Postmark Collection (page 3)

Postcard to Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia
Postcard to Miss Mary Lucas, Ursuline Convent, Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Date: 1932

Postcard to Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Postcard to Mr Smith, A F Philip & Co, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, postmarked Figtree, Matabeleland, at the time of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Date: circa 1901

Mashonaland postcard to Mafeking, South Africa
Mashonaland postcard to Mrs Speight, Mafeking, South Africa, postmarked Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Date: 1898

Siege obelisk, Mafeking, South Africa
Siege obelisk (war memorial) in Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, with the Town Hall in the background

Kitten with envelope on a Christmas card
Black and white kitten with its head sticking through a torn envelope on a Christmas card. Date: 1881

Envelope with pink rose on a Christmas card
Envelope with pink rose and white ribbon on a Christmas card. Date: 1883

Marseilles, France - an angry fishwife hits out at a man who dares to suggests that her produce is not fresh. Date: circa 1910s

Saint Quentin, France - Hotel de Ville and main square
Saint Quentin, France - the town hall (Hotel de Ville) and main square, showing horses, carriages and pedestrians. circa 1910s

Commemorative postcard with stamps
Commemorative first day cover postcard with stamps, postmarked San Francisco, California, 10 September 1957, to London, UK (also postmarked 11 September, London, on back)

Example of an early postcard, Argentina, South America
Example of an early postcard from Argentina, South America, postmarked October 1887, addressed with lovely cursive handwriting. Date: 1887

Guinea pig in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Squirrel in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Three guardsmen in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two mice in an envelope on a Christmas card. 1880s

Owl in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: 1891

Commemorative envelope with stamps
Commemorative first day cover envelope with stamps, postmarked 27 October 1945, with three 3 cent stamps celebrating the US Navy. On the left is a photograph of the USS Potomac, presidential yacht

Letter returned to sender, WW1
A letter addressed to a Mr Loewenthal, a British subject living in London, returned to sender in Hamburg " owing to state of war"

CIVIL WAR: LETTER, c1863. Civil War envelope showing a sailor climbing a flagpole, with lines from a poem below, c1863

CIVIL WAR: LETTER, c1862. Civil War envelope, c1862, showing the American flag and a cannon with the message Shoot the first man that attempts to pull down the American flag

CIVIL WAR LETTER, c1863. American Civil War soldiers letter sponsored by the U.S. Christian Commission, c1863

CIVIL WAR LETTER, c1862. American Civil War soldiers letter from Cuyler U. S. Army Hospital
CIVIL WAR LETTER, c1862. American Civil War soldiers letter from Cuyler U.S. Army Hospital, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c1862

China Postage
Vector China Postage

CALIFORNIA MINING SCENE. Cover illustrated with a mining scene, postmarked from Jacksonville, California, and addressed to a recipient in Calais, Maine, c1851

WWII - General Douglas MacArthur
Portrait on a First Day Cover from 1942 of General of the US Army Douglas MacArthur (18801964) - an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United

Luna 3, Soviet postcard. The postmark and stamp (both at upper right) show the Luna 3 spacecraft and the date (7 October 1959)

Sputnik 3, Soviet postcard. Both the postmarks and the lefthand stamp (upper right) depict the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 3 and its date of launch, 15 May 1958

Constantinople Ferryboat - Galata
The Ferryboat from Haydar Pasa at the Galata Dock/Station/Bridge at Constantinople, Turkey

Bulgaria - close to Schipka - Russian Seminary

Gpo Postmark Stamping
The General Post Office, postmark stamping machine

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1921
The summit of the tower - note postmark confirming that this postcard was posted at the top

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