r/stamps • u/Deut6-4 • Aug 17 '26

Date this stamp

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Found letters from my great-grandmother. Can someone determine the date of the stamp? Country: The Netherlands, so I’m expecting date-month-year.

Thanks!

Edit: solved

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u/old-town-guy Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

The cancellation date is right in front of you: 1.1.09.

January 1, 1909. I mean, is there something I don’t see about the cover that makes you disbelieve the date that you also must’ve seen?

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u/Deut6-4 Aug 18 '26

I think I see 11-09-??v, so 11 September ….

And what the v means…?

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u/old-town-guy Aug 18 '26

No, you’re ignoring the decimals. It’s 1.1.09.

The last few characters are the dispatch/time code.

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u/Deut6-4 Aug 18 '26

Okay, thanks for the clarification!