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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Repost : Maxicard. Maximaphily thread at http://www.forum.postcrossing.com
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What EXACTLY is "an official post office issue [of stamps]?" Check this from forum.postcrossing.com: "After reviewing this topic I realise it is for official post office NEW ISSUES and have moved some of the messages in here that were about personalised/personal design stamps to the Postcards and Stamps Art section. Please keep this section for official Post Office issues."
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Attention, postal workers from around the world! As you sort the mail, please look at the whole mail piece, not just at the apparent destination country. Here's a cover from Ukraine, misdirected to Cuba, instead of USA! Here's how the tunnel vision worked, between alphabets
This is a very nice cover (now is special!) sent to me in April 2011 by my philatelic/partner "Prott", from Ukraine, as part of the Maxicard Round Robin at http://www.forum.postcrossing.com.
Here's how the tunnel vision worked, between alphabets
Her "mistake" was that she added the destination country abbreviation, USA,
in the Cyrillic alphabet: США.
My postal forensic explanation is that an Ukrainian postal worker has interpreted
США as CUBA!!!
So what if, right above США, the cover is inscribed
United States of America?
"I don't know.
I don't care.
I just work here, at the post office."
Was that the attitude? :)
So, off it went to Cuba!!!
What Correos de Cuba did was to postmark it: REVUELTO AL REMITENTE (Return to sender) and send it back (to Ukraine, I guess).
Then it finally arrived to me, in USA, two days ago.
One of the (if not THE) most passionate collectors of RETURN TO SENDER covers, either "sent for real", or "sent intentionally to a fake address, to be returned with postmarks and postal markings from that exotic place", is my fellow blogger Riccardo Amarante (Italy) http://coverspostcards.blogspot.com/
Please explore his fascinating collection, and learn from his experience.
Notice how he mentions, sometimes, on the cover:
"Please return to sender if undeliverable", or so.
You, too, can send and receive back such items from the mostgodforsaken exotic places on earth.
Is THAT the greatest thing?
No - the greatest thing would be to find a real person/partner/friend in every such place, who could exchange with you a cover, postcard, etc.
But, if that is not possible, then you can always resort to a mailing of a cover or postcard to a fake address, so that it will be RETURNED to you, as undeliverable, with all those local postmarks and postal markings of RETURN, etc.
One of the (if not THE) most passionate collectors of RETURN TO SENDER covers, either "sent for real", or "sent intentionally to a fake address, to be returned with postmarks and postal markings from that exotic place", is my fellow blogger Riccardo Amarante (Italy) http://coverspostcards.blogspot.com/
Please explore his fascinating collection, and learn from his experience.
Notice how he mentions, sometimes, on the cover:
"Please return to sender if undeliverable", or so.
You, too, can send and receive back such items from the most
Is THAT the greatest thing?
No - the greatest thing would be to find a real person/partner/friend in every such place, who could exchange with you a cover, postcard, etc.
But, if that is not possible, then you can always resort to a mailing of a cover or postcard to a fake address, so that it will be RETURNED to you, as undeliverable, with all those local postmarks and postal markings of RETURN, etc.
Attention, postal workers from around the world! As you sort the mail, please look at the whole mail piece, not just at the apparent destination country. :)
Inside the cover, besides a Chinese maxicard, was this Ukrainian maxicard:
"Ukraine (
i /juːˈkreɪn/ ew-krayn; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ];Russian: Украи́на; Crimean Tatar: Ukraina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the largest contiguous country on the European continent.[7] Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland,Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It was formerly known as The Ukraine.[8]"
i /juːˈkreɪn/ ew-krayn; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ];Russian: Украи́на; Crimean Tatar: Ukraina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the largest contiguous country on the European continent.[7] Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland,Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It was formerly known as The Ukraine.[8]"
"The Swallow's Nest; the Crimea hosts many seaside resorts and historic sites".
See some nice stamps from Ukraine:
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"Cuba has a 99.8% literacy rate,[12][13] an infant death rate lower than some developed countries,[14] and an average life expectancy of 77.64.[12] In 2006, Cuba was the only nation in the world which met the WWF's definition of sustainable development; having an ecological footprint of less than 1.8 hectares per capita and a Human Development Index of over 0.8 for 2007.[15]"
"Beach on Cayo Largo del Sur in the Canarreos archipelago"
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"The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area [there are still disputed lands between China and India, in the Himalayas], and the third largest both by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multiculturalnations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.[6]"
"Through the 19th century, the United States displaced native tribes, acquired land from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii."
