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LATEST UPDATE: 2 SEPTEMBER 2003 This
section represents an ambitious project — to list in detail
the The individual countries and/or postage stamp issuing entities will be entered as their information is collated and verified; they are listed in alphabetical order. Stamp-issuing entities currently detailed in the listing include:
____________________________________________________________ BRAUNSCHWEIG The obliterators are in the form of 16-count horizontal lines (bars) in the shape of a small, upended, unframed square, with the numeral designating the post office being centrally located on a plain field. The vast majority of the numerical oblits were in use during the time period covering the Braunschweig 1852, 1853, 1857, 1861-1863, 1864, and 1865 issues. 1 Badenhausen Reference: Michel Deutschland-Spezial-Katalog 1995 (München: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, 1995), 65. _____________________________________________________________ MAURITIUS From 1848 through 1860, seventeen post offices opened in Mauritius, all using ringed numerical oblits identified as the following towns (and postal districts). Several of the numerical oblits are considered as being rare: "7", "9", "10", "13", "15", and "17". 1
Mahébourg
(Grand Port) In 1869, the number of post offices were increased and reorganized. They were given a new numerical obliterator, with the designated post office number being enclosed by a lozenge of bars. These new oblits were of two types: (1) with 3 bars above and below the number, and (2) with four bars above and below the number. The
numerical designations ran from "1" through "43", then preceded
by the letter "B" running from "B44" though "65". Only several of
the new oblits have been identified as to their origin, as the postal
system of the time was very primitive, and record keeping was practically
non-existent. Those post offices that have been identified include
the following; References: Mrs. M. S. Pierce, "Mauritius: Postmarks", Billig’s Philatelic Handbook, Volume VI (Jamaica, NY: F. Fritz Billig., 1946), 88-91. Rev. H. H. Heins, The Numerical Cancellations of the British Empire, 2nd ed. (London: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1960), 16. _____________________________________________________________ NETHERLANDS ANTILLES and DUTCH GUIANA The Netherlands Antilles consists of several islands located in the southern Caribbean’s West Indies area: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Martin (the southern section of the island, the northern section being French). Dutch Guiana, also referred to as Netherlands Guiana or Suriname (the current name), is located on the northern end of the South American continent. 201
Curaçao Reference: Speciale Postzegelcatalogus 1996 (s’Gravenhage, Netherlands: De Nederlandse Vereeniging van Postzegelhandelaren, 1995), 626. _____________________________________________________________ NETHERLANDS INDIES Often called the Dutch Indies, and now identified as Indonesia, the numerical oblits were introduced on 1 April 1873 for usage on first class mail and postage due stamps. The numerical oblit cancelling devices were recalled on 14 April 1893, being replaced by circular datestamps. Many of the numerical oblits are very scarce due to their short periods of use, and command premiums when found even on the most common of the Dutch Indies stamps Unless indicated otherwise, the numerical oblits were issued to the corrersponding post offices on the 1 April 1873 date. The first ten numerical oblits, Nos. "1" through "10", are found in two different sizes. 1 Weltevreden References: F. Fritz Billig, "Netherlands Indies: List of Numerical Cancellations", Billig’s Philatelic Handbook, Volume IV (Jamaica, NY: Billig’s Stamp Co., 1944), 160-161. Speciale Postzegelcatalogus 1996 (s’Gravenhage, Netherlands: De Nederlandse Vereeniging van Postzegelhandelaren, 1995), 626. _____________________________________________________________ NICARAGUA: Nicaragua is divided into 16 departmental political divisions: Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales. Estelí, Granada, Jinotega, León, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nuevo Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas and Zelaya. The Caribbean seaport of San Juan del Norte, located on the extreme southeast corner of the country at the mouth of the San Juan River, was formerly named Greytown. The town was occupied by Great Britain in 1848, and was the sight of the isthmian crossing terminus during the 1849 "gold rush". Square or octagonal framed numeral with letter obliterators were used from the late 1870’s through the mid 1880’s. The "12/J" obliterator has not been positively attributed to a specific post office, as a complete cover or other mailed piece documenting the actual town usage has not been recorded 1/S San
Juan del Sur (Rivas) Reference: WebSite:
http://www.Brian.Moorhouse.com _____________________________________________________________ ST. VINCENT: The coded "Lettered" circular datestamps introduced in the 19th Century included abbreviated town or village designations within the upper portion of the cancel. Many of these cancels are rated very scarce to rare, the reasons for which can be deduced from the 1871, 1881, and 1891 population census for the various towns and smaller villages. A
Kingstown,
Diameter Types: A
New Adelphi
(Diameter 19.5mm
(?): BAR
Barrouallie
(1873-1884) - BEQ
Bequia
(1894-1908) - BI Biabou
(1873-1883) - BU Buccament
(1874-1882) - C Peruvian
Vale (1888-1894) - C Union
? (1894-1905) - C Bridgetown
? (1905-1908) - C Troumaca
(Diameter 18.75mm:
CA
Calliaqua
(1873-1883) - CH
Chateaubelair
(1874-1901) - CO
Colonarie
(1873-1884) - CUM Cumberland
(1876-1902) - G Georgetown
(1873-1884) - K Kingstown
(1872-1892) - L
Layou
(1876-1884) - MES Mesopotamia
(1873-1885) - RAB Rabacca
(1872-1882) - ST
Stubbs
(1873-1882) - UE
Union
Estate (1873-1882) - Reference: Arthur D. Pierce, J. L. Messenger, and Robson Lowe, St. VINCENT: The Postal History (1762-1965), The Postage Stamps (1861-1897), The Cancellations (1861-1915), and The Revenue Stamps (1882-1887) (London: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1971), 90-116.
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