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Article 4: The India Wells Fargo correspondence

This correspondence consists of 437 covers from various banks in India to the Wells Fargo Bank in New York mailed during 1981 and 1982. I focus on the definitives that are used most in this correspondence.

The 1 Yuan value of this series is one of the more commonly used values. This web site contains a section showing the most commonly used China Architecture definitives.definitives.

This articles includes links to the main page for the Germany Women and Sites Definitives, the Alte Leipziger correspondence, the detailed discussions of the Hensel 3.00 Marks value on piece, the 4.50 Marks, the 5.00 Marks, and a combined page for the 2.50 Marks, 3.50 Marks, and 4.00 Marks.

In this article I review examples of the India 2 Rupees Textiles definitives from the Wells Fargo correspondence. I have also included a main page for the postal rates, as well as dedicated pages for usages of one and two, three and four, and six and seven of these stamps on the same cover.

Independent Kenya has a great history of definitives that are as beautiful as commemoratives. This stamp is found on registered covers. This article offers a brief look at some postmarks from kiloware.

I show details of printings that are representative for this issue. I also include a page of usages of the 2 Yuan with other architecture definitives, and a page with uses with commemoratives.

These specimens are from the 1992 printing. Below each image is a link to a page with examples of postmarks on piece, and some covers. Included are pages with specimens of the 1 pound, 1.50 pounds, 2 pounds, 3 pounds, and 5 pounds.

These high value definitives are very beautiful.

This stamp received wide use during the 1990's. I focus on color varieties of this high value definitive.

A selection of these stamps on philatelic covers to the same addressee.

These high values are sometimes found on large format covers to American universities. I also include here a page dedicated to the 2 yuan, and another page to the other three values (the 5 yuan, 10 yuan, and 20 yuan values).

Included here are used singles and blocks of the 0.5Rp, and, combined in one page, the 1.0Rp and 2Rps.

This is a beautiful stamp. Included here is a page with selected postmarks.

Yet another definitive series from Kenya that is as beautiful as a commemorative series. The butterflies series is yet another example. I include a page with cancelled stamps and one cover.

I continue to describe the Exporta high values from the Chase correspondence.

The Jefferson Memorial is depicted on this Priority Mail U.S.A. high value. There are values dated 2002, and 2003, both shown here. The 2003 printing is a little fuzzier. I also include a page dedicated to design details, as well as a page with postmarks and cancellers.

Bhutan is one of the quintessential "only for collectors" stamp issuing countries. These 3-D (three-dimensional) stamps are beautiful, outrageous!

I show four distinct color varieties for this stamp.

Article 44: Bhutan Space 3D Stamps

Here are a few beautiful stamps.

Here are a few 1970s commercial covers from Israel. The three covers are mailed to New York.

Bhutan was a trailblazer in the design of stamps with pure collector appeal that were really not intended for normal postal use. I have been lucky to acquire a collector cover with this series. The images lead to thumb nails for each of the values: 3 CH / 5 CH / 15 CH / 20 CH / 25 CH / 45 CH / 50 CH / 1.75 NU

These definitives were in use in West Germany beginning in1975 and well into the early 1990s. I show a page with small images, each with a thumbnail to a larger image. Quick links: 0.05 Mark / 0.10 Mark / 0.20 Mark / 0.30 Mark / 0.40 Mark / 0.50 Mark / 0.60 Mark / 0.70 Mark / 0.80 Mark / 1.00 Mark / 1.10 Mark / 1.20 Mark / 1.30 Mark / 1.40 Mark / 1.50 Mark / 1.60 Mark / 1.80 Mark / 1.90 Mark / 2.00 Mark / 2.30 Mark / 2.50 Mark / 3.00 Mark / 5.00 Mark

Article 49: India 5 Rupees Sanchi Stupa Definitive

I show here several used multiples of this stamp: a horizontal pair, a vertical pair, a vertical strip of three, a vertical strip of six, and a block of six.

