tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286496292024-03-16T00:07:57.974-07:00Covers, stamps, postcards, etc.............For quite a long time,I was very envious when I viewed blogs about stamps and covers but, finally I am able to create my own. To all stamp/cover collectors and philatelists alike, we all know how much FUN we get out of this!ralphralfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423269764265798218noreply@blogger.comBlogger554125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28649629.post-75914175485648114722023-12-09T19:43:00.000-08:002023-12-09T19:43:54.699-08:00Nauru<p> Nauru</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLK8sGfs_UV1eI-IOCVNOr2pE4w6lDmRqjfscU2ggSiUQbm3OCbzQWudY5TCNTaPZ_yoMgE7msyak0iaUHHgyrbfq13sJbahe3nE578XehYydS_6X35sUZmujQiIv_6OvU3bn_URohI95XiSamfIM_iKK3YkbqM-BBZzjFfjIXk1yLnO1xWJn-A/s1748/20231030_093119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLK8sGfs_UV1eI-IOCVNOr2pE4w6lDmRqjfscU2ggSiUQbm3OCbzQWudY5TCNTaPZ_yoMgE7msyak0iaUHHgyrbfq13sJbahe3nE578XehYydS_6X35sUZmujQiIv_6OvU3bn_URohI95XiSamfIM_iKK3YkbqM-BBZzjFfjIXk1yLnO1xWJn-A/s320/20231030_093119.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.jwwestcott.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">J.W. Westcott II</span></a> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">is a boat that delivers mail to other vessels and also provides a pilot boat service to ferry pilots to and from other vessels. The boat operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and is the only floating post office in the world that delivers mail to ships as they are underway </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Nearly all of the stamps issued for the Azores were stamps of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Portugal</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overprint" title="Overprint"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">overprinted</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">
"AÇORES", of which the first appeared in 1868, continuing through 1930;
after 1930, Portuguese stamps were used unmodified. The exceptions were
the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Vasco da Gama</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> issue of 1898, the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_I_of_Portugal" title="Carlos I of Portugal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">King Carlos</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> issue of 1906, and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Portugal" title="Manuel II of Portugal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">King Manuel</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> issue and the Manuel revolutionary overprints of 1910.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">On 2 January 1980, the use of separate stamps for the Azores (and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><a href="http://ralphscollection.blogspot.com/search/label/Madiera" target="_blank">Madeira</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">)
was revived. The modern stamps are inscribed both "PORTUGAL" and
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local pride; all are sold and valid in Portugal. About 5-10 are issued
each year, generally with themes relating to the Azores.</span>ralphralfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423269764265798218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28649629.post-71717511002224424982016-04-18T10:16:00.001-07:002016-04-18T10:16:49.475-07:00Greenland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Formerly <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Congo" title="Portuguese Congo">Portuguese Congo</a>, this territory had protectorate status since 1883 and was separate from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_West_Africa" title="Portuguese West Africa">Portuguese West Africa</a>. As part of various independence movements in the 1960s a group called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_for_the_Liberation_of_the_Enclave_of_Cabinda" title="Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda">Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda</a> (FLEC) established a government-in-exile in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>. FLEC made a unilateral declaration of independence on 1 August 1975 but it was not recognised by Portugal or internationally.<br />
In November 1975, Angolan troops of the MPLA occupied Cabinda which was annexed into the newly independent Angolan state. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> calls the territory <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinda_Province" title="Cabinda Province">Cabinda Province</a>. Since then, FLEC and other factions within Cabinda have struggled for full independence and seek to form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Cabinda" title="Republic of Cabinda">Republic of Cabinda</a>.<br />
Various organizations have issued stamps for Cabinda (widely regarded as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_stamp" title="Cinderella stamp">cinderellas</a>). These include:<br />
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<li>The <b>Cabinda National Philatelic Bureau</b>, which issued a set of
eleven overprints on Angolan stamps, all with a denomination of 500
Central African francs, with designs showing fauna and mushrooms on 27
October 2006. These stamps have seen some use as paquebot mail in the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">C</a>arribean.</li>
<li>The <b>Federation of Free States of Africa</b>, which issued thirty
one designs showing the coat of arms and flag as well as ships, fauna,
planes, natives and a map of Africa from 2010 to 2012.</li>
<li>Other stamps and miniature sheets for thematic collectors appeared on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>, Delcampe and other websites from sellers in Belarus, France, Israel and the United States.</li>
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Finally, another new country!!! my very first from Mauritania!!!<br />
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Finally, new country - St. Lucia!!!!!!!!! Thanks JP!ralphralfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423269764265798218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28649629.post-83605848158304399352015-08-18T06:16:00.000-07:002016-04-18T12:21:20.198-07:00Palestinian Authority<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MANY THANKS! Thanks to Bahjat Hassan!!!</div>
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perfect!!ralphralfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423269764265798218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28649629.post-71016409648744888112015-08-18T06:06:00.001-07:002016-04-18T12:20:08.412-07:00Nagorno-Karabakh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My second Nagorno-Karabakh cover!!! Thanks Sergy!ralphralfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423269764265798218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28649629.post-68916814248731753452015-08-18T06:03:00.000-07:002016-04-19T01:35:08.687-07:00Madiera<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">On 1 January 1868, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Portugal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Portugal</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> issued </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Postage stamp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">postage stamps</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> for the islands of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Madeira"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Madeira</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">, consisting of the current stamps of Portugal </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overprint" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Overprint"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">overprinted</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"MADEIRA". Subsequent stamps were also overprinted, through 1881.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The first stamps inscribed for Madeira were part of the </span><a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vasco_da_Gama_Issue&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Vasco da Gama Issue (page does not exist)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Vasco da Gama Issue</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> of 1898. Subsequently Madeira used stamps of Portugal, with two exceptions; the first was the </span><a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pombal_Issue&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Pombal Issue (page does not exist)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Pombal Issue</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_tax_stamp" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Postal tax stamp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">postal tax stamps</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> in 1925, and a variant on the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_series_(Portugal)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; text-decoration: none;" title="Ceres series (Portugal)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Ceres</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> design, issued 1 May 1928. The 21 values of Ceres stamps were obligatory on all mail for eight days - 1 May, 5 June, 1 July, and 31 December 1928, and 1 January, 31 January, 1 May, and 5 June 1929. The funds raised went to help build a museum.</span></div>
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