Great to hear that your eye has recovered, and that you finally got your visa. Portugal is a fantastic little country, a lot of hospitality over there. Some decades ago, we have been invited for a private B & B in Porto (Northern Portugal), and it was for free ! 👌You will find that kind of behaviour very rarely in Central or Northern Europe. The main reason for establishing foreign post offices was the lack of reliability of the Ottoman postal service. Keep it up, and have a pleasant trip ! ✈Greets from GER, U.
We've been to Porto. A great city. Yes, the Ottoman postal service was still rather primitive, which just gave these colonial powers a great excuse to establish themselves there.
Really a great video. The deeper you get into examining European stamps from the 19th century, the more that you see how post offices were used abroad. French stamps that have a large numeral cancel lozange cancel with a four digit number beginning with 5 are all foreign post office cancels. The British had post offices all over the world and with a cancellation guide, you can pick them out from other British stamps cancelled domestically. Again, thanks!
Hi Ted - Sorry for the late comment, just been recovering myself - I saw the title of the episode ...and fell off my chair... 😱😱😱 Then when you mentioned your eye op ... I fell off my chair - my Mom only just recently had a cataract procedure..literally a couple of weeks ago! How freaky is that???😱😱😱 Then you mentioned you would be in London for a lay-over so... you got it, I fell off my chair - 😱😱😱🤕🤣🤣🤣 Anyway, great to see you've had the eye op and minor side effects aside, hopefully things will only get better - like I said, my Mom has had an op and being in her 80s and suffering with dementia, it's a struggle for her. Also glad to hear you've got the visa for Portugal - finally!🎉🎉🎉 - Let us know how it's getting on there.. It would have been great if we could have met up but hopefully there will be plenty of opportunities to hop over to Ole Blighty - we have the Stampex annually here I think around October and that would be a good time perhaps. Ok onto the subject - POs in the Ottoman Empire. So this is an awesome episode Ted! Thanks for doing all the research because it was really helpful and interesting because it gives me direction on how to expand on my quest to philatelise the Ottoman Empire. It was really intriguing because of the political spin you included - the 19th century was when the empire went into decline because of being a victim of its own success, since the more real estate you own, the harder it is to maintain it. There are also conspiracy theories about the Freemasons who wanted to dismantle the empire and that sort of ties up with what you mentioned about other nations wanting to be in on it and use of POs as staging posts for perhaps espionage etc. All in all, an excellent episode and definitely one i'll be replaying as a reference guide - Thanks Buddy! 😊👍 PS. Top Secret you say?... Area 51 Space Mail?🤨🤔🤫
Hi Zak. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the well wishes. It's been non-sto business, getting settled in here, getting groceries, phone service, etc. It's been tough to find time to work on the next episode. Most of the important stuff is done, now, so I can get back to stamping. See you in the next episode.
Thanks for your excellent videos Ted. And enjoy Portugal! We visited Tavira quite recently; lovely place. BTW, I'm particularly interested in Italian and German postal history, if more videos about those places strike your fancy. Take care.
Hi Ted. Good research. Very interesting topic. Always looking forward to an episode of you! Good that your eye surgery went okay. Have a nice trip to Portugal! Nice to hear your visa got through!
Great video! The oddest of all is the Romanian situation. Essentially Romania had ships running all through the end of the 19th century from Constantinople to Constanta. However, there were two issues of stamps: one issued and valid for a few months in 1896 and one (the one shown by you) issued in 1919, and also valid just a few days. The idea being that either time the local authorities did not agree with the Romanian Consulate (in whose precinct the office ran) using special stamps for the Constantinople service. Non-stamp service was allowed however throughout and even served some of the other foreign post offices (e.g. Austrian) who paid the Romanian post to transfer their correspondence in bulk via ship to Constanta, then by railway all the way to the Austrian border.
For years, I always enjoy your video "lessons" which broadens my philatelic knowledge. I'm just a bit confused. Did I miss why/when you left Germany? Anyway Portugal sounds nice. Be well and keep them coming!
In episode 98, I talked about the difficulties we were experiencing in Germany, and that we had a backup plan, if Germany didn't work out. I guess I didn't talk about Portugal in subsequent videos because we didn't know how well that would work out for us either. I didn't want to be continuously making videos where I say, "This is happening," followed up with, "This isn't happening after all." But, this is now a cetainty.
My error, I did watch that episode as well as all of them of course. I lived in Germany for 15 months thanks to the US Army. On another subject, my father's parents came from Austria Hungary (now Slovakia) in 1901. What stamps would I look at for that period? Thanks Ted.@@tedtalksstamps
@@jeffreymasarek7694 the Hungarian Post became independant of Austria Post in 1867. And in 1871, Hungary began producing its own stamps. For your purposes of finding Slovakian postal history, look for used copies of Hunary with cancels showing Slovakian cities -- Bratislava, Zilina, and others. You can also search for stampless letters or covers using those city names in your search. Here's an ebay search result for Bratislava www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=hungary+stampless+bratislava&_sacat=260&_odkw=hungary+stampless+zilina&_osacat=260
Thanks for another informative video. I hope you keep up with them from Portugal. I had hoped to pick your brain about what I think is a Slania signed proof of a stamp of Sweded but I guess that will have to wait. Good luck with your move.