Here I show eleven Poland 3.40 ZL Aerogrammes. All of these covers are to a single addressee. Below is a single usage of this aerogramme, including, to the left, a detail of the stamp. Quick links point to pages for each of the aerogrammes, and the images are also thumbnails to these pages: lone usage, with stamps 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

I show here the complete series depicting the Al Khafji facility.

All of the images shown here are selections from a small correspondence sent to X-Press Marketing in Berlin. An example of one of these covers (Berlin-Pankow, postal code 13187) is shown below. Except for a cover from Oranienburg-165X5, and one postmarked at Briefenzentrum 13, all of the covers shown here are postmarked in the various offices of Berlin. Quick links to these (implicit for all these numbers is that they correspond to Berlin post offices [postal code in bracket as read from cover]): 126 / 4 [10115] / 10 [10585] / 304 [10779] / 62 [10827] / 443 [12051] / 42 [12099] / [12101] / 427 [12105] / 480 [12279] / 47 [12539] / Berlin-Kopenick [12555] / Berlin-Hohenschonhausen-3 [13051] / Berlin-Hohenschonhausen-2 [13055] / Berlin-Pankow [13187] / 510 [13405] / 26 [13437] / 260 [13439] / 27 [13507] / 271 [13507] / 20 [13581] / 201 [13589] / 301 [13589] / 191 [14039] / 332 [14195] / Potsdam 90 [14482]

Here is a range of specimens. The control on color, perforation, and paper manufacture for this issue is, to the delight of specialists, poor. Besides the main page, I include a page with two blocks of four, and a page with vertical strips.

I show a page with the eight values from this issue. The 3D issues of Bhutan are the quintesential stamps for collectors. These stamps are at the opposite extreme of the high volume utilitarian definitive.

These stamps were used after 1988, and throughout the 1990s. Each link and image thumbnail points to a larger image of the stamp. Quick Links: 1c / 2c / 5c / 7c / 10c / 16c / 18c / 20c / 21c / Standard Rate / 25c / 30c / 35c / 40c / 50c / 90c / 1 Rand / 2 Rands / 5 Rands

Article 73: New Zealand Mt Cook $20 High Value

I show three types of the very popular Mexico Exporta Definitives. Quick links: main page / Fresas - Strawberries / Mezcilla - Denim / Citricos - Citrics

Here is a wonderful high value definitive. I show a large image of this stamp, as well as three details to show the gold inlay and the high quality of the etching.

Here are the low values of this series. For three of these values, I show duplicates with slight variations in color. I show here the low values, middle values, and high values.

Article 73: New Zealand Mt Cook $20 High Value

Here is a wonderful high value definitive. I show a large image of this stamp, as well as three details to show the gold inlay and the high quality of the etching.

I show three of the high values from the Brazil 1950s series of definitives. Follow the links and the image thumbnails to selected specimens and blocks. Quick links: main page / 5 Cruzeiros / 10 Cruzeiros / 20 Cruzeiros

Here are the low values of this series. I show here the low values, high values, and three selections from high value usages.

Here are the low values of this series. For three of these values, I show duplicates with slight variations in color. I show here the low values, middle values, and high values.

I have come across a great selection of USA late 1970s and early 1980s kiloware. The clippings are from what may have been mailings of important documents. Most of the rates seem to be in the $1.50 to $2.50 range. I show here a selection of these with the predominant stamp being either the 1c Thomas Jefferson, or the 13c Americana. Quick links here are for the kiloware section, the main page for this group of kiloware, and the pages for these two stamps- 1c Thomas Jefferson, 13c Americana, for which I may add other clippings in the future. Below each image are links to pages with clippings.

I am updating information on this site about the UK Castle High Value Definitives. I previously authored article 18, with incomplete information. I show highlights showing the difference between the Harrison and Enschede printings, and I show a page with highlights from all of the values in both series that I hope will help you identify them. I also have several pages for postmarks. Quick links: main page / comparison of Harrison and Enschede printings / Harrison values / Enschede values / regular postmarks / curly edge postmarks / large cancellers

Article 89: Japan Definitive Sheets for Bulk Mail Part 1

I show here six postal receipts. I am not sure what these receipts are for. Quick links: main page / receipts 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Here I show eight covers with the Poland 5 ZL airmail stamp. All of these covers are to a single addressee. Quick links: main page, covers 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

These sheets were used as an accounting method by postal clerks to keep an account of cash versus stamps on hand. I show here nine sheets. Quick links: main page / sheets 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

These are striking commemoratives. They are sure to stand out in the bunch.

