Motorcycle pilots are the most preferred mode of public transport in Goa. Painted black and yellow like auto-rickshaws or taxis, these two-wheeler motorcycle pilots have their history since the Portuguese rule in Goa.
This commemorative envelope was
issued to celebrate the first mail run of the 1980 season for the Detroit River
Mail Boat Service. This unique postal operation is famous for being the only
floating ZIP code (48222) in the United States, utilizing the tugboat J.W.
Westcott II to deliver mail to massive freighters while they are still in
motion. The envelope features a "cachet" (the artwork on the left)
provided by the Motor City Stamp & Cover Club, which depicts the small mail
boat alongside a towering freighter to illustrate the "mail-in-the-pail"
delivery method.
The postmark is dated April 9,
1980, marking the official start of that year's delivery season after the
winter ice had cleared from the Great Lakes. To make it a true collector's
item, it includes both a standard circular date stamp and a special pictorial
cancellation—the ink illustration over the 15-cent flag stamp—which features a
ship and the text "Since 1855." These specific markings verify that
the envelope was actually processed through the Detroit Marine Post Office on
that historic day rather than just being a souvenir print.
Distance : Heuchlingen to Hohlenstein (28 KM) [ GERMANY]
Date : 01.09.1996
Released on the occasion of the 150th Birth Aniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, this special cover commemorates the second phase of Harijan Padyatra Gandhiji from the Byree Railway Station, Jajpur District, Odisha. The mail was carried by Bhadrak-Cuttack Passsenger Train.
This Special Cover released on November 30, 2021 (GOAPEX 2021), by the Goa Postal Division enacted the famous Tin Can Mail of the Niuafo'ou, an isolated Island in the Pacific. Here the swimmers collected mails in sealed tins swimming out to the passing ship. The service got popular and got the name TIN CAN MAIL.
Goa Postal Department did this Tin Can Mail Experiment from the town of Ribandar to Piedade, an island village over the river Mandovi. This mail was carried out with the help of River Navigation Department, Goa.
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DATE OF ISSUE: 27.09.1984
COUNTRY: ST JOHN, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA |
