Bullseye And Socked On Nose Cancels

That SON makes interesting reading,

The Treaty of Axim 1642, when the Dutch took power
and sent the Portuguese home
(They were very civilised in those days)

Check out the treaty of 1642 at Axim

(especially the last term which is rather amazing and tragic
I would presume)

TermsThe treaty or agreement dealt with matters of allegiance and security, as well as domestic affairs in ten articles.

1.The Axim chiefs declare with the Dutch that the King of Spain and his allies are to be an enemy forever. They further declare to acknowledge as legitimate authorities the States General of the United Netherlands, His Highness the Prince of Orange, and the Dutch West India Company, of which they declare to be loyal servants.
2.The Axim leaders were not allowed to correspond or trade with any foreign nation without permission from the Dutch authorities.
3.The Dutch promised safe passage to the Portuguese, Africans of mixed Euro-African descent, Muslims, and slaves that were part of the Portuguese establishment, and their dependents, on condition that they accept Dutch authority.
4.Civil and criminal matters were to be dealt with by the chiefs of Axim and the "merchant of the fort" (i.e. the Dutch governor), who will act as president. The fines imposed go to the chiefs, as was the practice in Elmina.
5.In case of a war being waged against the contracting parties by an outside party, the contracting parties were to assist each other forthwith on pain of punishment.
6.The excise on fish is set at the same level as at Elmina: 1 good fish in 5 and the head of a big fish. Evasion of payment would incur a penalty of the fishing canoe being broken or confiscated.
7.Ownership of all houses, gardens, compounds, and the fort, formerly property of the Portuguese, is transferred to the Dutch government to be used for any purpose. No one is allowed to damage the property.
8.The chiefs of Axim are paid one ounce of gold for each newly arriving ship from the Netherlands, bringing cargo for the Gold Coast. Depending on the value or volume of goods unloaded that sum will be increased or decreased.
9.Africans buying goods at Axim are allowed a "dash" (gift) in accordance with the system used in Elmina.
10.To assure that the treaty is binding, the parties will sign the document, and the chiefs of Axim each hand over one of their sons to the Dutch.

Yikes! Thanks for that information. I feel my fifty-cent investment was well worth it.

A Malta strike from 1896



Too bad the cancel has better centering than the stamp, itself.

Fremantle Railway Station

Paul

My favourite bullseyes

Here's an odd one. A very common stamp with a pretty near socked on the nose cancel.



The interesting points are that although the stamp was issued in 1945, it was not used until 1973 ... some 28 years later.

Also, the postmark shows North Abington, Mass., which is today a discontinued post office having been in service from 1855-1986.

Here is a Lindfield NSW socked on the nose of a Jubilee issue.



Lindfield is a small suburb of Sydney. This was postmarked May 15, 1935, which was a pretty exciting day in Sydney, stampwise, as it was the date of the Sir Charles Kingford Smith Jubilee Flight. The flight took off from an airfield near Sydney, heading for Tasmania, and after some pretty amazing heroics in dealing with engine troubles, the plane was able to return safely, having dumped almost everything into the sea, excepting the mailbags.

(This stamp could not have been on that plane, but its date at least ties it to a pretty neat story, if only indirectly.)

It is hardly fair posting the German examples. They frequently hit the stamp right on the nose, like this Weißwasser/Weisswasser example:




The town is in Upper Lusatia, Saxony, but was in Lower Silesia, Prussia, back in the day. It was a center of glass making for many years.

Another socked on the nose cancel from Germany, this one from Stuttgart, 1916:

A couple more, Jamaica this time...1902 and 1901, Malvern double-ring and Ocho Rios single-ring, respectively:






These were the definitives of the day. King Edward VII didn't appear on a Jamaica stamp issued during his reign. He did appear on one shortly after his death, though.

I posted this on another thread, but I'll include it here, too:



The postmark reads (Mont. & Tor. G. T. Ry) or Montreal and Toronto Grand Trunk Railway, July 21, 1897.

Two from Germany

A revenue usage on the 1904 1 Anna of Kishangarh State, in India



but none the less bullseye for that!

As long as we're showing oddballs, here are three German private posts with pretty good strikes:

The Mercur Hannover service (an octagon for Puzzler)


Mannheim's:


and the Stuttgart Privat Stadt Post:


Car aficionados will recognize the prancing pony from the logo of the automaker that calls Stuttgart home. (Stuttgart had it first, Porsche borrowed it from the city.)