I have come across a great selection of USA late 1970s and early 1980s kiloware. The clippings are from what may have been mailings of important documents. Most of the rates seem to be in the $1.50 to $2.50 range. I show here a selection of these with the predominant stamp being either the 20c George Marshall stamp, or the 25c Frederick Douglass stamp. Quick links here are for the kiloware section, the main page for this group of kiloware, and the pages for these two stamps-the 20c George Marshall stamp, or the 25c Frederick Douglass stamp, and the two I have previously shown- 1c Thomas Jefferson, 13c Americana, for which I may add other clippings in the future. Below each image are links to pages with clippings, and additional clippings are linked to from the single stamp pages.

I show a selection of modern definitives. Quick links: main page (cents horizontal values) / plate blocks of the cents horizontal values / cents vertical values / plate blocks of the cents vertical values / dollar values / plate blocks of the dollar values

Here is a small correspondence of registered covers from various cities in Germany to a single address in Chicago. Most of the definitives are from the Castles series, and some are from the Technik series. Quick links: main / cover 1 / cover 5 / cover 6 / cover 7 / cover 10 / cover 11 / cover 13 / cover 14 / cover 15 / cover 22 / cover 28 / cover 29

There were several printings of this stamp. I show here examples from some of the printings, as well as details from one of the stamps showing a plate variety. There are three major groups: the gray black printings, the slightly doubled gray printing, and the black printing. Because of the changes brought about by inflation, this stamp was used as a low value and as a high value.

In this first selection, I show usages of the 200 c Leucodon Cowrie Sea Shell. I show major color variations of the stamp, a selection of several postmarks, two covers (arbitrarily numbered 4 and 8), a selection from a cover with a missperfed vertical pair, and covers and selections from covers for four cities: Accra (the capital), Kaneshie, Kotokuraba, and Swedru.

Here is a great series of insect commemoratives. I show highlights of the singles, and scans of the sheetlets.

This stamp received heavy usage from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. I first show small images with all of the various shades, and then large images of the major shades pointing to pages dedicated to each group. Quick links: main page / purple issues / red purple issue / perfins / postmarks sampler / oval cancellers / black postmarks / reddish purple postmarks.

This article has a main page with large images of the bird definitives, and a page showing the express mail pieces.

I show several specimens of this stamp. This article includes a main page showing details of the design, and a page dedicated to postmarked specimens.

Here is a selection of Egypt stamps from the 1960s. Quick links are for the main page and a page dedicated to two issues for the preservation of Nubia's temples.

I show here a beautiful series of Italy definitives. Quick links are for the main page, which is dedicated to the low values, a page for the middle values, and a page showing the high values.

Here is a small group of painting commemoratives. I show the stamps in detail, as well as the block of four souvenir sheets format in which they were issued.

This definitive series makes for some of the most beautiful postal usages around. I show a page with the low values, a page with the three high values, and a page with images of the presentation book this first run of these definitives was issued with.

The Bolivar definitives have been a mainstay of Venezuela postal history since the 1980s. Here I show the range of low values, and the larger format range of high values.

Article 107: Spain Castles Commemoratives

This is the second installment of images from the Ghana Green Card correspondence. Quick links: images of the two stamps, covers and selections from covers for the 400c Butterfly and the 400c Shell.

Here is the first installment of a look at modern Denmark kiloware. I focus here on two high values: the 10 Kronen and the 15 kronen stamps, both on small pieces, and I also show selections of large images for three wavy lines definitives.

I show here two groups of Spain Castle Commemoratives: the first group, shown below, bears the name of each castle in the lower left corner of the design; the second group, has a number added to the name to denote the issue sequence.