"Wooden walkways allow visitors to closely approach the Grand Prismatic Spring."
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U, as in Ukraine, and USA.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
!!! 17 Nov 1882: postal card sent by Herr Scholem, from the city of Roman (Romania) to Herrn Josef Landau [?] in Stettin, Prussia/German Empire [present-day Szczecin, Poland]!!!
Ladies and gentlemen from around the world, this is the oldest postal/philatelic item that I own, so far!!!
Isn't that cool? :
I hereby make an appeal to everybody who has an advance knowledge of philately (especially postal history), and German language to help me uncover the story of this very old postal card.
Thank you!
What can I decipher?
17 Nov 1882: postal card sent by Herr Scholem, from the city of Roman (Romania) to Herrn Josef Landau [?] in Stettin, Prussia/German Empire [present-day Szczecin, Poland]!!!
The monetary sums appear to be denominated in K; I think that's Kreuzer:
More deciphering brainstorming about this - is happening here:
"Roman (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈroman]; Hungarian: Románvásár, German:Romesmark) is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers.
It is thought that the name was taken from Moldavian Voivode Roman I of Moldavia, believed to be its founder.[weasel words] Roman's first son was Alexandru cel Bun."
"Stettin developed into a major Prussian port and became part of the Prussian-led German Empire in 1871.
While most of the province retained an agrarian character, Stettin was industrialized and its population rose from 27,000 in 1813 to 210,000 in 1900 and 255,500 in 1925.[51]
Major industries prospering in Stettin since 1840 were shipbuilding, chemical and food industries and machinery construction.[47]
Starting in 1843, Stettin became connected to the major German and Pomeranian cities by railways, and the water connection to the Bay of Pomerania was enhanced by the construction of the Kaiserfahrt (now Piast) canal.[47]"
Now, don't ask me about the text, coz Ich weiss nicht Deutsch so gut; nur ein wennig...:)
The coat of arms on this historic postcard belongs, of course, to the Kingdom of Romania. It has the royal motto:
"Nihil Sine Deo, Latin for "Nothing without God", is used as a motto by the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen royal family.
This formula was the motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (1878 - 1947). The motto is proudly displayed in the arms room of Peleş Castle."
"Timeline (1859 - 1939)
| 1859 | Alexander John Cuza unites Moldavia and Wallachia under his personal rule. |
| 1862 | Formal union of Moldavia and Wallachia to form principality of Romania. |
| 1866 | Cuza forced to abdicate and a foreign dynasty is established. Carol I signed the first modern Constitution. |
| 1877 | April 16. Treaty by which the Russian troops are allowed to pass through Romanian territory April 24. Russia declares war to the Ottoman Empire and its troops enter Romania May 9. Romanian independence declared by the Romanian parliament, start of Romanian War of Independence May 10. Carol I ratifies independence declaration |
| 1878 | Under Treaty of Berlin, Ottoman Empire recognizes Romanian independence. Romania ceded southern Bessarabia to Russia. |
| 1881 | Carol I was proclaimed King of Romania on March 26. [MY NOTE: The postcard is dated in 1882, remember?] |
| 1894 | Leaders of the Transylvanian Romanians who sent a Memorandum to the Austrian Emperor demanding national rights for the Romanians are found guilty of treason. |
| 1907 | Violent peasant revolts crushed throughout Romania, thousands of persons killed. |
| 1914 | Death of Carol I, succeeded by his nephew Ferdinand. |
| 1916 | (August) Romania enters World War I on the Entente side. (December) Romanian Treasure sent to Russia for safekeeping, but was seized by Soviets after the Romanian army refused to withdraw from Bessarabia. [MY NOTE: cheese of the B type...] |
| 1918 | Greater Romania is created. |
| By the Treaty of Versailles, Romania agreed to grant citizenship to the former citizens of Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires living in the new Romanian territories. | |
| 1919 | A military conflict occurs between Romania and Hungarian Soviet led by Béla Kun. The Romanian Army takes over Budapest on 4 August 1919. The city is ruled by a military administration until 16 November 1919. |
| 1920 | The Treaty of Trianon upholds Romanian unification." You thought "it's a long way to Tipperary"? [that's a cultural reference, don't worry about it] It was a long, long way for the Romanian lands/principalities to achieve unification and independence from all those ancient and feudal enemies and invaders. Them B cheese... (Hint: read aloud, until you get it...)  |
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