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A stamp with 2 first days of Issue
Germany #1017 SABRIA '70 Germany #1017,
the SoS issued to publicize the Sabria 70 National Stamp Exhibition held in Saarbrucken, Germany
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Saar stamps, had two official first
days of issue. On April
24.1970 it was issued and sold only at the exhibition; on
May 4, 1970, the closing day of the exhibition, it was available
for sale thruout Germany. The cancels for both
dates read ERSTAUSGABE - first issue. Many cacheted first day covers were
issued for both dates, and I have a number in my collection, but I
will just show just few representative items and one oddity.
FDC: Saarbrucken 29.4.70 cancel
FDC: Saarbrucken 29.4.70 cancel
FDC: Bonn 4.5.70 cancel with cachet that notes the dual issue and
reproduces both commemorative cancels
FDC: Bonn 29.4.70 cancel The
oddity is a cover with ordinary Bonn post office 29.4.70
postmarks, the first day in Saarbrucken but well before the
intended first day in Germany proper. Technically, the stamp was an
official German issue on that date, and, since it is an unaddressed cover, it
appears a clerk in the post office applied the post
mark and handed it back to the collector without any thought. It is
possible the cachet was added later. I have to
admit I bought the cover at a NY stamp show in the early '70s because
of the fancy cachet noting the 50th anniversary and not the
exhibition, and it wasn't until much
later that I realized what I had. Sometimes you get lucky. I have
never seen one, but I can't believe that another
clever collector hadn't made a combo cover with two stamps and two first
days, so I will keep looking for one. Happy
Stamp on Stamp Collecting, Lou Guadagno |
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