Here is a great selection of large envelopes with high value usages.

Here is a large image of the 4,50 DM Germany Sites Definitive. Below it, I show an example with a worn postmark that is barely legible, and also an example of a commemorative postmark. Quick links: main page / 4-digit postmarks / postmarks by region: 00 and 10 / 20 and 30 / 40 and 50 / 60 and 70 / 80 and 90

The legacy of great modern commemoratives lives on thanks to Royal Mail. Here is a small group of commemoratives with views of Wales. In a separate image I show an image of the presentation pack.

These definitives show the same designs for each value, repeated for each Malaysian state. Here is the series from Trengganu.

Here are a few modern definitives from Ghana on a single correspondence. Quick links: 50 cents on cover, 100 cents on several covers.

Here is another installment of high values on piece, mostly with the 5c George Washington, the 40c Thomas Paine, and the $1 Eugene O'Neill.

These sheets were used as an accounting method by postal clerks to keep an account of cash versus stamps on hand. I show here five sheets. Quick links: main japan sheets page / article 89 / sheets 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

I show here three major Exporta types. Quick links: motor vehicles, abalone, and electrical wires, and pages highlighting the color varieties of the abalone, and electrical wires types.

These definitives are characterized by clean and colorful designs. The main page contains the low values, and I also show a page with the middle and high values.

The legacy of great modern commemoratives lives on thanks to Royal Mail. Here is a small group of commemoratives with views of Northern Ireland. In a separate page I show an image of the presentation pack.

Here is a first batch of high value bank covers from 1990 and 1991. Quick links: main page / cover 1 / cover 2 / cover 3 / cover 4 / cover 5 / cover 6 / cover 7 / cover 8 / cover 9 / cover 10 / cover 11 / cover 12

Here are four postal receipts from China. Quick links: main page / receipt 1 / receipt 2 / receipt 3 / receipt 4

I have included in this selection a few great covers, and selections from additional covers. Quick links: main page / selected stamps / slogans / a personal letter / cover 1 / cover 2 / cover 3 / cover 4 / cover 5 / cover 6 / cover 7 / cover 8

Here is a selection of monuments commemoratives: Save Abu Simbel and Monuments of Nubia.

These sheets were used as an accounting method by postal clerks to keep an account of cash versus stamps on hand. I show here five sheets. Quick links: main japan sheets page / article 89 / article 116 / sheets 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

These numeral definitives have been around for a century. I also have a page of high values.

Here is a selection of four Malaysia flower covers from a single correspondence. Quick links: main page / cover 1 / cover 2 / cover 3 / cover 4

I show here a nice specimen and pair, as well as a page with selected postmarked specimens. Below are several postmarked specimens: the top stamp was postmarked again on arrival by Washington, D.C. slogan, the middle stamp has an unreadable marking that is often found on these stamps, and the bottom stamp bears a Pakistani "CRIPPLED CHILDREN" slogan marking. Quick links: main page / postmarks page

Here are representative signles of this issue. Follow the links and images to pages for each of the ranges. Quick links: main page / low values / first class values / middle values / high values / coils

Here is another selection of China postal receipts. Definitives from three issues were used on these receipts. Quick links: main page / receipt 1 / receipt 2 / receipt 3 / receipt 4

This definitve received heavy usage in the early 1990s. This selection is from kiloware. Quick links: main page / examples with selvage / postmarks

Here are selections from an Iowa correspondence. Quick links: main page with flag over porch 32c stamp / other stamps

Here are selected stamps from Malaysis. Quick links: main page (fauna and flora) / additional stamps (walking canes and pottery)

This group of covers bears overprinted inflation stamps. The 10 Bolivares on 0.25 Bolivares, may be rare, if judging by the small number of specimens found in this correspondence. Quick links: main page / cutouts / item 1 / cover 1 / cover 2

Here are several examples of this stamp. Quick links: main page / postmarks / overprint highlights

Here are 19 covers from a single correspondence to the U.K. Quick links: main page / Covers with the 8 and 10 shillings Bird definitives / Covers with 11 shillings Bird definitives / Covers with 14 shillings Bird definitives / Covers with high value commemoratives and the 80 shillings Bird definitive / Covers with the 50 shillings Bird definitive

These are beautiful definitives. I show the four stamps, and a sheetlet of the $3 value from the Phila Nippon 1991 Stamp Exhibition.

