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Spain query.
The control numbers on the reverse.
Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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Spain query.
Hi Rod.
A quick glance at my Scott tells me that there is an Alfonso XIII issue of 1917 where the control number is listed as red or orange. Then there is the same stamp issued in 1918 with the control number in blue. I believe that other control numbers are in black. Don't take this to the bank, wait for others to respond. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "rodney" wrote in message ... The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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Spain query.
G'day Tony, I have put a hold on my flight ticket to Travancore. for the record http://cjoint.com/data/grcFgyotur.htm I have it as 1909 and orange looks OK "tranvias" ? by tram "Tony Vella" wrote in message ... Hi Rod. A quick glance at my Scott tells me that there is an Alfonso XIII issue of 1917 where the control number is listed as red or orange. Then there is the same stamp issued in 1918 with the control number in blue. I believe that other control numbers are in black. Don't take this to the bank, wait for others to respond. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "rodney" wrote in message ... The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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Spain query.
Hello again.
If Gibbons shows the red/orange numbers in 1909, then I am confused; I must be missing something. As per my Scott, the Alfonso XIII was originally issued in 1909 with blue control numbers on the back. The only time (again, according to Scott) it was issued with red or orange numbers was in 1917. Yes, Rodney, tranvía is the correct way to refer to the "tram" both in Spain and in Latin America. You brought back a memory of youth: long ago I got into the bad habit of referring to "travels by tram" as "viajes en tram" and I drove the then-Cultural Attaché at the local Argentine Embassy so nuts that at times he used to totally lose it and scream at me from one room to another: tranvía, tranvía, Toni, sometimes you speak Spanish like a carioca !!!! That was some 30 odd years ago. Incidentally, am I the only old geezer around here who goes through his albums and is sent down memory lane by some particular stamp here and there? -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada "rodney" wrote in message ... G'day Tony, I have put a hold on my flight ticket to Travancore. for the record http://cjoint.com/data/grcFgyotur.htm I have it as 1909 and orange looks OK "tranvias" ? by tram "Tony Vella" wrote in message ... Hi Rod. A quick glance at my Scott tells me that there is an Alfonso XIII issue of 1917 where the control number is listed as red or orange. Then there is the same stamp issued in 1918 with the control number in blue. I believe that other control numbers are in black. Don't take this to the bank, wait for others to respond. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "rodney" wrote in message ... The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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Alas, I am the dizzy one.
The issue originated in 1909 now I see the cancellation it confirms 1919 My trigger finger was itchy, I'll have to lay off the multi vitamins. "Tony Vella" Hello again. If Gibbons shows the red/orange numbers in 1909, then I am confused; I must be missing something. As per my Scott, the Alfonso XIII was originally issued in 1909 with blue control numbers on the back. The only time (again, according to Scott) it was issued with red or orange numbers was in 1917. Yes, Rodney, tranvía is the correct way to refer to the "tram" both in Spain and in Latin America. You brought back a memory of youth: long ago I got into the bad habit of referring to "travels by tram" as "viajes en tram" and I drove the then-Cultural Attaché at the local Argentine Embassy so nuts that at times he used to totally lose it and scream at me from one room to another: tranvía, tranvía, Toni, sometimes you speak Spanish like a carioca !!!! That was some 30 odd years ago. Incidentally, am I the only old geezer around here who goes through his albums and is sent down memory lane by some particular stamp here and there? -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada "rodney" wrote in message ... G'day Tony, I have put a hold on my flight ticket to Travancore. for the record http://cjoint.com/data/grcFgyotur.htm I have it as 1909 and orange looks OK "tranvias" ? by tram "Tony Vella" wrote in message ... Hi Rod. A quick glance at my Scott tells me that there is an Alfonso XIII issue of 1917 where the control number is listed as red or orange. Then there is the same stamp issued in 1918 with the control number in blue. I believe that other control numbers are in black. Don't take this to the bank, wait for others to respond. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "rodney" wrote in message ... The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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Spain query.
Hi Tony,
On Jun 16, 9:14*pm, "Tony Vella" wrote: Incidentally, am I the only old geezer around here who goes through his albums and is sent down memory lane by some particular stamp here and there? No you are not the only one. My wife is Colombian and I have been to Colombia a few times. We look at the collection and remember the places we have seen there. I don't think my reason for collecting Colombia can be topped. I started with a set that depicted my wife's house in Tunja, Boyaca (El Mono de La Pila, Scott C247). The set was designed by one of her distant relatives. In addition, some of her relatives are depicted on Colombian stamps. Since her family was in the arts, concert pianists, she has met some of the artists and dignitaries depicted on the stamps. By the way how do you keep French and Spanish separate. I try learning Spanish but confuse it with French, I come from Maine so we learn French because of Quebec. My sister-in-law says I speak Spanish like a poor Frenchman. Jerry B |
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"Tony Vella" Incidentally, am I the only old geezer around here who goes through his albums and is sent down memory lane by some particular stamp here and there? Hmmm, that's not exactly the kick I get out of stamps, I go down the "wonder" path, I find it hard to explain, but its sort of a voyeurs peek into peoples past lives and to me it brings it front and centre. I have always found it absolutely amazing that William Dampier was christened probably what, 7 miles from where I was born. Take this cover for example http://cjoint.com/data/grpqmRwBPw.htm pretty ordinary on the face of it, but I found it in a phossick box and was delighted that it was from Dorset, my neighbouring county. As it turns out Beaminster is but approx 18kms from where I was born, it is Thomas Hardy country, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" was written from Beaminster. When I investigated "R S Hine" (pronounced Hinn) it turns out he came from a very notable family. He was a Pharmacist, and a photographer who took amazing photos of my country and my county. The family were notable for their progeny and the most well known of the family of naval smugglers was Thomas Hine who went to France, during the Revolution was imprisoned and when free married into a French family of Cognac producers, and eventually ended up head of the business. (Hine Cognac) His son was the first British extract to be a mayor of a French town R S Hine the addressee on that card, has his wanderings and photos now available on DVD Rom, his original writings and manuscripts are available on the internet for purchase at GBP140 The elder Hine has "the paper of 2009" on the national archives register, for a circular Family Tree that maps 5 generations of Hines http://cjoint.com/data/grpDNqWd7j.htm To see that tree up close is nothing short of amazing, there must be 300 people listed on his tree. Finally a picture taken by the addressee R S Hine of Beaminster, these are my country folk and I find it just absolutely fascinating, a simple postcard can have you on such a journey. http://cjoint.com/data/grpQtYnG3W.htm also took picture |
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Spain query.
Hello Rodney,
The stamp you show was issued from 1909 to 1922. The 15c stamp in this series has two versions: one is in violet color with control number in blue ink on back, the other version is in yellow color with control number in orange ink on back (which is the one you have). With the same design appeared others in 1920 with values of 2c and 20c (no control number). I hope this helps. best regards, Pedro "rodney" wrote in message ... The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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Yes, it helps.
thanks a lot Pedro. Cheers from Perth. "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello Rodney, The stamp you show was issued from 1909 to 1922. The 15c stamp in this series has two versions: one is in violet color with control number in blue ink on back, the other version is in yellow color with control number in orange ink on back (which is the one you have). With the same design appeared others in 1920 with values of 2c and 20c (no control number). I hope this helps. best regards, Pedro "rodney" wrote in message ... The control numbers on the reverse. Is it uncommon to have them in red ink? Thanks. |
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