Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society
The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society following the amalgamation of the Germany & Colonies Stamp Club (established 1947) and the Stockton German Study Group (1960).

The G&CPS celebrated its inaugural year in 1964 with the first Germania Posta philatelic exhibition held in Stockton.

Title: Postmark query
Posted By: Benjamin R. Beede (brbeede@rci.rutgers.edu)
Posted On: 18/01/2013 at 02:18:01
Message: The closest town I see is Schwerta, which is listed on page 555 of Guenther Hass, Deutsche Postorte 1490-1920 (Stuttgart: Peter Feuser Verlag, 2003). Schwerta in the 1920s was quite near the border with Czechoslovakia. If you want to locate it, find an old map of Germany and find Lauban and then locate for Schwerta almost directly south. Hass has a list of abbreviations on a plastic insert to his book, but none of them seems to deal with the town that interests you. Copying the stamp on a machine that allows you to increase the ink in the copy. That sometimes helps considerably in identifying a postmark or other postal marking. Ben Beede
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Postmark query Allan finlayson 17/01/2013 16:04:47
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