Bullseye And Socked On Nose Cancels

From Vincennes, France, this bullseye on France, Sc. 992, the 50 centimes stamp honoring Paul Gateaud in the 1961 Martyred Heroes series.

Another bullseye from France's 1961 Martyred Heroes series. This one from Paris on Sc. 993 honoring Mere Elisabeth.

Penal, Trinidad January 31, 1994.

Penal is in the southwest of the island. It was settled around 1900 and incorporated in 1990. The population is 12,281 (2011).

From Wikipedia, "(Penal) was originally a rice- and cocoa-producing area but is now a rapidly expanding and developing town."

KUOPIO 21.4.89

This 24mm x 29mm box cancel of Kuopio, Finland depicts customers at street market stands. Kuopio is Finland's 9th most-populous city.

From Wikipedia, "The city has a unique feature in a street network, where every other street is reserved for pedestrian and cycle traffic...These streets provide pedestrians a calm environment away from vehicular traffic."

Here are two different Estonian Narva to Tapa rail route t.p.o. (postvagun 8) cancels. As with many European t.p.o.cancels, they are too large to fit on one stamp. These are mostly complete on the pairs. The first cancel is 35mm x 24mm, and the second one is 33mm x 25mm (Estonia Philately Handbook Hurt and Ojaste). Usage of these cancels began in 1927.




And, here is a another Estonian t.p.o. which is slightly older (1920 beginning usage). This is from the Valk to Tallinn route. It is also shown superimposed over its illustration in the Hurt and Ojaste handbook to show how the complete postmark would appear.

A recent ebay acquisition.

This one would have been right on the nose but George seems to have dogged behind the curtain.

Here is my Trojan Lincoln!

Here are some 1937-40 postmarks of small (under 1000 inhabitants) villages in Estonia.

Aegviidu, pop. 838 (2012)
Haademeeste, pop. 692 (2011)
Kalvi, pop. 51 (2012)
Mae, Saaremaa Island, no population figure found
Pikevere, pop. 77 (2011)




And, here are two from 1930.

Maetaguse, pop.555 (2011)
Simuna, pop. 383 (2011)

From Helsinki, Finland, the 1990 low value Europa stamp, Sc. 817.

HELSINGFORS 7.10.90

This is Helsinki Local Post issue of 1884. Norma Special Catalog lists it as #8d, yellow brown and yellowish gray.

I apologize for the pic here. My scanner has real problems with browns and oranges. Attempts to adjust/edit the image shown, to make it truer to the actual stamp, failed. So, the stamp appears reddish brown, which it is not.

CILL BRIOTTAIN 09.7.15

Here is another modern Celtic postmark of Ireland. Cill Briottain (English = Kilbrittain, or Killbrittain) is a small village (2016 population given as 216 in Wikipedia) on the far southeast coast. This 10c computer vended "SOAR" (Stamps On A Roll) stamp was used as make-up postage.

From Wikipedia, "Cill Briotain, meaning 'Britton's church' is the name of a village, townland, and parish in County Cork, Ireland. The village itself is around 1 mile (1.6 km.) inland from the coast...Kilbrittain Castle is the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland. The castle is thought to date from 1035 where the original fortress may have been built by the O'Mahony clan."

A pair of Sc. 35, 1c small queens.

CEA THARLACH
8.5.12

This Irish/Celtic language postmark of Ceatharlach (English = Carlow) shows postmark of May 8, 2012. The date of sale code on the stamp is 12129, or the 129th day of 2012...which is May 8, 2012.

Ceatharlach, or Carlow is a town in eastern Ireland where archaeological evidence dates human habitation at thousands of years.

From logainm.ie website, "Carlow, or Ceatharlach in fact signifies, in all probability, the 'place of cattle or herds'...The anglicized form of the name eventually rejected the final '-ach', as is typical in anglicized place names of Irish origin."