Tom,
I have two postcards from Hong Kong mailed on Christmas Day...
These 2 postcards were mailed on board ship by my brother-in-law from the USS Port Royal CG73, a guided missile cruiser, while docked in port at Hong Kong on Christmas Day in 1995. (I put them on top of each other to zoom in on the postmarks.) He had to use USA stamps on the cards to be cancelled by the sailor doing postal clerk duty. They then ran through the mail sorters in Des Moines, Iowa, USA where I live. Hong Kong was still under British control in 1995. If you know someone serving in the navy deployed on a ship, you could get a December 25 postmark by having them send you something on Christmas Day, just like this.
Merry Christmas to all,
Linus
Tom, i have probably 3 Christmas cancels scattered throughout the room..but wait until my birthday January 1 and i will show some postmarks !
Here are my favorite Christmas seals. They are from the first thirty years of the 20th century. They appear to be somewhat officially issued as they featured the royal family.
Here is a Christmas receiver:
Jan
Thanks for showing those Christmas Seals, Mitchell!
The early Denmark seals are pretty much my favorites! (I do like the early US ones as well, though.)
A Merry Christmas to everyone! Please add your Christmas covers to this thread, any country!
My favorite Christmas card! They're going off to Christmas dinner. Are they planning on eating the little girl?
Mailed Christmas Eve / Received Christmas Day
Christmas Seal 1907
Christmas Seal 1908
Christmas Sticker (Hey I liked it and kept it)
re: How About Some Christmas Cancels?
Tom,
I have two postcards from Hong Kong mailed on Christmas Day...
These 2 postcards were mailed on board ship by my brother-in-law from the USS Port Royal CG73, a guided missile cruiser, while docked in port at Hong Kong on Christmas Day in 1995. (I put them on top of each other to zoom in on the postmarks.) He had to use USA stamps on the cards to be cancelled by the sailor doing postal clerk duty. They then ran through the mail sorters in Des Moines, Iowa, USA where I live. Hong Kong was still under British control in 1995. If you know someone serving in the navy deployed on a ship, you could get a December 25 postmark by having them send you something on Christmas Day, just like this.
Merry Christmas to all,
Linus
re: How About Some Christmas Cancels?
Tom, i have probably 3 Christmas cancels scattered throughout the room..but wait until my birthday January 1 and i will show some postmarks !
re: How About Some Christmas Cancels?
Here are my favorite Christmas seals. They are from the first thirty years of the 20th century. They appear to be somewhat officially issued as they featured the royal family.
re: How About Some Christmas Cancels?
Here is a Christmas receiver:
Jan
re: How About Some Christmas Cancels?
Thanks for showing those Christmas Seals, Mitchell!
The early Denmark seals are pretty much my favorites! (I do like the early US ones as well, though.)