These Stamps Are Very Valuable
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MJL
Sometimes you run across a postcard that is interesting on several levels. The one pictured above is just that. The message is obviously from someone who appreciated the young lady they were writing to. The lesson communicated was to keep these valuable stamps and especially the postmark. I have to wonder if the sender was a stamp collector trying to teach stamp collecting to a younger person. Did the young lady have a stamp collection? Perhaps!
The date of the postcard is February 22, 1930, just months after Vatican City had become a separate country. The stamps are from the first set of stamps issued by the newly established Vatican Post Office.
Conciliation - Papal Arms
Scott 3 ,4,& 5(1929)
The postmark does have some things that are interesting. There are seven lines and two corners in the bottom moon. Unfortunately, determining the line count in the top moon is impossible. The top and bottom of the postmark are separated by six-pointed stars. Both postmarks have a broken lower horizontal line on the right side. Even with this much information, without the line count from the top moon, it is impossible to determine the postmark type. None of the handstamp types listed in the VPS Postmark notebook have 7 bottom moon lines with two six-pointed start separators show a broken horizontal line. Perhaps postmark-type usage dates would narrow the list of possible types down a bit. It is probably best to leave a declaration of the postmark type unresolved at this time.
Looking at the front of the postcard there is a nice picture of Pope Pius XI. I hope Miss Knight enjoyed receiving the postcard. I am enjoying adding it to my stamp collection!
Marvin Lanahan - mlanahan404@comcast.net
3,4,5
01/14
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