Wow, so much to learn and to know! Thanks, Ted, it is an excellent video and I learned so much, as usually with your videos. It is really worthwhile and enjoyable to watch them. I am very glad your eye operation went well. May you soon heal a 100%! Have a safe trip to Portugal and may this new phase be enjoyable and hugely successful. 🙂
My docs been saying I have cataract for the last 6 years! But night driving a problem Only the optician cannot get me the right number. Does it look like a cataract? Good to hear Ted eyes are in good shape now. I love Portugese food after have been munching at their embassy cultural center in Delhi!!
Absolutely, they are collectible. Be sure to keep them stored safely so corners don't get bent, and the covers don't get dirty. They will display nicely in an album.
Hey Ted, good to hear your good news. An this one video is an exciting one for me. If you may share your email address with me I can send you an ebok on Levant post officies as well. Best of luck on relocating & looking forward to the next video
Hi @pinkgirl1x. I apologize for the late reply; we've been constantly on the go. My email address is ted.talks.stamps at gmail. Thank you for your continued support.
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Great to hear that your eye has recovered, and that you finally got your visa. Portugal is a fantastic little country, a lot of hospitality over there. Some decades ago, we have been invited for a private B & B in Porto (Northern Portugal), and it was for free ! 👌You will find that kind of behaviour very rarely in Central or Northern Europe. The main reason for establishing foreign post offices was the lack of reliability of the Ottoman postal service. Keep it up, and have a pleasant trip ! ✈Greets from GER, U.
We've been to Porto. A great city. Yes, the Ottoman postal service was still rather primitive, which just gave these colonial powers a great excuse to establish themselves there.
Hi Ted, missed you. Have a safe trip and great video!
Thanks, Adam.
Hi, I am glad you're eye is getting better.
Interesting history on the ottoman empire, some nice stamps too
Great video Ted! I never knew foreign post offices in the Ottoman Empire was a thing. Best wishes for your move to Portugal!
Thanks a lot, Dan.
Really a great video. The deeper you get into examining European stamps from the 19th century, the more that you see how post offices were used abroad. French stamps that have a large numeral cancel lozange cancel with a four digit number beginning with 5 are all foreign post office cancels. The British had post offices all over the world and with a cancellation guide, you can pick them out from other British stamps cancelled domestically. Again, thanks!
And best wishes for your recovery from eye surgery.
@@BoxOfRain Thank you.
Thank you, Box. I'm glad you liked it. I have a list of all the French numeral cancels hiding somewhere on my computer. I need to find a list for GB.
Hi Ted - Sorry for the late comment, just been recovering myself - I saw the title of the episode ...and fell off my chair... 😱😱😱
Then when you mentioned your eye op ... I fell off my chair - my Mom only just recently had a cataract procedure..literally a couple of weeks ago! How freaky is that???😱😱😱
Then you mentioned you would be in London for a lay-over so... you got it, I fell off my chair - 😱😱😱🤕🤣🤣🤣
Anyway, great to see you've had the eye op and minor side effects aside, hopefully things will only get better - like I said, my Mom has had an op and being in her 80s and suffering with dementia, it's a struggle for her.
Also glad to hear you've got the visa for Portugal - finally!🎉🎉🎉 - Let us know how it's getting on there.. It would have been great if we could have met up but hopefully there will be plenty of opportunities to hop over to Ole Blighty - we have the Stampex annually here I think around October and that would be a good time perhaps.
Ok onto the subject - POs in the Ottoman Empire. So this is an awesome episode Ted! Thanks for doing all the research because it was really helpful and interesting because it gives me direction on how to expand on my quest to philatelise the Ottoman Empire. It was really intriguing because of the political spin you included - the 19th century was when the empire went into decline because of being a victim of its own success, since the more real estate you own, the harder it is to maintain it. There are also conspiracy theories about the Freemasons who wanted to dismantle the empire and that sort of ties up with what you mentioned about other nations wanting to be in on it and use of POs as staging posts for perhaps espionage etc.
All in all, an excellent episode and definitely one i'll be replaying as a reference guide - Thanks Buddy! 😊👍
PS. Top Secret you say?... Area 51 Space Mail?🤨🤔🤫
Hi Zak. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the well wishes. It's been non-sto business, getting settled in here, getting groceries, phone service, etc. It's been tough to find time to work on the next episode. Most of the important stuff is done, now, so I can get back to stamping. See you in the next episode.
Thanks for your excellent videos Ted. And enjoy Portugal! We visited Tavira quite recently; lovely place. BTW, I'm particularly interested in Italian and German postal history, if more videos about those places strike your fancy. Take care.
