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Roman Numerals
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I can usually manage to 'translate' these figures but this has confused me.
Can anyone help? I hope that you can read the postmark!
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Can anyone help? I hope that you can read the postmark!
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I have the same problem as both of you - too many numbers.
It will be 19?? for the year as the postcard is old.
This is the rest of it https:/
It will be 19?? for the year as the postcard is old.
This is the rest of it https:/
That 10 cent stamp was issued in 1907, leaving little doubt that the '08' bit means 1908 (which, I'll guess, is probably all you need for your charity listing anyway).
If you compare your stamp with this one, you'll see that the righthand Roman numerals from your example don't appear in the one that I've linked to here:
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I read the postmark on my example as 22nd August 1908 and thus those on yours as 16th April 1908. My guess is that the 'XI', which is on the end of yours, indicates 11am (possibly at a busy post office, with multiple collections each day), whereas the absence of a time in my example might indicate that it was posted at a rural post office, with just a single daily collection (and thus no need to indicate a time).
If you compare your stamp with this one, you'll see that the righthand Roman numerals from your example don't appear in the one that I've linked to here:
https:/
I read the postmark on my example as 22nd August 1908 and thus those on yours as 16th April 1908. My guess is that the 'XI', which is on the end of yours, indicates 11am (possibly at a busy post office, with multiple collections each day), whereas the absence of a time in my example might indicate that it was posted at a rural post office, with just a single daily collection (and thus no need to indicate a time).
yup agree with all the above xc
1908
Lucerne = as Luzern, Swizerland is trilingual - with a fourth not recognised as a national language
Roman numberals were frequently used for months, I cant recollect a year mark ever being a Roman - ( revolutionary years in France, abandoned around 1804 not really a go-er here)
1908
Lucerne = as Luzern, Swizerland is trilingual - with a fourth not recognised as a national language
Roman numberals were frequently used for months, I cant recollect a year mark ever being a Roman - ( revolutionary years in France, abandoned around 1804 not really a go-er here)
what a wonderful thang the internet is:
and geeks are
someone MUST have written on swiss post marks
yup - yessirree ! they certainly have at length....
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the rly stn marking are all bahnpost which this one isnt
they call have four numbers the first four date as above
the fourth is - - train line number for the bahn post
they all have them anyway, so the final numeral must have various significances - post office number? not certain about time - perhaps collection route
and geeks are
someone MUST have written on swiss post marks
yup - yessirree ! they certainly have at length....
https:/
the rly stn marking are all bahnpost which this one isnt
they call have four numbers the first four date as above
the fourth is - - train line number for the bahn post
they all have them anyway, so the final numeral must have various significances - post office number? not certain about time - perhaps collection route
I can't access PPs link on my tablet but will have a look in the morning on the Laptop.
I have some postcards with no information, no postmarks or any clues. They are filed under "look at later". I will look at them later. :-)
I can't resist showing our collection: https:/
I'm off to play games on my Kindle. As always I thank all of you. AB people can be very helpful. They can also bicker and argue on just about every subject imaginable. :-)
I have some postcards with no information, no postmarks or any clues. They are filed under "look at later". I will look at them later. :-)
I can't resist showing our collection: https:/
I'm off to play games on my Kindle. As always I thank all of you. AB people can be very helpful. They can also bicker and argue on just about every subject imaginable. :-)
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