Cover Calendar For Month And Day -Pics

May 19

Commemorating 3 events: The Battle of Crooked Billet, which the Americans lost to the British, a first mail flight of a helicopter from Hatboro PA to Philadelphia, and the dedication of The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.




I love the term 'autogiro'! I would be interested to hear from any SCF aircraft experts who may be able to identify the helicopter in the picture. I know graphics artists often take liberties with images so it may be impossible to tell.




edited to remove erroneous Wikipedia information... see wonderful link provided by wt1 to get the accurate story

Here's the account of the "protype" Autogyro:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kemon01/6592039565/

You'll also want to review (along with a great YouTube video) this link (advance halfway down the page to the subheading "JOHN MILLER AND THE US MAIL"):

http://www.gyroplanepassion.com/John_Miller.html

Once again misled by Wikipedia...I knew there would be someone on SCF who would know more about this!!

And I'm not surprised that it's you, wt1! What a wealth of knowledge you are!

Karen

May 19 2012. 41st Stamp exhibition in the Catalan city of Ripoll (100 km North of Barcelona) "Modern Art in Ripoll", organized by the Philatelic and Numismatic Association of Ripoll.On the postmark there can be seen Catalonia's arms on a metal ancient lamp. The stamp features a little 1912 Modern Art chapel in Ripoll.

You can't get more timely than that, Cursus! Beautiful cover!

Karen

Another for May 19

Leo thinks Julia is interested in chickens. What a romantic!

A quick check on the USPS website and Wiki suggests that Woodman, WI has an operating post office to this day, yet they have a population of only 96, and the USPS does not have them on the list for any reduction in hours of operation. Interesting. I guess the 96 residents must be stamp collectors or something, as they apparently have enough business to justify keeping that post office open full time.

May 21 my time







May 22 SCF time

Another for May 22:

#926





I have always liked the redundancy of the SS Savannah, the Prius of its time--- sails and paddlewheel! Use the free wind energy when you can get it and supplement with fossil fuel when you need to.

Nice House of Farnum cachet on that Steamship FDC. Unusual first day cancellation, too, with 7 bars used in the cancellation portion of the postmark (rather than the typical 5).

May 23:

I found this in some kiloware I got a few years ago. Unfortunately somebody sliced the perfs from the bottom.

Kaltenkirchen is just north of Hamburg. I especially like the Kaltenkirchen coat-of-arms on the cancellation.




Here are the coat-of arms and the iconic tower that is depicted on it.

May 23 and May 24

PO at Marina del Rey apparently didn't like the wimpy cancellation job they did at the Santa Monica PO.

More May 24.

Samuel Morse X 2

I was wanting to post this for May 23, but was comatose from working in the sun all day yesterday. So, let's go back in time a little.
May 23. William McKinley Postal Card.



Thankyou. Now, back to the present.

Nice one, James! Do you know which Mocador is in?