Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Two views of Clervaux are found on the 40c Second Series of Postal Stationery Viewcards!
Have you noticed?
The Clervaux view
was redrawn in 1931!
LHBK 97-01a --- Prifix 102
21 Jul 1930 Printing
LHBK 97-01b --- Prifix 102
1931 Printing (redrawn view)
Mersch
11 Jul 1931
to
Bruxelles, Belgium
The other 11 views in the 1931 printing were not redrawn. Why was the Clervaux substantially redrawn?
Also, on the 1931 printing of the 40c Clervaux view the stamp imprint appears in a deeper green than it does on the 1930 printing, and the view is printed in a deep reddish-brown, whereas the 1930 printing is in brown.
The two different Clervaux views are listed in the Luxembourg Handbook.
Monday, June 12, 2017
A scarce Mondorf postal viewcard -- sole use of the 40c/90c surcharge!
Prifix 94 --- LHBK 96
1930
40c/90c
Nine Mondorf Views
When the 40c/90c surcharged Mondorf viewcards appeared sometime in 1930, the 40c postal card rate to France and Germany had already ended on December 15, 1927. Thus, sole uses of the 40c/90c card are only possible domestically (from 1 Jul 1930 to 1 Feb 1935) and to Belgium (from 1 Dec 1929 to 1 Feb 1935). In 50 years of collecting, I have only acquired two sole uses -- that's one every 25 years on the average! How many do you have?
Statue -- View 96-02
22 Oct 1930
Esch-sur-Alzette to Rodange
Commercial correspondence.
Bridge -- View 96-06
2 Apr 1932
Luxembourg-Ville III to
Berbourg [Post: Wecker]
Berbourg [Post: Wecker]
Stamp dealer correspondence.
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