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It's cinderella time~ "Snooky ookums"
On Friday 19th September 1913, the members of the Ship's Company
of RMS "Omrah" in the Indian Ocean, performed "Snooky Ookums" the Irving Berlin song, for all those in attendance. Floating around in the bottom of a phossick box of mine, was the programme that evening, it had no philatelic relevance, but in keeping with the long and honoured system of philately, of not discarding material, I glanced at it and left it alone to remain with all the other junk, undisturbed. http://cjoint.com/data/gBoZQ83SPW.htm http://cjoint.com/data/gBo0LCbnlM.htm Some years later, it suddenly sprang to prominence, as the "Omrah" took centre stage in one of Australia's most fascinating cinderellas. On some KG5 sidefaces, someone had overprinted "A.I.F" and the source at that time was unknown. A philatelic detective (as it turned out, incorrectly) surmised the overprints had originated from the "Omrah" as it was amongst "convoy 28" by connecting the censor mark to the ship, to the AIF overprints. I'll let Mr. Ronald M Lee, explain the rest...... One would be remiss when writing about Convoy 28 if mention was not made of an error made recently by one writer in identifying the ship from which the AIF overprints emanated. It is important to examine every possible source of information before reaching a conclusion. In this instance, the writer based his conclusion mainly on his understanding that a particular censor mark was used only by the Omrah. He did not consult the shipping lists which establishes that the covers posted at Durban and Freetown were posted there when the Omrah was in Australian waters and therefore could not have been posted from it. This shows that some of the information published earlier about censor marks was incorrect. This is not intended as a criticism of the author. At least he has a view and has published it and, as a result of his work, others have investigated further and drawn different conclusions. It is inevitable that mistakes will occur and that further research by others will, from time to time, change conclusions reached. Don't let this discourage anyone from publishing results of their observations and research. It is necessary, however, to guard against producing articles which will mislead others, particularly future collectors and students, who may be studying the article many years from now. I would suggest that if the following points are taken into account they wiR go a long way towards avoiding this problem. * Let another collector in your collecting area see your writings before publication; * Distinguish clearly between fact and hypothesis; * Always give a full list of references; * Summarise what has already been published and on that basis, introduce your new findings; * Remember to consult material in your collection and in others. So often collectors become so involved in searching the archives that they omit to see the postal evidence in their collections. I hope these few remarks will encourage many more to publish their views and findings. "Australians at war" ...WW1 "troopship mail part2" Australian Stamp News July 1991 |
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It's cinderella time~ "Snooky ookums"
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It's cinderella time~ "Snooky ookums"
The Omrah
http://cjoint.com/data/gBpo6crMc5.htm "rodney" wrote in message ... Details and images about the "AIF" overprints. http://cjoint.com/data/gBpkfa4Ysz.htm |
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It's cinderella time~ "Snooky ookums"
Based on the information within, we can conclude the cover with the censorship mark was posted aboard ship, that raises the question why stamps were attached at all? Forces mail posted aboard ship was free, and no stamps were required. I smell a philatelist creating some hokey pokey. Covers without the censorship mark wre posted ashore, thereby avoiding censorship but requiring postage. "rodney" wrote in message ... Details and images about the "AIF" overprints. http://cjoint.com/data/gBpkfa4Ysz.htm |
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It's cinderella time~ "Snooky ookums"
For Aussies perhaps interested
"picture Australia" has 84 pictures of the Omrah just use the search string "Omrah" http://www.pictureaustralia.org/ Some pictures include German prisoners taken aboard the Omrah after she took aboard survivors of the sinking of the "Emden" "rodney" The Omrah http://cjoint.com/data/gBpo6crMc5.htm |
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