Thank you, Glenn. I will put those two topics on my list of future videos.
Hi Ted. Good research. Very interesting topic. Always looking forward to an episode of you! Good that your eye surgery went okay.
Have a nice trip to Portugal! Nice to hear your visa got through!
Thanks, Chris. I look forward to meeting up with you in Europe sometime.
Great episode, I'm so pleased to hear you finally got a permanent visa, best of luck with your move!
Thanks, Byr... er, Karen.😄 We're excited.
Great video! The oddest of all is the Romanian situation. Essentially Romania had ships running all through the end of the 19th century from Constantinople to Constanta. However, there were two issues of stamps: one issued and valid for a few months in 1896 and one (the one shown by you) issued in 1919, and also valid just a few days. The idea being that either time the local authorities did not agree with the Romanian Consulate (in whose precinct the office ran) using special stamps for the Constantinople service. Non-stamp service was allowed however throughout and even served some of the other foreign post offices (e.g. Austrian) who paid the Romanian post to transfer their correspondence in bulk via ship to Constanta, then by railway all the way to the Austrian border.
Very interesting. Thank you very much for that added information, and thanks for watching.
Another great video. Safe travels! Look forward to a future video on the colonies of Portugal.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll put it on my list.
very informative history lesson. thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
I've learned so much from your video. Thanks for sharing, Ted. You are an open encyclopedia!!!!! Keep going, pls
Thank you, Vicente (and apologies for the late response).
Hi Ted, Thanks for another interesting and informative video.
Thanks, e. Glad you enjoyed it.
For years, I always enjoy your video "lessons" which broadens my philatelic knowledge. I'm just a bit confused. Did I miss why/when you left Germany? Anyway Portugal sounds nice. Be well and keep them coming!
In episode 98, I talked about the difficulties we were experiencing in Germany, and that we had a backup plan, if Germany didn't work out. I guess I didn't talk about Portugal in subsequent videos because we didn't know how well that would work out for us either. I didn't want to be continuously making videos where I say, "This is happening," followed up with, "This isn't happening after all." But, this is now a cetainty.
My error, I did watch that episode as well as all of them of course. I lived in Germany for 15 months thanks to the US Army. On another subject, my father's parents came from Austria Hungary (now Slovakia) in 1901. What stamps would I look at for that period? Thanks Ted.@@tedtalksstamps
@@jeffreymasarek7694 the Hungarian Post became independant of Austria Post in 1867. And in 1871, Hungary began producing its own stamps. For your purposes of finding Slovakian postal history, look for used copies of Hunary with cancels showing Slovakian cities -- Bratislava, Zilina, and others. You can also search for stampless letters or covers using those city names in your search. Here's an ebay search result for Bratislava www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=hungary+stampless+bratislava&_sacat=260&_odkw=hungary+stampless+zilina&_osacat=260
Thanks for another informative video. I hope you keep up with them from Portugal. I had hoped to pick your brain about what I think is a Slania signed proof of a stamp of Sweded but I guess that will have to wait. Good luck with your move.
Can you email me a picture of that Slania item?
Wow, so much to learn and to know! Thanks, Ted, it is an excellent video and I learned so much, as usually with your videos. It is really worthwhile and enjoyable to watch them. I am very glad your eye operation went well. May you soon heal a 100%! Have a safe trip to Portugal and may this new phase be enjoyable and hugely successful. 🙂
Thanks Charnie. We leave tomorrow afternoon. We’re excited. 😊
I am so glad for you and that this is starting to work out for you!!!!!!! 🙂@@tedtalksstamps
Thank you for making this video! Very informative 🙏
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
My docs been saying I have cataract for the last 6 years!
But night driving a problem
Only the optician cannot get me the right number.
Does it look like a cataract?
Good to hear Ted eyes are in good shape now.
I love Portugese food after have been munching at their embassy cultural center in Delhi!!
Thank you. I wish you the best of luck with your eyes.
I'm glad your eye is becoming better. Good luck with your move! Keep safe ;)
Thanks again, Vicente.
Nice one Ted.
Thank you Yves.
Excellent episode! 👍
Thanks again. I appreciate your watching.
Ted, hope you feel better soon
All better, now. Thanks.
Can you do one on Danzig??
I will add it to my to-do list. Thanks.
Sir good morning I have frist flight covers of India do it’s collectables
Absolutely, they are collectible. Be sure to keep them stored safely so corners don't get bent, and the covers don't get dirty. They will display nicely in an album.
Love the way you’re looking😂
Thank you, sir. 😄
Sir I'm their
Hey Ted, good to hear your good news. An this one video is an exciting one for me. If you may share your email address with me I can send you an ebok on Levant post officies as well. Best of luck on relocating & looking forward to the next video
Hi @pinkgirl1x. I apologize for the late reply; we've been constantly on the go. My email address is ted.talks.stamps at gmail. Thank you for your continued support.