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My first piece of Niuafoou-Tonga Tin Can mail. It's not very old or rare but it's mine now. It's from Jul of 1946. A couple of months later the island was evacuated because of volcanic eruption.   |
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Nice cover! Good looking mix. Addding a lot of color to your covers with this and the Zepplin cover!  |
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littleriverphil, thanks. I've collected a handful of the zep covers in the last few months. For my budget they are reasonable and very interesting. As long as I stay away from the U.S. C13-15.
Bujutsu, yours has a lot more going on than mine. The map and tin can mail circle stamp on the front and two? cachets on the back. Plus it's much earlier. |
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I do not know anything about these, and was thrown off at first by the "Tin Can" reference. Delivered by US destroyers? |
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Tin can mail is postmarked Niuafo'ou, which is an island located in the southern Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa. In brief from Wikipedia: Quote:
Other names for the island are Good Hope island and Tin Can island. The latter name originated from the fact that, since the island has neither a natural harbor nor a wharf, mail was delivered and picked up by strong swimmers who would retrieve packages, "sealed up in a biscuit tin" and thrown overboard from passing ships. Established in the nineteenth century, Tin Can Mail was developed by a trader named Walter George Quensell, who festooned the mail with many colourful cachets that have become a collectors' item. The Tongan government took over this tradition with special Niuafo'ou stamps since 1983. All covers are very philatelic of course. |
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Jenny2U. I had done a bit of research. So I knew the lack of rarity at least. Only paid 12 bucks for this one. I think some of the earliest ones would be nice and some with Quensells signature also would be plums. Otherwise just a bit of neat history. |
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Wouldn't the more sought after Tin Can Cancels be as close the volcano's eruption as possible?  |
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Wouldn't the more sought after Tin Can Cancels be as close the volcano's eruption as possible? That crossed my mind. I just doubt that there is enough scarcity. |
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Back in the 70's and 80's there were a few serious collector-exhibitors of Tin-Can Mail, but I haven't seen much done since that time. |
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Back in the 70's and 80's there were a few serious collector-exhibitors of Tin-Can Mail, but I haven't seen much done since that time. Would the fact that these are philatelic have anything to do with that? |
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I doubt it. First day covers are philatelic, and have been popular for a long time. The popularity of some things just go in cycles. |
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Posted 02/16/2015 5:22 pm
but soon learned they were not really rare, but I really overpaid. At least this turned out to be a very good lesson for me to RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH before buying 