Here is a selection of Danish commemoratives from the early 1960s. Quick links: dansk fredning stamps. Not knowing Danish, I searched for the word "Fugleflugtslinien" and the reference is to a transportation line (linien) associated with trains and ferries: Kattler family web site / 40 year jubilee of Fugleflugtslinien

Here is a great selection of trains commemoratives from Japan

Here is a selection of covers, mostly with commemoratives. I have also included large scans of some of the definitives. Quick links: the covers

Here are four postal receipts from China. Quick links: receipt 1 / receipt 2 / receipt 3 / receipt 4

Here are two series of stamps depicting aboriginal paintings. The first series is illustrated here. Quick links: second series

I have come across a great selection of USA late 1970s and early 1980s kiloware. The clippings are from what may have been mailings of important documents. Most of the rates seem to be in the $1.50 to $2.50 range. Quick links here are for the kiloware section, the main page for this group of kiloware, and the stamps I have previously shown: the 20c George Marshall stamp, the 25c Frederick Douglass stamp, the 1c Thomas Jefferson stamp, and the 13c Americana stamp, for which I may add other clippings in the future.

Here is a sample of 3 dollar stamps from kiloware. In this page I show a few slogans. Quick links: main page / postmarked specimens

I show a gorgeous selection of Italian stamps depicting fountains. The first stamp below shows the Fontana Di Trevi in Rome. Quick links: main page / additional stamps

The Mexico Exporta Definitives are a collector's dream. The stamps are beautiful, and were printed in an array of designs, papers, tagging, colors, and perforations. There is a comprehensive listing of these stamps at the etiangui site. Covers of this issue are hard to come by. I break down this issue into four major installments, and have finally gotten around to adding pages for each of the four major groups (which are broken down into a dozen or so issues by specialists more well informed than I am), and below I also have links to pages for each design. I am missing a few major varieties, but I think I have all of the base stamps by now. Quick links to the issue pages: The Air Mail Issue 1975-1982 / The Ground Issue 1975-1982 / The 100's Issue 1983-1987 / The 1000's Issue 1988-1993 Quick links to the design pages: abalone / automotive parts / cattle / chemical products / coffee / minerals / steel tubing / agricultural products / bycicles / hammered copper / cotton / cotton thread / denim / electronic components / honey / tomatoes / petroleum valves / automotive vehicles / books / electrical wiring / citrics / strawberries / construction materials / ironwork / jewelry / shoes / tequila / films

Here is the first group of issues of this great series. Quick links: main page / second page / third page

Here is a selection of 1960's commemoratives. Below is a set celebrating the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics

This is the definitive series in use during the 2000s decade. Here I show the individual specimens, and on a separate page, I show the stamps in plate blocks. Quick links: main page / plate blocks

I continue showing the Art stamps that have been issued by France since the 1960s. The stamps shown here contain brief descriptions from information I gleaned searching the web. Quick links: first page / second page

Here is a series of definitives from South Africa. Some of the values were issued with and without some colors. Quick links: low values / middle values / high values

Here is a selection of Italy fountain commemoratives. Quick links: first page / second page

Here is a series of Japan birds. Quick links: main page / second page

The legacy of great modern commemoratives lives on thanks to Royal Mail. Here is a small group of commemoratives with views of South-West England.

These are beautiful tropical fish stamps. These were issued in 1997.

A great selection of tropical butterflies are depicted by Suriname in this series. Quick links: first page / second page

I show here another installment in the U.K. regionals series.

Here are Italy stamps for villas and tourist attractions.

Here is the third group of issues of this great series. Quick links: main page / second page / third page

Here are four pages of stamps from Korea issued in 2002. They show a wide range of examples of Korean culture, geography, and architecture. Quick links: first page / second page / third page / fourth page