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244923 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
APO 810 (Baldurshagi) 4-bar hand cancel "OCT / 29 [INVERTED!!] / 1941 / A.M." with the 810 around the circle on right . Facit 2022 number: APO 810 H-3-1-4. Blue rectangular racetrack #612 censor handstamp. Non-philatelic cover from Earl Runkel, a member of the 10th Infantry Band, to a 2nd Infantry Band member back in the States. Franked with 3c "For Defense" Liberty Torch stamp. Roughly opened back flap, but looks very nice on front. Inverted dates in Icelandic APO postmarks are quite unusual. So far, this postmark type is the only recorded 810 postmark type in this time period. Non-philatelic covers of this postmark type are unusual. ACTUAL item. |
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400338 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
U.S. APO 09023 (Thule) "AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE" ("ARMY" carved out; APO, month day, year; 7 lines) VF 29 April 1972 machine cancel on attractive "CANADIAN FORCES ARCTIC FLIGHT" cover . U.S. Scott #1394 [1971 8c Eisenhower black, blue, and red Definitive]. Typed "cachet" form containing the handwritten details of the flight: FROM Resolute Bay, N.W.T.; TO Thule, Greenland; DATE April 26, 1972; PLANE TYPE Twin Otter 13803; PILOT (signature: M. Huegen??, Capt.); REMARKS "First CF Twin Otter in Thule." No markings on reverse. JSA Cataloging Detail: AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE -- WITH "ARMY" CARVED OUT. "AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE" text is NOT centered. // 09023 in center. The central lines are probably found in various positions. // This overall type seems to be extremely scarce. // The only example I have recorded has 7-wavy-lines cancellation, but based on the picture in Daka GF 6 on page 116, this also exists with the a 1970 Christmas slogan cancellation, but I have not personally seen an example of that. // 13 mm between base of A(IR) and (VIC)E. // Wide, rounded zeros in 09023. // Date, Year, and "09023" on three lines in center, possibly in varying order. 21 mm circle. 15 mm gap to the lines. // "09023" / DATE / YEAR // Earliest: 1972 Apr 29 Only example recorded. // Latest: -- // "09032" / APR 29 / 1972. (There is also a vertical line in the "9" of the date.) VF strike on philatelic cover, an "Canadian Forces Arctic Flight" cover. 1971 8c black, blue, red Eisenhower definitive. Ex-Mayfair. ACTUAL item. |
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