nlroberts1961 12,8 cm Kanone 43 L/55 in blueprints only 06 Jul 2019 11:28:42am
I am sure many of you long standing collectors have encountered many unusual inclusions in the lots you acquire. Since I don't get the opportunity to rifle through those sorts of boxes very often I haven't come upon that many curious things. Recently I got the pictured item which i would think is a bit out of the norm. Does anyone collect such things? Do you have to buy a side of beef to get a decent used copy?
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This is the first time I have seen this type of label / stamp. It would fit in nice to any Canadian revenue collection as collateral material.
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Harvey I think, therefore I am - I think! 06 Jul 2019 03:17:36pm
re: Odd Things
Never seen any of these before and did a bunch of creative Googling with very little luck. The site below might get you somewhere, but I have my doubts. Is it considered wrong for one forum to site another? If this is not done please do not access the link !!!
There seems to be similar stuff there but nothing exactly the same. There is a book out there on Canadian revenue stamps; I'm sure one of the members has a copy. The only Canadian revenue stamps I collect are those from Newfoundland and I got into those almost by mistake. I was told by someone that collecting Canadian revenue stamps is a huge job.
I'm attracted to ephemera that is thematic with my career/occupation. I frequently use this image as a divider in presentations - when I want to shift the focus or direction.
James (Tama Jim) Wilson, an Iowa boy like me, was the longest-serving secretary of the agency. His biography:
"Born on August 16, 1835, in Ayrshire, Scotland. He attended Iowa (now Grinnell) College. He engaged in farming, devoting special attention to livestock feeding, and raising purebred animals. He was elected to Iowa House of Representatives and became its speaker. This prepared Wilson for membership in the United States House of Representatives, 1873-77 and 1883-85. He taught at Iowa Agricultural College and was director of the experiment station. Wilson was Secretary of Agriculture from March 6, 1897, to March 5, 1913, the longest term of any Cabinet member and the only one to serve under three Presidents. He wrote for various farm journals and was editor of the Agricultural Digest. Wilson died August 26, 1920."
A dealer once told me that sooner or later everything comes around...in my experience i find that to be true...usually when you least expect it...like hidden in the pages of an old album.
I had a look in The Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue by Erling Van Dam, and there is nothing like a meat inspection stamp mentioned for Canada. The is everything else mentioned from wine tax labels, tea packaging labels to Lock tax labels.
Probably quite scarce as they are supposed to be used once and destroyed.
If it is anything like the Tea Tax stamps it would be quite valuable, but just my guess.
nlroberts1961 12,8 cm Kanone 43 L/55 in blueprints only 08 Jul 2019 09:16:03pm
re: Odd Things
Thanks for the info - I'll accept that they might be scarce but I would be sceptical as to valuable, perhaps more of an oddity. They seem to be serially numbered. I have another one that is F 88802. I have seen two images of others both beginning with F but numbered approximately 800000.
From what I can tell they seem to sell for a $2-$10 in good condition which mine are not but I would be curious as to what year they date to.
Does anyone have a copy of Drummond's Catalog of Philatelic Miscellany, Part Two by James N. Drummond? There seems to be listings for the meat stamps in it. Thanks for the link to that post Harvey.
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"Euros think a 100 miles is a long way, Americans think a 100 yrs is a long time..."
In reply to Philb's post - the German Colony stamps as shown, are German mourning stamps as put out for the loss of their colonies owing to WW1. They were a form of propaganda, in that the German public were encouraged to place them on their envelope every time they posted a letter etc.
I have only ever seen one which was German New Guinea mourning stamp and unfortunately the German gentleman would not sell it to me. He told me about their use, but I have since read about them in some publication.
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"Euros think a 100 miles is a long way, Americans think a 100 yrs is a long time..."
Very intriguing! I wonder where it was going - maybe San Juan was the destination? Thanks for sharing @Linus. (oops tagging doesn't work here, does it?)
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