Re: Which is your oldest stamp or cover so far?

"Victor Manta" <manvic_99spaam@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Just curious about what the participants in this NG collect? :-)
>
> Please specify the year, the country and anything you like about it.
>
> I think that a link to its image will be also interesting for many of us.
>
> TIA.

What is *your* oldest stamp or cover so far?

The oldest cover I have at present is a domestic letter from the Danish West
Indies, franked with a bisect, and cancelled on 6th May 1903. St. Thomas is
such a small place that only the recipient's name, and no further address,
was needed for delivery.

http://queries.heindorffhus.dk/dk-dvi-cover1903.jpg

Because of a shortage of 2c-stamps for inland rates, it was allowed from
20th January 1903 until the arrival of the new 2c-stamps from Denmark, to
use bisected 4c-stamps. The new 2c-stamps only arrived at St. Thomas on 23rd
May, 1903, and at St. Croix on 4th June, 1903.

The bisected 4c-stamp is from the series 1896-1901 (Scott # 18), valid for
paying the 2c-rate (Scott # 18a).

Mette



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