Hi Jere,
Looks like a phantasy cancellation to me. It is not any of the typical French colonial postmark styles (who am I telling this).
The low values of most of the French colonies definitive sets are quite difficult to find in used condition and I have see many with bogus cancels. And this is what I think you have here.
For the image upload to work -- just click upload image below -- the image cannot exceed a certain size, so that it displays on the screen without scrolling. Just resize the picture with any program or scan at a suitable size to begin with.
Arno
Hopefully this image works. I can find no reference to this postmark anywhere.. I am sure one of the superstars on this site can ID it !
http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy31/jeredutt3/Dahomeypostmark2_zpsd3703fb8.jpg
Image didn't work.. but the link should. I think I still have the scan too big to upload but wanted to get the ball rolling.
Thanks.. will try to keep scanning and uploading directly,
Jere
(Modified by Moderator on 2013-11-14 14:19:43)
re: Postmark ID help
Hi Jere,
Looks like a phantasy cancellation to me. It is not any of the typical French colonial postmark styles (who am I telling this).
The low values of most of the French colonies definitive sets are quite difficult to find in used condition and I have see many with bogus cancels. And this is what I think you have here.
For the image upload to work -- just click upload image below -- the image cannot exceed a certain size, so that it displays on the screen without scrolling. Just resize the picture with any program or scan at a suitable size to begin with.
Arno