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The postmark reads PALERMO 7 - VIA AM(something). The list I consulted does not include any address starting Via Am...... - and doesn't include any post office identified as Palermo 7,so it is either a closed office, Palermo 7 no longer exists ( renumbered?) -or some other scenario I have not considered.
I think that the basic problem is that since the advent of postcodes, the use of numbered postal districts in addresses has virtually ceased, so without access to historical information positive ID is very difficult
If anyone has any clue please let me know including a postcode if known.
Thanks in advance
Malcolm
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Chris
Thanks for that. How come you found that when after 3 or 4 hours search I didn't find it? Obviously my Google skills need honing somewhat.
I had found a website which showed a list of offices in Palermo with ATM machines ( or at least I think that is what it was ). There were in excess of 100 offices but close examination showed that there were multiple entries for some of the locations ( different departments in the same building,perhaps).
I am not using this site as an easy ( lazy) way to find information - honest !
Thank you again for your research skills.
Malcolm
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Ah all is revealed ( or perhaps not ? ).
My problem is that I can never let sleeping dogs lie. If I come across something incomplete or puzzling I just have to get to the bottom of it - which is why I am good at pub.quizzes,TV game shows( where I have been known to shout at the screen in frustration when a contestant cannot answer the simplest question) and Trivial Pursuits.
My wife says that I am a boring old f@@t, because I can talk for hours on subjects that are not of the slightest interest to anyone else.You can just see their eyes glaze over !!
It is all the fault of stamp collecting of course plus natural curiousity ( the two not being completely unconnected)
Malcolm
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" because I can talk for hours on subjects that are not of the slightest interest to anyone else."
LOL Reminds me of the time my wife and I had dinner at the home of my supervisor and his wife. My supervisor was a well-read sort, and during the normal course of conversation, he brought up some arcane historical subject and said, "This is interesting. Listen," and he popped open a book and began reading a passage, which no one of us even understood, much less cared about. His wife gave us an apologetic smiled and said, "Ken just loves history."
Ken, oblivious to his wife's comment, finished reading, and said, "Isn't that interesting?"
I, of course, knowing which side my bread was buttered on, agreed heartily; indeed, it was fascinating stuff.
Ted
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04:37:13pm
I have a 1967 500L stamp with a fragment of a postmark which I am sure can be identified easily by someone in the know. I have checked an up-to- date list of post offices on the web and it is not included.
The postmark reads PALERMO 7 - VIA AM(something). The list I consulted does not include any address starting Via Am...... - and doesn't include any post office identified as Palermo 7,so it is either a closed office, Palermo 7 no longer exists ( renumbered?) -or some other scenario I have not considered.
I think that the basic problem is that since the advent of postcodes, the use of numbered postal districts in addresses has virtually ceased, so without access to historical information positive ID is very difficult
If anyone has any clue please let me know including a postcode if known.
Thanks in advance
Malcolm
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08:37:18pm
re: can anyone help with an Italian part postmark
Chris
Thanks for that. How come you found that when after 3 or 4 hours search I didn't find it? Obviously my Google skills need honing somewhat.
I had found a website which showed a list of offices in Palermo with ATM machines ( or at least I think that is what it was ). There were in excess of 100 offices but close examination showed that there were multiple entries for some of the locations ( different departments in the same building,perhaps).
I am not using this site as an easy ( lazy) way to find information - honest !
Thank you again for your research skills.
Malcolm
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re: can anyone help with an Italian part postmark
Ah all is revealed ( or perhaps not ? ).
My problem is that I can never let sleeping dogs lie. If I come across something incomplete or puzzling I just have to get to the bottom of it - which is why I am good at pub.quizzes,TV game shows( where I have been known to shout at the screen in frustration when a contestant cannot answer the simplest question) and Trivial Pursuits.
My wife says that I am a boring old f@@t, because I can talk for hours on subjects that are not of the slightest interest to anyone else.You can just see their eyes glaze over !!
It is all the fault of stamp collecting of course plus natural curiousity ( the two not being completely unconnected)
Malcolm
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re: can anyone help with an Italian part postmark
" because I can talk for hours on subjects that are not of the slightest interest to anyone else."
LOL Reminds me of the time my wife and I had dinner at the home of my supervisor and his wife. My supervisor was a well-read sort, and during the normal course of conversation, he brought up some arcane historical subject and said, "This is interesting. Listen," and he popped open a book and began reading a passage, which no one of us even understood, much less cared about. His wife gave us an apologetic smiled and said, "Ken just loves history."
Ken, oblivious to his wife's comment, finished reading, and said, "Isn't that interesting?"
I, of course, knowing which side my bread was buttered on, agreed heartily; indeed, it was fascinating stuff.
Ted
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