A bunch of new Canadian FDCs has been discovered on Ebay, see below. The Canadian Bank and Black Creek FDCs are probably issued in limited editions. See also local Salvation Army corps FDCs (Sarnia, Ontario and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan).
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Trinidad & Tobago – overprinted stamp
Privately made Trinidad & Tobago cover 2018 with overprinted Salvation Army stamp (issued in 2001). Postmark: St. Ann’s, cachet: SA Crest. This cover has both the orginal 75c stamp and overprinted $1.
In Spring 2017 the post office overprinted all their back stock of stamps to meet demand for $1 stamps ( the local letter rate). According to a dealer, 4500 sheets of the SA stamp were overprinted (50 on each sheet). On the cover below with the SA Red Shield, only the overprinted stamp is attached.
1932 Community Welfare Info sheet
Community Welfare info sheet showing the first Salvation Army stamps issued in the Netherlands Indies 1932. The stamps were issued on December 01. Each stamp had a surcharge above its face value and the Salvation Army was given these charitable donations. The design showed various native occupations, in a Batik border, and each stamp showed the SA Crest in the bottom corners. Nice & rarely seen object (Ref. SA Historical & Philatelic Journal, 2006: Vol 1, no. 2).
Salvation Army in the US – Postal history
Two nice & RARE Salvation Army covers, both from the 1930s. One commemorating the founder William Booth, born 1829 and died 1912.
The other cover is an old official cachet from the Territorial Headquarter in San Francisco sent to Brigadier Doring in Germany.
Company FDC Switzerland
Unlisted Swiss company FDC (Husler-Eichenberger) – not seen before. German PM, multistamped & registered (Einschreiben), sent to Holland. Seems to be of very limited edition – printed no. 65 on the backside.
SA 25 – Unlisted Norwegian FDCs
This Salvation Army cover from a local corps (Gjøvik) turned up on a Norwegian auction. Unfortunately I did not get hold of it.
This cover has not been seen before and is not listed in the SA catalogue. Must be RARE! Gjøvik corps is located a couple of hours north of Oslo.
Another unlisted cover was also seen this week with a Sami & reindeer vignette. It was sold for approx. £95 and must be a very rare item.
SA 30 – Unlisted Belgium Maxicard
This CEF maxicard is unlisted in the SA FDC catalogue. I suppose it is quite RARE, not seen before!
See the large CEF presentation sheet with the same illustration. The large sheet was a limited edition (4000), which is probably true also for this maxicard.
Asian SA covers – postal history
The first Asian outpost was established in India, 1882, hence, the Indian centenary cachet. William Booth’s dying wish was for the Salvation Army to be established in China. In 1916 the first officers were sent. Following political difficulties by 1949 the Army withdrew from mainland but work still continued in the provinces of Hong Kong and Taiwan. The SA re-established in mainland China in 2017. The Chinese letter is really postal history; an official SA cover sent to Sweden in 1924, eight years after SA began in China!! (Ref: The Salvation Army in mainland China).
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Rare country combos
These rare country combos have probably been made by connoisseurs. The US and GB 1965 stamps were issued with only a month delay, and only two have been observed of this UK Salvation Army FDC (on US cachet and with US stamp).
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Exciting US combos
Rare multistamped US combo covers including the Salvation Army centenary stamp (1965). Scarce covers, not often seen on online auctions!
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Salvation Army Centenary in Norway
The work in Norway was officially opened in January 1888. Eight salvationist from Sweden “opened fire”. Typically for the SA, half of the group were women. The uniformed and music loving soldiers who showed their Christian faith in practice, received a mixed response, also with some unpleasant experiences. However, the work spread rapidly, and in one year there were already 10 corps in Norway.
Two centenary stamps were issued in 1988. One depicts an open air meeting and a SA band with singing soldiers in the back. A maxicard with similar motif was also issued by the SA army. The maxicard was a copy of “Attack on a fishing village”, a painting by Wilhelm Peters from 1895 (source: History of SA in Norway).