Postmarks.day By Day

Canada Scott 401 & 404

FDC cancellation on FEBRUARY 4 1963 at OTTAWA

February 5

NAURU
5 FE 54
CENTRAL PACIFIC




NAURU, SG 31A: The series was first issued in 1924 and features the CENTURY, a cargo ship or freighter that was used to transport phosphate that was mined on the island. This is a three-penny block of four most likely from the later printing on whiter paper from 1937. This series was replaced in 1954 by the first QEII definitive stamps.

February 6
ST. JOHN'S

FE 6
06
ANTIGUA.B.W.I.



Antigua #20 was issued as part of a series showing the Seal of the Colony. This is the three-penny stamp. All numbers are from the online StampWorld catalogue unless otherwise stated. St. John's is the capital of Antigua

CASTRIES
*
6 FE
24
ST. LUCIA


Shown is St. Lucia #73, the three-penny blue from the definitive series issued between1921 -1926, featuring King George V. Castries is the capital of St. Lucia.


RABACCA
FE 6
98


This portrait of Queen Victoria was first used on St. Vincent stamps in 1861. The five-pence shown here (#52) was the time this designed would be used and was issued in 1897. The only reference to Rabacca today on St. Vincent is of a dry river with that name. It is a seasonal river, with its source is at Mount Soufriere. It is most likely, that the community was obliterated during the 1902-03 volcanic eruptions at Mount Soufriere.

February 7
HAMILTON
-7FEB24A 8- AM
BERMUDA


BERMUDA #42 (SW.C), one-penny Caravel, first issued in a series beginning in 1910. The bonus is that it is a slogan cancel for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.

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PORT AU PRINCE
7
FEV
28
HAITI


HAITI #246 (SW.C) shows a local citadel. It is part of a series issued in 1924 and the denomination is ten-gourde.

February 8
U.S. ARMY
980
FEB 8
1944
POSTAL SERVICE



APO 980 was located on Adnak Island in Alaska Territory.
The six-cent Twin-Motor Transport Plane was the work horse of this series with over 4 billion stamps printed. The series was first issued in 1941 and the SW.C catalogue number is 25.

February 9


FORT DE FRANCE
*
9-2
40
MARTINIQUE



MARTINIQUE # 148 (SW.C) is a one-franc stamp that depicts le Palais du Gouvernement in the capital. Fort de France is the capital and the series to which this stamp belongs was first issued 1933.

February 10
GUADELOUPE
10
FEVR
82
BASSE TERRE




Image sleuth reveals the year to most likely be 1912. However, as the France Colonies twenty-five centimes was issued in 1881, I am inclined to guess the year to be 1882, as there is an element of murkiness in the image sleuth reveal. The catalogue number for the stamp is Yvert #53 or SW.C #52.

#1575;#1604;#1576;#1581;#1585;#1610;#1606;
10 FE 57
BAHRAIN


This parcel tag was mailed in Dubai the previous day. When it arrived or passed through Bahrain it received a bilingual postmark. The six-annas stamp is SW.C #53 of MUSCAT was issued in 1953. Great Britain postage stamps issued in 1952 were surcharged to create the series from which this stamp comes.

ST. JOHN'S
FE 10
04
ANTIGUA . B.W.I.




The seal of the colony is shown on this two-pence stamp from Antigua issued in 1903; The SW.C catalogue number is 18.

And yet another for today...canceled February 10, 1921 at the village of Okole, Poland.

February 12
CANARIES

12 FE
53
St. LUCIA


St. Lucia 122 (SW.C) is the three-cent value showing King George VI. This was the first set issued with decimal currency. The series was issued in 1949.

Canada Scott 2881

Cancelled on FEBRUARY 12 2016 at TORONTO

February 13

HALIFAX
6.PM
FE13
03




Following the passing of Queen Victoria in 1901, Great Britain issue a 10-shilling stamp with the portrait of King Edward VII in 1902. The SW.C catalogue number 116.

14 February



SOUTH
C
FE 14
12
GEORGIA

The Falkland Island's two-pence & half-penny, King Edward VII stamp. first issued in 1904 was used in South Georgia receiving a circular date stamp. Added for emphasis is a single straight-line handstamp, under the postage stamp with the post office name. The SW.C catalogue number is 20.

Also for today...canceled February 14, 1986 at Worms, Germany.

Canada Scott 1698

Cancelled on FEBRUARY 15 2000 at TORONTO



My scanned image was 650 KB but after it popped out of the new uploader
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Also for today...canceled February 15, 2011 at Goldach, Switzerland.