Socked On The Nose Cancels On Classic Era Stamps

I really like SON cancels, nicely placed, on exotic location classical era stamps. It makes the stamp and location more "real" IMO.



Papeete, Tahiti

So what have you for interesting SON cancels?

I agree completely. I have posted a bunch on the bullseye and SON thread, but I'll add some different ones here. You can never see too many...

Trinidad, 1884

I thought about putting this on its own Snakes on the Plains thread, but it doesn't really have anywhere to go from there, so here it is...Snake Plains, Tasmania:



There doesn't appear to be much to Snake Plains, but it would probably be nice to visit.

Iceland cancelled in Edinburgh with a 'Paquebot' mark:

A pair of ½d. British Queen Victoria's with a double whammy SON caused by a wonderful Leeds Duplex:

A marginal block of 4 KEVII 1d. with a well placed Barbertown postmark:



Have a good one,

Skilo54

Love the Transvaal block.

Here are a few that were struck fairly well:

The Mennonite village of Schroop in Marienwerder:


Montpellier (the Herault references the French department, and not the Rugby club):


2kr Austria, barely contained within the four corners of the stamp:


An Upper Silesia train cancel, for the run from Breslau to Mys#322;owice, at the border of Austrian Galicia:


An Industry and Commerce from the 1882 Luxembourg set:


and, last one for now, King Edward VII on Ceylon, postmarked in Kandy, seemingly 1904, with an inverted date slug:

Is 1911 classic era

Bosnia and Hertzogovina :
Badly light damaged from its carmine colour.
Tuzla Pmk (Tuzla is a Turkish word for Salt Mine)

In the worldwide context, I'd say "classic era" is 1840 to 1940.

Some U.S. collectors say it goes to 1947; others say it ends with the 19th century.

Since both Scott and Yvert make a classic catalogue through 1940, that works for me. (In the case of Scott, British Commonwealth issues continue through the end of KGVI.)

I.R. Official, canceled in Reading


and a couple Danish


Sometimes it seems like 80% of Danish postmarks are Copenhagen...for a change of pace here is Rude, which is a town of fewer than 300 people:


Couva, Trinidad:

French Guiana (Guyane)



SON Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Germany : SG3

Socked on the nose with a
320/A Brunswick Star = Tain in Scotland.

Thanks Collin, 1940 it is then.
I'll post this one as an exception

New Zealand 1959 - socked on the nose with Papua New Guinea Pmk.

Nice Canadian one I came across recently while working on my album

Here's my 68 that I picked up and shared on the forum earlier this year.



Earliest Known Use - 20 Aug. 1861
Philadelphia Pa. Cancel. 27 May 1862.