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Touristic trip From Washington to Lidingö in Sweden, passing through Bangkok ? Maybe a nice touristic trip, but not the shortest way… (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ) | |
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Touristic trip From Gentbrugge to Brussels, passing through Dendermonde. Not the shortest way ! (BELGIUM - ) | |
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Touristic trip From Mechelen to Brussels, with a stop in Herent and Heist-op-den-Berg. Not the shortest way ! (BELGIUM - ) | |
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Not correct franking This letter was sent back because de additional 3c franking for airmail was missing. A second 3c stamp solved the problem, and was cancelled with a double oval postmark. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1940) | |
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Damaged bij cancelling machine This cover was sealed again by a post employee, after it had been damaged. He was honest enough to admit it with the mark : Damaged bij cancelling machine. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1938) | |
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Delay in delivery This letter, posted in Los Angeles with destination in the same city, arrived more than 15 months later. A mark on the cover tells us that a criminal action was taken for delay ! (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1948) | |
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Bad weather conditions Letter posted on the Little America Base in Antarctica in Jan 1934. Due to weather conditions the base was isolated from the outside world more than One year, so the letter arrived only in March 1935. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1934) | |
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Strike A Post Office strike also can delay the delivery of post items. (UNITED KINGDOM - 1971) | |
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Opened by mistake This letter was opened by mistake and sealed again by a post employee, who was not ashamed to admit his error (see the handwritten mention : Opened in error - Pauline Rosemond POBox669). (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1936) | |
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Not quite intelligent Mentioning on the cover that the letter contains a bankcheque, is really asking for trouble. 'Received in bad condition' tells a mark, what could be interpreted as 'WE did not steel it' ! (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1969) | |
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Escaped from fire A red postmark with the mention 'Salvaged mail - Aircraft crash - Singapore 13.3.54' was affixed on this letter that escaped the fire when the BOAC Lockheed Constellation coming from Sydney crashed in 1954 on Kallang airport in Singapore. (AUSTRALIA - 1954) | |
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Opened by censor. Sometimes you letters are checked : letter from Australia to America, opened by censor. (AUSTRALIA - 1944) | |
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Opened by censor. Sometimes you letters are checked : letter from Italy to Switzerland opened by censor. (ITALY - 1945) | |
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Back to sender From Strasburg to Wenen and back to Strasburg, the result is a colorful cover with a lot of postmarks. (FRANCE - 1981) | |
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