Bullseye And Socked On Nose Cancels

Zwotzen is a neighborhood in the city of Gera in Thuringen, Germany.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwötzen

Argentina Scott 443:



Austria Scott 691:



Austria Scott 54:

This continues to be an interesting thread. Thanks, all! Keep them coming.

Meanwhile, Falkland Islands (Scott 99, SG 166):


PORT STANLEY cds. See, upside down "8"s happen often enough.

Here is a recent Irish cancellation from a new area. Cancellation reads IARTHAR NA CATHRACH 01.6.17. The Gaelic name is Iarthar na Cathrach (English = Citywest) which is a recent development near Dublin.

From wikipedia, "Citywest is a suburban development on the southwestern periphery of Dublin originally developed as a 'business campus'...Major companies based at Citywest include Pfizer, SAP, Unilever, Independent News and Media and Eir, who moved their headquarters to the campus."

Belgium 32



Belgium 296



Denmark

KEVII 1902

This WWII German occupation of Czechoslovakia (Bohemia & Moravia) semi-postal stamp bears a bilingual cancellation. Upper part of cancel (German) reads: DUERNFELLERN, and the lower part (Czech) says SUCHE VRBNE. Cancel date is 22.XII.42. Suche Vrbne is an eastern suburb/neighborhood of Ceske Budovice in the Southern Bohemia region of Jihocesky Kraj.

Interestingly, other sources show the spelling of German language version as Dirnfellern. The cancellation version, with the umlauted 'u' replacing the i, is confirmed by the official 1944 Reichspost Ortsverzeichnis I (post office directory). The nazi regime frequently altered the old German names of towns in occupied territories (the 'New Order').

Cape of Good Hope, Scott 44:

(incomplete) squared circle postmark of Port Elizabeth

New Hebrides (French currency) Scott 18:


Port-Vila cancel. Yes, upside-down year date; stuff happens.

Lagos Scott 13:

IKORODU cds. This is the city next door to Lagos City.

British Virgin Islands - Scott # 395



Island: Tortola
City: Road Town

Here is another modern Irish cancel of the 'woven circle' type. It reads LAR BHAILE ATH LUAIN 29. 4. 21. In English, this is Athlone, which is located very near the geographic center of the island.

From wikipedia, "Athlone (Irish: Baile Atha Luain, meaning 'the town of Luan's ford') is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Loch Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of 21349 in the 2016 census."

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Great postmark but unfortunately it's upside down in relation to the stamp

This modern, but older Irish cancel is CEANANNUS MOR 1000 PM 28 IX 67. The English language name is Kells in County Meath, located north of Dublin. Population is 6135 (2016).

From wikipedia: "The town (is) 65 km (40 mi) from Dublin. It is best known as the site of Kells Abbey, from which the Book of Kells takes its name...The settlement was originally known by the name Ceannanas or Ceannanus and it is suggested that the name Kells developed from this...In 1929, Ceannanus Mor was made the town's official name in both Irish and English...Ceanannas has been the official Irish-language form of the place name since 1969. In 1993, Kells was re-adopted as the town's official name in English."

The ever-changing spelling of Irish place names can create a bit of a challenge for one trying to locate and identify them, but it this case it was not difficult.

Chilean Cancel
City: Temuco
Date 1959, 26 ?? at 3PM

From wikipedia: Temuco ... capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The city is located 670 kilometres (416 miles) south of Santiago.