Always Wanted To Know More About This One: "Pigeon Gram"

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I think your impish sense of humour is running away with you Rodney

That will do. Beautiful isn't it?
I was referring to the 1989 celebration Tony.
Keep up to speed please.

oh I had a nice sheet of those I thinkt here were 6 of them in one sheet. I should find it maybe ill get some money out of it here?

but the best is yet to come this yar we will have a mini sheet and 2 stamps of the indian states and of course spock will be selling those.

Thanks for the info on Pigeon Post stamps and service.

oh I forgot to mention till very recently pigeon post was active in india. I never thought I would my pet pigeon as a postman under any circumstances

This is good news, please make the search for these
as a top priority, I shall bid robustly for these,
be aware Tony may bid too, under a nom de plume,
I believe he is a closet Travancore collector

Thanks Stamperdude:

NZ Pigeon flight booklet #36

A cinderella item Produced to raise funds for the stamp club's, clubrooms.
(a worthy cause indeed:)

well for what its worth ill be 100% sure to look these up. how much should these be worth if I offered it for outright sale or should I put this on a bid?

GBP 60p ea 2005 SG.
probably best to include in one of your future bid lots,
that way all parties interests are met.

hmm you ar eprolly right. stamp prices have shot throught he roof here ever since people became rich. but I suspect you will be the only bidder unless tony shows an interest.

Countries that used Pigeongrammes, or a similar
method to convey communication.

You are welcome to contribute.

New Zealand
Antartica
West Germany
Paris France
Great Barrier Island
India
Monaco
Denmark.
Herm Island

Siegel Auctions had a remarkable collection of Worldwide Pigeon Post up for auction some years ago (2002). Before the sale, the collection was removed from the market and (I believe) sold privately. There was a catalog for it published and, if you know where to look, you can access it online still.
http://www.siegelauctions.com/2002/854/y854.htm

Chip

Thanks Chip,
I cannot open the contents of the zip file
it is an *.dbf but my MSWorks
won't have anything to do with it ?

Just to point out that the 1st Air Mail Stamp was used & used on June 6, 1877 by John F.B. Lillard known as the Buffalo Balloon. It is listed as a Air Post Semi-Official. Mail was flown via balloon Nashville to Gallatin, TN.
The Balloon was owned & flown by pilot Samuel Archer King. It was reported that a J.H. Snively (Mr./Ms. unknown) printed in strips of a single die. There were 300 printed & 23 were used.

It opened up ok for me using OpenOffice as a spreadsheet with no pictures - text only. The HTML files are much more interesting Rod.