Scouting 100 years

The Dutch postadministration did issue this year again "Europa" stamps. Not every yeay they do that but this year we in the world have the cellebration of 100 years of scouting and that's also the theme for the Europa stamps of 2007. In our country we have only stamps for use in Europe (value € 0,72) till 20 grams and Priority. (Standard you need for this € 0,67 stamps).
We won't see these stamps on regular Dutch internal mail, so if you want it in an used version you have to get friends in Europe or you have to mail yourself a letter with this stamps. I only do that with our local cancellation. Always nice and collectable....If you send me a cover with an Europa scouting stamp I will return one with a Dutch one...

Cancellations and other things

Nice cover with chickenstamps and a frogstamp from Malaysia. Only the chickenstamps have cancellation, the frog stap did have a BIC cancellation/stripe. Do you have this problem often?

So now and then a postman/woman does find it necessary to destroy your stamps. Why ? I am not able to use the stamp in the Netherlands, also it has no gum. When the post in Malaysia is the blame, there it is also with now use, on a letter inside the country I can understand, but to make me unhappy.......Still a nice cover.

Cancellations

Just 1,5 months and we have a new cancellationstamp in our village. Still a try out from our TNT mail. Show you the letter to myself. Don't have a FDCancellation, must be day 3 or 4.

Lees in het maandblad Philatelie 2007/06 over het nieuwe stempel van TNT en dat daar 3500 stuks van zijn/worden uitgegeven. Het stempel wat ik liet zien (dagtekening 14 mei 2007) van ons postagentschap is inmiddels ingestort en dit is het nieuwe stempel, wel ovaal doch een iets andere layout.

France, nice card

This cock is making a statement. Which one would be "Ma Poulette" ? Always like nice and funny cards with chickens. Want to show you another "chicken" today but after the Vino situation it's maybe better to do not on my blog....

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Covers

This is a nice cover with a lot of chickenstamps. Cancellation April 2007.
The chickenstamps were issued in 1948 and have a postal value of 3 ¢ US $. Also 3 stamps of 10 ¢ one of 33 and one of 80 ¢. A nice mixture of stamps and of course nice that I have chickens there. We in The Netherlands are allowed to use old stamps on our mail. At the moment we still can use Hfl stamps but from half 1976 and earlier they don´t have postalvalue anymore. But a lot of unused stamps since 1977 are more in value than used stamps. However, you see`letters with `old` stamps so now and then.

Danish Cinderella

Nice example of a cinderella. Danish with a chicken on it. Alfred Jacobsens, Danske Billedböger it says, nr 251. Google does not give more information. The smoking cock is writing ABC with smoke. Maybe a cigaretbrand? Nice gift for my birthday,(May) show you more in the next day's.

Promotional cards

Promotional and freecard. Our Dutch NHDB ( Poultry association) did issued a nice freecard with poultry. If you collect chickencards and like one, please let me know. I do have 2 cards to mail. What do you see on the card except poultry?

Year of the Rooster 2005

Did get some nice presents for my birthday in may. One of them I like to show you. A great sheet (or big MS) from Australia /or and Christmas Island. In fact 3 stamps with chickens on them, of course a male chicken called rooster. The 50 cents and $ 1,45 I also have in the used version. The 25 cent I am looking for now. Maybe only issued in this sheet and hard to find. Do you know that, let us know.

Posterstamp from Danmark

Just hard to find the way to my blog. After all those weeks in France is is strange to have a computer and television in your home. Did not miss it at all. Nice cinderella from Danmark. Don't have it in my collection.

France

No stamps today but a card from the place we have had our nice holiday.

France, the place to be.

Stamps will come later............