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).
Category Archives: Salvation Army FDCs
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.
Sa 25 – Norway – Postgiro FDC
The Salvation Army Centenary in Norway was commemorated on two stamps in February 1988. This is a business cachet FDC, on an official “PostGiro” envelope. The Postal Service launched postgiro in Norway in 1943, providing a bank service through post offices. Customers were given forms and special “blue” envelopes, like this one, for convenient payment processing. At its peak, the postgiro office employed approximately 1,900 individuals, as long as bank services still relied on manual processes. In 1995, it merged with Norges Postbank to form Postbanken, aligning postgiro and bankgiro systems. On December 1, 1999, Postbanken was acquired by Den Norske Bank (Source: Store Norske Leksikon).
1932 – Netherlands Indies – SA PM
Special Salvation Army postmark on Netherlands Indies clip. The postmark advertised for the coming set of Salvation Army stamps. Date on the clip is 16 Nov 1932, which was 14 day before the issue of the SA charity stamps.
SA 25.5 – Hammerfest pictorial PM
Salvation Army centenary in Norway. Norwegian FDC service cachet. A quite usual cachet with a pictorial and very rare PM from the world’s northernmost town: Hammerfest. With set of SA centenary stamps, Stanley Gibbons 1035 – 1036
SA 32.2b – Iceland – Signed!
Salvation Army centenary on Iceland 1995. Cachet: SA Crest / Iceland map (red/grey). Text: Address of the District Headquarter (Iceland has joint region with Norway. The commander has office in Oslo). Remark: This cover is signed by the officiers on the stamp: Anne Marie and Harold Reinholdtsen. Thanks a lot to collector colleague Tor Ove E.