Fun With Cancellations - Post 1

Howdy do -

I figured I'd toss up a few decent cancels to talk about and maybe get
some discussion going. I know Rodney has got us enthralled about
"Down Under" for quite some time now, so I thought I'd even the score
and bring up some things that are cool to me.

While sorting out a huge bunch of British Commonwealth, I came across
a few decent cancels.

Elephant from Southern Rhodesia:

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/graphics/elephant.jpg

Lion from South Africa:

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/graphics/empire.jpg

Apparently, this was a common item representing the Empire Exhibition
down there.

Another one, which I forgot to scan, was:

"Prevent Veld(t) Fires"

Which, of course, reminds me of Prevent Forest Fires and Smokey the
Bear of US fame. Smokey is still used to this day in many places,
like up in Ray Brook, NY - outside the NY Department of Conservation
buildings. Also displayed, of course, are the fire conditions.

Since I'm not a true cover / entire collector, I find these when
sorting out large bunches of stamps and since they're pretty much
S.O.N., I thought I'd share them. They, amongst others, will stay in
my collection.

Anyone have any they want to share from their collections?

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Tracy Barber
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adirondack-pc
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"Freebie Stamp Project"
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No doubt, most areas of the planet have their specialists,
as far as the west coast of Australia is concerned, we are spoilt
rotten, all kudos to the "West Australian Study Group" who
produce booklets like these, of which I offer some scans.

It makes a mockery of those who try and dictate to us, what we
should or should not collect.

Armed with this booklet and a reasonably clear part-cancel, one can
sometimes decipher just which post office was used.

http://cjoint.com/data/frcW0bDHVv.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/frcYO62Wk7.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/frc0XVJc6y.htm



| Howdy do -
|
| I figured I'd toss up a few decent cancels to talk about and maybe get
| some discussion going. I know Rodney has got us enthralled about
| "Down Under" for quite some time now, so I thought I'd even the score
| and bring up some things that are cool to me.
|
| While sorting out a huge bunch of British Commonwealth, I came across
| a few decent cancels.
|
| Elephant from Southern Rhodesia:
|
| http://www.adirondack-pc.com/graphics/elephant.jpg
|
| Lion from South Africa:
|
| http://www.adirondack-pc.com/graphics/empire.jpg
|
| Apparently, this was a common item representing the Empire Exhibition
| down there.
|
| Another one, which I forgot to scan, was:
|
| "Prevent Veld(t) Fires"
|
| Which, of course, reminds me of Prevent Forest Fires and Smokey the
| Bear of US fame. Smokey is still used to this day in many places,
| like up in Ray Brook, NY - outside the NY Department of Conservation
| buildings. Also displayed, of course, are the fire conditions.
|
| Since I'm not a true cover / entire collector, I find these when
| sorting out large bunches of stamps and since they're pretty much
| S.O.N., I thought I'd share them. They, amongst others, will stay in
| my collection.
|
| Anyone have any they want to share from their collections?
|
| =======================
| Tracy Barber
| -----------------------
| adirondack-pc
| -----------------------
| "Freebie Stamp Project"
| =======================

On Tue, 17 May 2005 08:53:49 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

No doubt, most areas of the planet have their specialists,
as far as the west coast of Australia is concerned, we are spoilt
rotten, all kudos to the "West Australian Study Group" who
produce booklets like these, of which I offer some scans.

Looks cool...

It makes a mockery of those who try and dictate to us, what we
should or should not collect.

Eh? They back again?

Armed with this booklet and a reasonably clear part-cancel, one can
sometimes decipher just which post office was used.

http://cjoint.com/data/frcW0bDHVv.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/frcYO62Wk7.htm
http://cjoint.com/data/frc0XVJc6y.htm

This is cool. I guess I didn't make it clear that this was supposed
to be a fun topic! :^)


| I figured I'd toss up a few decent cancels to talk about and maybe get
| some discussion going. I know Rodney has got us enthralled about
| "Down Under" for quite some time now, so I thought I'd even the score
| and bring up some things that are cool to me.
|
| While sorting out a huge bunch of British Commonwealth, I came across
| a few decent cancels.
|
| Elephant from Southern Rhodesia:
|
| http://www.adirondack-pc.com/graphics/elephant.jpg
|
| Lion from South Africa:
|
| http://www.adirondack-pc.com/graphics/empire.jpg
|
| Apparently, this was a common item representing the Empire Exhibition
| down there.
|
| Another one, which I forgot to scan, was:
|
| "Prevent Veld(t) Fires"
|
| Which, of course, reminds me of Prevent Forest Fires and Smokey the
| Bear of US fame. Smokey is still used to this day in many places,
| like up in Ray Brook, NY - outside the NY Department of Conservation
| buildings. Also displayed, of course, are the fire conditions.
|
| Since I'm not a true cover / entire collector, I find these when
| sorting out large bunches of stamps and since they're pretty much
| S.O.N., I thought I'd share them. They, amongst others, will stay in
| my collection.
|
| Anyone have any they want to share from their collections?


=======================
Tracy Barber
-----------------------
adirondack-pc
-----------------------
"Freebie Stamp Project"
=======================

| This is cool. I guess I didn't make it clear that this was supposed
| to be a fun topic! :^)



OK, this is the best I can russle up.

http://cjoint.com/data/frg7ULyqnP.htm
with this slogan,
I had a mental image of a pair of stamp tongs with dentures on the tips.

On Tue, 17 May 2005 12:58:16 +0800, "Rodney"
wrote:

| This is cool. I guess I didn't make it clear that this was supposed
| to be a fun topic! :^)



OK, this is the best I can russle up.

http://cjoint.com/data/frg7ULyqnP.htm
with this slogan,
I had a mental image of a pair of stamp tongs with dentures on the tips.

hehehehehehehe... Pretty good one. I have several others around, but
not handy. No doubt they're buried with some other stuff, but do
recall some cute ones, like the ones we just posted.

=======================
Tracy Barber
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adirondack-pc
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"Freebie Stamp Project"
=======================

I've seen a nice one in an old stamp magazine: the (GDR)
stamp depicts a swimmer, the slogan of the cancel says
"Haltet das Wasser rein" ("Keep the water clean"). Looked
almost like one of these warning boards they put alongside
the swimming pools.

Jan-Martin

On Tue, 17 May 2005 07:52:59 GMT, Jan-Martin Hertzsch
wrote:

I've seen a nice one in an old stamp magazine: the (GDR)
stamp depicts a swimmer, the slogan of the cancel says
"Haltet das Wasser rein" ("Keep the water clean"). Looked
almost like one of these warning boards they put alongside
the swimming pools.

And we all know what happens in swimming pools! :^)

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Tracy Barber
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adirondack-pc
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"Freebie Stamp Project"
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