue number 52 (SW).

14 September





1960
Albay, Philippines, (Provincial Capitol)

The two stamps shown were issued in 1958. The semi-postal shows Manuel Quezon and the institute named after him. It is tax stamp number one in the StampWorld online catalogue. The other stamp was issued for the inauguration of the Manila Cathedral. The original was destroyed in WWII. Ironically, the stamp was printed in Japan.

15 September



1914
Apia, Samoa

British forces captured the German Colony in the first year of WWI.
This is a three-pfenning Kaiser's yacht issue overprinted half-penny.
This stamp is overprinted G.R.I, instead of the normal G.R.I.

16 September



1940
Macau
StampWorld assigns #298 to this five-avos stamp showing Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque. Here we have a pair of that stamp on piece.

17 September


1884
Chile
Postmarked at Valparaiso. The fifty-centavos stamp shows Christopher Columbus. The series from which the stamp comes was first issued in 1878. The assigned catalogue number is #27 (SW) and #65 (SG). The stamp is rouletted 8½.



1886
Gabon
Postmarked at Libreville.The stamp shown is a 25-centime surcharge on a 20-centime French Colonies postage stamp. The series was first issued in 1886.In addition to the surcharge, the stamps is handstamp overprinted "GAB". It is assigned the catalogue #3 by both StampWorld.com and Scott's.





1931
Fiji
Postmarked at Savu Savu East.
StampWorld has assigned # 96 to this one-shilling George V postage stamp first issued in 1922.

18 September


1962
Hong Kong
This ten-cent stamp is part of a series showing the new Queen first issued in 1954. The catalogue number is 183 (SW). Tai Po is located in the New Territories area of Hong Kong.





1967
Anguilla
The sixty-cent stamp shows Alexander Hamilton who was born on the island of Nevis. Nevis is part of the postal entity known as St. Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla, but with overprints on the current postage stamps in use at the time (1967), Anguilla declared her independence. This is stamp #13 in the StampWorld online catalogue. Valley is the name of the community on the postmark.

19 Sepember

1885
British Guiana
A squared-circle postmark from Georgetown.
The eight-cent stamp was first issued in 1876, but a new watermark appeared in 1882. This is the sailing ship "Sandbach" and is #66 (SW).





1945
Maldives
Maldives Islands postmark. The fifteen-cent stamp shows the Minirat Juma Mosque and was first issued in 1933. The catalogue number is 16 (SW).



1895
Malta
Victoria is located on the island of Gozo. The one-penny stamp shows Victoria, the queen and was first issued in 1885. The SW catalogue number is 5.



1952
New Caledonia and Dependencies
Koné is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia.
The two-franc stamp, #335 (SW) was first issued in 1948. The Jules Douy design shows a nickel foundry on New Caledonia.