If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
A question about cancels
Hi,
I've been collecting Deutsches Reich for quite some time a picked up some interesting items however a friend of a friend who knows a lot more brought my attention to a cancel. It's part horseshoe Hamburg cancel on 1/2 Groschen orange, Michel 14. The "HAM" is inside the horseshoe itself. If Michel Spezialised goes into cancels I can't find it or understand the German. How do I find out more about special DR cancels. I have loads of DR that I am going through for errors and colour variations but it never occurred to me to look at cancels, apart from the special souvenir ones. Thanks for any light you can shed on this subject, which I have tried to explain to my wife really is interesting! -- Steve Frazer http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve_frazer/index.html (updated Jan 31 '05) |
Ads |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Jay T. Carrigan" wrote in message
news:g08Md.43330$IV5.23219@attbi_s54... Michel has a 3 volume series ("Stempel-Handbuch") on DR cancels: Part 1 - 1868 to 1880, 224 pages Part 2 - 1880 to 1898, 376 pages Part 3 - "Klaucke"-postmarks, 248 pages All in German of course. I believe the first two are out of print. There are also many other spezialized German-language handbooks, for example the Infla-Berlin series. Many thanks for that. Now the age old problems of hunting down the books and learning even more 'Michel' German! :-) I'm also hunting for the Michel companion for non-German speaking Englishers like myself if anyone knows of an outlet or has a copy.... -- Steve Frazer http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve_frazer/index.html (updated Jan 31 '05) |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Steve,
I have the 1872-1933 volume of the "Will Payne Companion ..." available for sale. It covers Michel 1-478, Dienst 1-131, etc. Contact me if interested - jay _at_ jaypex _dot_ com. I will caution you that Michel is a moving target, i.e. editorial changes are made every year. The Companion is based on the 1996 Michel and the translation may not conform exactly to the current German text. If one is available in your area,I would suggest taking an adult ed or community college course in German. Once you have been exposed to the grammar, using a German-English dictionary will be much easier. Jay In article , says... "Jay T. Carrigan" wrote in message news:g08Md.43330$IV5.23219@attbi_s54... Michel has a 3 volume series ("Stempel-Handbuch") on DR cancels: Part 1 - 1868 to 1880, 224 pages Part 2 - 1880 to 1898, 376 pages Part 3 - "Klaucke"-postmarks, 248 pages All in German of course. I believe the first two are out of print. There are also many other spezialized German-language handbooks, for example the Infla-Berlin series. Many thanks for that. Now the age old problems of hunting down the books and learning even more 'Michel' German! :-) I'm also hunting for the Michel companion for non-German speaking Englishers like myself if anyone knows of an outlet or has a copy.... -- Steve Frazer http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve_frazer/index.html (updated Jan 31 '05) |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
"Jay T. Carrigan" wrote in message
news:uFeMd.44051$IV5.39858@attbi_s54... Steve, I have the 1872-1933 volume of the "Will Payne Companion ..." available for sale. It covers Michel 1-478, Dienst 1-131, etc. Contact me if interested - jay _at_ jaypex _dot_ com. Sounds perfect. I shall email seperately thank you. I will caution you that Michel is a moving target, i.e. editorial changes are made every year. The Companion is based on the 1996 Michel and the translation may not conform exactly to the current German text. If one is available in your area,I would suggest taking an adult ed or community college course in German. Once you have been exposed to the grammar, using a German-English dictionary will be much easier. Certainly good advice. I have made many trips to Munich and also failed German 'O' level many years ago, otherwise I'd never have got as far with my Michel Spezialised! :-) -- Steve Frazer http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve_frazer/index.html (updated Jan 31 '05) |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Question about Beckett Grading | [email protected] | Hockey | 2 | January 3rd 05 07:17 PM |
Newbie Question on Cancels... | WhoCares | General Discussion | 12 | October 8th 04 01:23 AM |
Canada - Circular Cancels? | amesh \(Mette\) | General Discussion | 14 | October 7th 04 05:55 AM |
Question on Stamp Collecting Procedure | Luther Bell | General Discussion | 3 | May 19th 04 12:21 PM |
Spam Question: Or A Former (one-time only) Spammer Explains Himself | Mark | Books | 1 | July 17th 03 08:40 AM |