Bullseye And Socked On Nose Cancels

Some really nice ones. Thanks everyone.

@littleriverphil -- I love that Beacon Stamp ; yours is great!

I separated these from the herd, so to speak. I'm new here, so feel free to advise if they don't meet the bullseye or socked-on-nose generally accepted criteria. I've read the glossary here https://www.stampcommunity.org/dict...stamps_b.asp and the wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socked_on_the_nose . Thanks!

Jomathan, socked on the nose generally means a round cancel with townsname, date etc in it and then exactly in the middle of the stamp.
You can use the "search" function on this page and come up with all sorts of examples.

Peter

@jonathan, Yep, those are SON, love the airmail.

@ kirks Thanks, have had it for years, don't think that cancel could have been placed any better to show all of the cancel, except on piece.

@Peter @Phil Thanks for the welcome and info!

Here are a few more to enjoy!

Here are some bilingual cancels from eastern Germany. There are enclaves of Sorbian (western Slavic) people who have lived in these areas since the 5th or 6th century. The German town names are on top, and the Sorbian names are below.

HOYERSWERDA = WOJERECY
BAUTZEN = BUDYSIN
KUBSCHUETZ = KUBSICY
SCHWARZE PUMPE = CARNA PLUMPA

These cancels on piece are an example of items you can find in cheap kiloware.

An 1893 Vienna cancel"

That town is not in that country!


Swatow was a Chinese treaty port with British concessions. HK stamps were used by the British post office there.



Taipei cancel on Japanese stamp. Japan controlled Taiwan at the time and their reading would have been "Taihoku" . The first (rightmost) character is a simplified/revised version of the character that may or may not be used anymore for the city name.



Marine post office cancel used by an NZ post office aboard ship, on a New South Wales stamp. If I remember right, not only could stamps of the country where the ship was registered be used (when on the high seas), but also ones of the countries of origin and destination (probably when you were in territorial waters).



ADEN CAMP (in Aden) cancel on Indian stamp. Indian stamps (Ceylon and GB also) were used up until Aden's own 1937 issues. That's "OC" for October and not "00" in the date.

Here's a few. Seems Victoria stamps often have SON cancels.

@hy-Brasil - that are some lovely examples of used abroad postmarks. I love that kind of stuff. I haven't seen the Taipei cancel before - will save your image for future reference. Thanks for sharing

Stampcrow - Absolutely beautiful SOTN stamps!
'261' - Konstadt (15E premium)
'270' - Cottbus (no premium)
Reference from this site: https://www.stampsx.com/ratgeber/pr...x=175&ab=150



Unitrade/Scott # 175 - Postmarked Altario (Alberta), April 5th 1933.

I found out that Altario is/was a small hamplet founded 1919, close to the border with Saskatchewan. So one of these small places founded by settlers in the newborn provinces. Would be interesting to know how small it was - but I am unable to find out how many is living there today or back then. Does anybody have an idea how I can find out?

All I found was this ''As far as we can tell, Altario has not been included in past StatCan census counts''

Blaamand

Did not find more than you ! But I have a cousin in Calgary, Alberta, who is good in " History" - will ask him for more details.......!
Rene

Check this link out for current information. As you can see, Altario is so small that it apparently wasn't included in the last census.

http://roadsidethoughts.com/ab/altario-profile.htm