Show us your 'Bullseye' - or 'socked on the nose' cancels

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

Ok, This is where Kampar town is located

This is where is Kampar located in Malaysia.

This is Where is Kampar located in Perak, Malaysia. It is South of Ipoh, where is a capital of Perak. The island on the top left of the map is Penang Island (Pulau Pinang) where I am living opposite of the island (mainland) now.

This is close up view of the Kampar area. The small town Malim Nawar on the top left is the place where I originated and my grandparent use to live here.

This is Old Kampar Town and its main street. The main street (the last road on the left from top to bottom) is use to federal road (No. 1 route from North to South of Western Malaysia) to Penang and Kuala Lumpur, it is known as old route from Northern Malaysia to Southern Malaysia. It was a busy street before PLUS (North-South) highway opened.

The lakes on the north of Kampar Old town is use to Tin Mining area, and it is now where University (UTAR) and College (TARC) of Tunku Abdul Rahman located. My sister is a lecturer there. I use to work in that University for 2 years until December last year in Kuala Lumpur branch.

That is all that I can share up with you all

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 14:55:34 pm

When Kenny FINALLY changes his photobucket settings to 15" the photos will be even CLEARER.

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

Ok, Done for this, Uncle Glen,

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 15:17:53 pm

Kenny makes it SO much sharper even though photo is slightly smaller - as you can see - seen how much sharper the Google logo is at lower right as a good comparison.

Versus yours -

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

A bit lazy to sharpen it, never mind, I will do it after that

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 15:37:20 pm

Kenny there is no need to sharpen any scans.

Simply posting them here in the photobucket settings as you can see "sharpens" it a lot anyway.

Glen

ozstamps · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 16:12:43 pm

This very attractive one is on my rarity page is only 15% of SG Cat!

http://www.glenstephens.com/rarity.html

arls1 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 19, 2008 19:27:30 pm

Arlene

arls1 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 13:33:50 pm

I think this ones' a beauty too.

Arlene

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 01:09:06 am

Here's a Bullseye cancel. Can anyone give me any information about this type of cancel? I've seen ones that look like concentric rings before, but not like a dartboard like this one.

setemmy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 02:16:15 am

Some samples from pre-FMS Malay States

Seremban/N.Sembilan

Teluk Anson/Perak

Ipoh/FMS

Curious to know the earliest CDS when the gap appeared in the ring below the "P" in Post

Kuala Lipis/FMS

Kuala Lumpur/FMS

Lundy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 03:53:24 am

Heres some that i found while trying to sort some of my world collection, hope they are of interest. it includes surely the most and least letters in a postmark so far, both from Hungary!!

God knows what COF LN is looks like a letter missing
Thanks
John

apptec · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 05:45:22 am

Not quite SON, but socked on the trunk maybe,

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

Hi, Apptec and Lundy, Thank you for visiting and enjoying Federated Malay States (FMS) stamps thread here, however your postings is seem irrelevant to the mentioned topic, hope you will open a new thread to share your stuff with us, your stamps is very nice, thank you and have a nice day

apptec · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:10:41 pm

I think you had better check the heading of this thread again kenny. This is bullseye and SON thread, it got a little derailed by your pictures of Malaysia.

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

Hi, Apptec and Lundy, I appologize for my words above because this thread looks very similar to FMS thread that Mr. Setemmy have created in this forum and I am a bit confuse with the stamps that posted here, Sorry about that

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apptec · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:19:30 pm

Yes Kenny,

Your apologies accepted, now have you got any SON stamps to show to us, intead of pictures of your home town....lol :lol:

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

Well, I show the photos about my hometown because it was requested by Gavin-h and Crosscrescent and told them where is the place on the postmark is. I was living there once before, so I could show them a little bit history and geography about that area. I don't have much SON to show here, so the only I can do here is sharing my knowledge about those place on the postmark if I can

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setemmy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 15:38:25 pm

Sorry for getting Kenny confused by posting FMS issues.

Germany and States get my votes as SON factories.

pre-war Europe too

New Guinea

setemmy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 15:40:57 pm

Br. Levant with GB Birmingham pmk or am I reading this wrongly?

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 15:41:46 pm

Setemmy,

Nice bunch of SOTN cancels there.

Cheers
Andrew

setemmy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 15:46:44 pm

North Borneo with SC 'Sandakan'

Sarawak

For members of SSS (Sarawak Specialist Society) this might be interesting

gavin-h · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 21:40:05 pm

Lundy wrote:

God knows what COF LN is looks like a letter missing

John,

I think it's "COELN". An old spelling of "KOELN" or "KOLN", which in English is Cologne, Germany :idea:

sherro · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 01:10:13 am

This arrived at my house today. Simply beautiful, and it'll be even prettier after a wash. Can anyone help me with where "398" was?

