Postmarks.day By Day

25 September



1946
United States
US stamp C32 (SW) was issued in 1946 and shows a DC-4 Skymaster. The postmark on this pair reads Richmond Highlands, Wash. which today is a suburb of Seattle.

The red indicator shows where Richmond Highlands is located.


1929
Antigua, B.W.I.
Four stamps on piece show the following stamps of Antigua: #39 4d., #55 6d., #39 4d (again) and #52, a two-pence-half-penny. All numbers are from the StampWorld online catalogue and each stamp features George V and a view of the island. The postmark was applied at St. John's.


1937
Wallis and Futuna
The forty-centimes stamps is part of a series issued in 1930. New Caledonia postage stamps of 1928 were overprinted "ILES WALLIS - et - FUTUNA". The stamp shown was postmarked at Wallis.

The map above shows the location of Wallis (1) and Futuna (2). Samoa (3) and American Samoa (4) are shown to provide some guide to their location in the South Pacific Ocean.

26 September



1966
South Arabia, Kathiri State of Seiyun
Catalogue #71 (SW) found listed under Kathiri State of Seiyun. South Arabia and the new currency have been added to this stamp means of an overprint and Aden has been covered too but can still be read through the overprint. The original was issued in 1964.
The imprint plate block shown has been postmarked at Seiyun.



1892
United States
ImageSleuth confirmed the 1892-year date on this classic.





1907
Cape of Good Hope
The four-penny Edward VII stamp is listed as #66 (SW). The partial postmark is most likely Queenstown, named in honor of Victoria and recently renamed Komani.

27 September

1901
French Guyana
The 30-centime stamp was first issued in 1892 and has been assigned #37 in the online StampWorld catalogue.




1892
Diego-Suarez
French Colonies stamps were overprinted to create a series for Diego-Suarez in 1892. The catalogue number is 22 (SW). The bottom half of the circular postmark reads Madagascar.

28 September



1958
Kuwait
Kuwait #127 (SW) is a six-pence Wilding portrait of QEII overprinted KUWAIT and the New Currency (40-annas) which was first issued in 1957




1940
Gilbert & Ellice Islands
The year date in the postmark is unreadable, but the set of postage dues were first issued in 1940 (Postage Due #2 (SW). The postmark reads BRITISH POST OFFICE-G&ELC-CANTON ISLAND



1945
Bermuda
The one shilling six-pence was first issued in 1936 (#100 SW) while the three-penny arrived on the scene in 1938 (#111 SW). The postmark reads AIR MAIL G.P.O.

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29 September

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1890
DIEGO-SUAREZ
Madagascar appears at the base of the postmarks on this imperforate block of four stamps which symbolizes the Union of France & Madagascar. StampWorld lists the stamp as Diego Suarez #7 issued in 1890.

The postal entity knownn as Diego-Saurez was located at the north end of Madagascar. Today, that community is known as Antsiranana





1937
CAYMAN ISLANDS
It was twenty-one months since George V passed away, but as no new stamps had been produced in the interim, this ten-shilling stamp (#96 SW) postmarked at Cayman Brac, was still the current issue. It was originally issued in 1935.



1897
CANADA
This three-cent Diamond Jubilee stamp was carried on a train heading towards Montreal, Quebec, a train that started its trip in Saint John, New Brunswick. The postmark was applied in the mail car (M.C), that was headed west (W). StampWorld lists this item as #32 in their online catalogue.

30 September

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1937
ETHIOPIA, ITALIAN COLONY
King Viktor Emmanuel III is featured on this ten-cent. stamp, (No. 1, SW), first issued in 1936. It is postmarked at Addis Ababa.





1956
TUNISIA
Issued in 1949, this one-hundred-franc airmail stamp is listed as #365 in StampWorld.


1892
DIEGO SUAREZ
An inverted overprint on this stamp issued in 1892. The regular thirty-centime stamp in this series is #21 (SW).



1937
FRENCH GUYANA
Catalogue #172 (SW) was issued in 1937. The stamp was postmarked at St. Jean du Moroni in western French Guyana.



1952
BRITISH GUIANA
Catalogue number 185 (SW) was first issued in 1938. The stamp shown was postmarked at Charity. Charity is located on the Pomeroon River which provides a gateway to this part of Guyana's interior and Venezuela. Many Guyanese use this waterway to travel back and forth between Guyana and Venezuela where they work. Charity represents a naming convention popularized during British colonial rule.





1922
BERMUDA
The two-penny stamp, #61 (SW), was first issued in 1920 to commemorate the 300th. anniversary of local representation

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