Monthly Archives: September 2019

US & UK country combo

SA 5 – UK & US combo on SA 4.22 cachet

This months prospect is a Salvation Army world centennial country combo: US cachet Red Shield / text (Farnam – M#12) with US & UK stamps. Cancelled in Preston (UK) on the first day of issue for the UK stamps (09.08.1965). Likely a connoisseur FDC: The US cachet and stamps were issued one month before the UK FDC. Extremely RARE – only two known items issued.

UK Kinnon covers

2016 – QE 90th Birthday – set

Kinnon covers  have recently issued quite a few new UK covers with SA motifs. Some of them seem to be FDCs, for example covers issued at the Queen’s 90th birthday.

In 2018 he issued some covers with Royal Air Force stamps. They picture and commemorate SA Mobile Canteens.

2018 – RAF & SA Canteens

1987 – Switzerland Balloon FDCs

Three Zeppelin Balloon covers were just obtained. They cover the history of the Hindenburg balloon, including the disaster in May 1937 (50 years anniversary).  Rare cachets, not seen before, must be scarce. These are Aerogramm covers with prestamped 65c + Automat stamp + the Stanley Gibbons 1109 with the Salvation Army “Helping Hand overprint (SG 1138).

SA 23A - Zeppelin - Hindenburg
SA 23A - Zeppelin - Hindenburg II
SA 23A - Zeppelin - Hindenburg