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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Dave ("lemaven") spotted an early Austria stamp with a recognizable town name cancellation and did a Google search. Although this was from the late-19th Century, serendipity was in our favour. This town had importance to Jewish history and anti-Semitism in Europe - both relevant to The Holocaust Stamps Project (Canada).
Dave created a PPT/PDF template to be used for educational purposes (postmarks from towns/regions of Europe associated with anti-Semitism and/or The Holocaust), and then converted it to a JPEG format (subsequently tested on the SOR site).
Dave's contact person with the London Community Hebrew School has offered to have students research any further recognizable postmarks for Holocaust-related significance.
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Great job Dave and all who are involved in this most important project. This new idea is terrific and depends and extends the learning. Someone could learn much about the struggles of the Jewish people from that Praha stamp right on top of the pile. Thanks to everyone involved.
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Ernie:
Thank you for the encouraging feedback, my friend. And thanks for pointing out the "Praha" (aka "Prague") cancel - I hadn't connected the dots there.
I'm going to look through my own Austria-Hungary extras this weekend for interesting town cancels, and then other Europe countries where there might be similar relevant finds (e.g. towns near concentration camps).
I'll get Craig ("HolocaustStamps") to post them here for me as I develop more of these pages.
Cheers, Dave.
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Dave,
That's a great idea and really well done page. That is just the kind of effort that brings history to life. Adding context to the stamp makes it more interesting. Keep posting them!
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Great stuff going on here, hope you find plenty of cancels to use.
Can you please repost the address for stamps to be sent, thank you.
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Dave,
I finally had the time today to search for your article. I am glad you found that stamp I sent in and how it inspired you to do this research. I really just loaded up the envelope with so many stamps that I have removed from old approval books and just sent them in to the project. I have some more to send but I better do it soon because they are bulky envelopes and all I am doing is placing a $1.15 international stamp on them. They could get caught up in customs. Steve
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Thanks to SOR member Steve Wilner ("cardstamp") for his recent donation.
Dave ("lemaven") spotted an early Austria stamp with a recognizable town name cancellation and did a Google search. Although this was from the late-19th Century, serendipity was in our favour. This town had importance to Jewish history and anti-Semitism in Europe - both relevant to The Holocaust Stamps Project (Canada).
Dave created a PPT/PDF template to be used for educational purposes (postmarks from towns/regions of Europe associated with anti-Semitism and/or The Holocaust), and then converted it to a JPEG format (subsequently tested on the SOR site).
Dave's contact person with the London Community Hebrew School has offered to have students research any further recognizable postmarks for Holocaust-related significance.
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06:22:02am
re: A new donation and a new idea
Great job Dave and all who are involved in this most important project. This new idea is terrific and depends and extends the learning. Someone could learn much about the struggles of the Jewish people from that Praha stamp right on top of the pile. Thanks to everyone involved.
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re: A new donation and a new idea
Ernie:
Thank you for the encouraging feedback, my friend. And thanks for pointing out the "Praha" (aka "Prague") cancel - I hadn't connected the dots there.
I'm going to look through my own Austria-Hungary extras this weekend for interesting town cancels, and then other Europe countries where there might be similar relevant finds (e.g. towns near concentration camps).
I'll get Craig ("HolocaustStamps") to post them here for me as I develop more of these pages.
Cheers, Dave.
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re: A new donation and a new idea
Dave,
That's a great idea and really well done page. That is just the kind of effort that brings history to life. Adding context to the stamp makes it more interesting. Keep posting them!
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01:58:14pm
re: A new donation and a new idea
Great stuff going on here, hope you find plenty of cancels to use.
Can you please repost the address for stamps to be sent, thank you.
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Dave,
I finally had the time today to search for your article. I am glad you found that stamp I sent in and how it inspired you to do this research. I really just loaded up the envelope with so many stamps that I have removed from old approval books and just sent them in to the project. I have some more to send but I better do it soon because they are bulky envelopes and all I am doing is placing a $1.15 international stamp on them. They could get caught up in customs. Steve
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