Special postcard issued to the Salvation Army scout camp at Røros 2008 (FA = Frelsesarmeen). Arranged 02. – 09. Aug 2008. The camp name was “Fjellstøtt” (“on solid rock”). A special (unofficial) postmark was made to this issue. A private stamp was made with the camp logo and attached on the backside of this postcard. Note: Limited edition – only 200 were issued with this stamp & postmark.
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1956 – Sweden – Timraro scout camp
Salvation Army national boy scouts camp, arranged 31.07. – 07.08.1956 in Timrarö – and was named “Timrarölalägret”. This pictorial cover showing a viking, was postmarked 03.08.1956. Catalogue no: S-032 in the European scout camp postmark catalogue. I’ve only seen this cover once, must be rare.
SA 23A – Helping Hands overprint
Flood relief – “Unwetter in der Schweiz” – overprint with a Salvation Army logo (Helping Hand). This cachet is the official Post Office Definitive FDC (Dauermarken), used with the origianl postman stamp SG 1109. Here in combo with the overprinted Helping Hand logo (SG 1138).
SA 4 – Unlisted US FDC
Salvation Army world centennial commemorated on a US stamp 02.07.1965. This Becker cachet is unlisted in the SA FDC catalogue. A handful of these covers were sold on Ebay February 2024. Otherwise not seen before and must be rare.
SA 17 – Switzerland unlisted FDC
Salvation Army Centenary in Switzerland, 1982. Badenfahrt Ballonpost cachet, very illustrative. Must be a connoisseur cachet, since the actual Balloon flight was launched one week after the first day of issue for the stamps. The cachet has not been seen before, it is unlisted in the Salvation Army FDC catalogue. Limited edition. Two sets were issued (A & B) with 150 in each. This is no. 123 of 150 in the B-serie.
1980 – Australia FDC – gutter pair
Salvation Army stamp on Community welfare cachet, issued 11.08.1980. Official Post Office cachet with gutter pair – (Stanley Gibbons 748). I’ve not seen this cachet before with gutter pair, must be rare.
1983 – Grenada – SA motif – Christmas Kettle
Disney FDC – Grenada. Mickey Mouse & Goofy stand in front of a Christmas Kettle – resemblance of a Salvation Army motif; the Christmas Kettle. Very similar to this motif on a US Ben Kraft cachet. Issued: 18 Nov 1983. Disney cachet with set of stamps including the Mickey Mouse & Goofy Christmas Kettle. Text: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”
SA 16.7 – William Booth & Railton FDC
Salvation Army Centenary in Canada, issued 25.06.1982. Rare cachet – William Booth & commissioner Railton, who began the Army’s work in the US. Even rarer because of the local PM – Calgary.
1958 – Unique Switzerland FDC
This cover was found on a Swiss auction, never seen before and likely unique. The attached stamps are various anniversaries issued on 1958, including the SA 75th anniversary in Switzerland. Local Postmark – Ebnat – Kappel (small municipality in Switzerland). The cachet is of 1955, from the Exposition Nationale de PHilatelie in Lausanne, 3 years before the stamp set was issued.
SA 3.9 – Switzerland FDC w/ set
SA 75th anniversary in Switzerland (75 Jahre Heilsarmee in der Schweiz). The SA stamp (SG 590) was included in a set of various anniversary stamps, issued 05.03.1958. National Headquarter cachet. This cover has set of all four anniversary stamps, not seen before, likely rare. The SA stamps is SG 590.
1965 UK – Davaar Island
Davaar Island, situated at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch on the eastern coast of Kintyre in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, is a tidal island accessible via a natural shingle causeway near Campbeltown during low tide. In 1854, a lighthouse was constructed on the northern end of the island. It was automated in 1983. Presently, Davaar Island is only inhabited by caretakers and sheep. During the 1960s, local stamps were issued for Davaar Island, serving the purpose of allowing visitors to have their mail posted there and carried by the boatman to the nearest General Post Office Post Box in Campbeltown on the mainland. The boatman service ceased operations in the early 1970s. The postage rates for Davaar Island were double those of the UK (Source: Davaar Island stamps). Thus, post sent from Davaar had both UK and Davaar stamps, see for example these covers with Salvation Army stamps on the frontside and Davaar stamps on the backside.
UK – Sanda Island Post
Sanda is a small, privately owned island off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, and began issuing its own local carriage labels in 1962. Some cachets have both UK and Sanda stamps, see for example these covers with Salvation Army stamps on the frontside and Sanda stamps on the backside.