"Inactive image Link deleted by Moderator"

ozstamps · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 01:28:07 am

setemmy wrote:

Br. Levant with GB Birmingham pmk or am I reading this wrongly?

Maybe because it is a crude LEVANT forgery?

.

setemmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 01:44:47 am

ozstamps wrote:

setemmy wrote:

Br. Levant with GB Birmingham pmk or am I reading this wrongly?

Maybe because it is a crude LEVANT forgery?

.

"Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200'.... :shock:

.....
...., But I have a 'Get out of Jail' free card because the "Birmingham" is almost SON :lol:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 01:54:17 am

The Birmingham is more SON than the Levant, I think :lol:

setemmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 02:09:38 am

Looks like a handwritten provincial :wink:

The Pom · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 02:10:17 am

A nice SON Tassie cancel for you

setemmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 03:09:19 am

>The Pom
The red background really bring out postmark.
A black maltese cancel on GB QV Penny black would be a mess.

This unappealing purple/blue Straits stamp need the cancel to have had been rotated +1 degree clockwise for a very balanced SON

tooler · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 08:28:05 am

fdcusa · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:44:27 am

Here is one I made long time ago:

Not accidental... I prepared 20 envelopes and with great precision placed the stamps in a location to get a bullseye when struck with the FDOI MACHINE cancellation. The majority were a success. Not a hand "bullseye" cancel (why it is called a bullseye is beyond me...), or hand-cancel with bars having only the circle portion hit the stamp.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 20:42:01 pm

fdcusa wrote:

why it is called a bullseye is beyond me...

In target sports, such as archery, darts, various shooting disciplines, the "bullseye" is always the centre ring of the target :idea:

fdcusa · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 22:23:11 pm

gavin-h wrote:

fdcusa wrote:

why it is called a bullseye is beyond me...

In target sports, such as archery, darts, various shooting disciplines, the "bullseye" is always the centre ring of the target :idea:

I know the definition of Bullseye... A stamp that has a bullseye cancel, to me, is a cancel that is completely on the the surface of the stamp. The USPS 'Bullseye' hand cancel for FDOI's doesn't have the fdoi slogan and bars - just the circular ring. The 'bullseye' is bigger than the average stamp, thus the ring usually is never completely on the stamp.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 22:38:11 pm

Fair point - like aiming at a dartboard with a bazooka :lol:

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 01:32:31 am

I was pricing up a GB collection tonight and saw this little beauty.

A $25 scarce 1881 "14 Dots" stamp became a $40 stamp due to this quite magic cancel!

SG 170 Cat £30+ 50% for VFU = £45.

jahayward · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 21:10:29 pm

Instead of socked on the nose how about one socked in the eye!

DK · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:53:06 am

When I read this thread there was one immediately I knew I could post ... it has always stood out to me ...

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... Dave

tooler · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:15:24 am

DK, that is super nice.

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:30:11 am

Dave,

That is something to really drool over. The nice clear crisp black cancellation over that vivid orange is really eye catching.

Cheers
Andrew

DK · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:43:14 am

Tooler and Andrew ... thanks ... it is a beauty but looks a 100% better in real life than the scan shows .. (usual story eh) ..Cheers guys ..

... Dave

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:47:29 am

Well Dave, they say a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Cheers
Andrew

apptec · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 22:11:09 pm

Just found this

Cuba 1899 The Liner Umbria

A real bullseye.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2008 00:44:05 am

apptec wrote:

Just found this

Cuba 1899 The Liner Umbria

A real bullseye.

Hah

It's all lined up, just waiting for the captain to say "Fire Torpedos" :lol:

revenuecollector · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:09:10 pm

Just got this one in the mail. So pretty I had to have it.

Stampdog · **Posted:** Sat Aug 02, 2008 17:05:59 pm

This Scottish telephone service receipt may not seem up to much from the front...

But just look at the back

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sat Aug 02, 2008 18:13:05 pm

Stampdog wrote:

This Scottish telephone service receipt may not seem up to much from the front...
But just look at the back

That is awsome

sherro · **Posted:** Sat Aug 02, 2008 18:14:08 pm

Stunning. I want it. :wink:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Aug 02, 2008 22:11:20 pm

sherro wrote:

Stunning. I want it. :wink:

Nah, fiscal usage - absolute rubbish :evil:

Stampdog - send it to me instead to save yourself the embarrassment of keeping it :wink:

lisamidge · **Posted:** Mon Aug 04, 2008 20:20:32 pm

Hi

Found this little item today. There are 2 noticable things about this stamp.

Firstly, Great sock on nose cancel from Port Elliot SA.

Second, the cancel seems to predate the issue by 9 years if I am reading it right, it says October 24 1920 :?:

The year date just does not seem right to me like they tried to correct it in someway

Your thoughts please.

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