Photos of the 19th and early 20th century

[dobra]

Hello,

I'd like to show you our new project called *Distory*

It all began from collection old photos, documents and magazines. Then I
decided to show all my collectibles to everybody and help everybody to
share their collections

Portrait of a soldier of the German empire near a hospital in Berlin
during the World War I
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/718/preview/photo001.jpg]

Soldiers of the German empire near a mill in Kolno (Poland) during the
World War I
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/712/preview/photo001.jpg]

View of St. Nikolai-Kathedrale in Vilnius, Lithuania
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/001/699/preview/photo001.jpg]

Portrait of a soldier of the Russian empire
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/001/201/preview/photo001.jpg]

Other 'old photos' (http://distory.com/photos/list) can be found at
Distory.com

Currently, we have about 1000 of unique photos and documents in high
quality. And all of them from our own collection. Would appreciate your
comments, advices and collections




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dobra

[Sir F.A. Rien]

>I'd like to show you our new project called *Distory*
>
>It all began from collection old photos, documents and magazines. Then I
>decided to show all my collectibles to everybody and help everybody to
>share their collections
>
>Portrait of a soldier of the German empire near a hospital in Berlin
>during the World War I

I do not see any tax stamps or other philatelic significance on any of
your items. Is there any -=or=- are you just trolling for hits?

[dobra]

'Sir F.A. Rien[_2_ Wrote:
> ;693862']I do not see any tax stamps or other philatelic significance on

> any of
> your items. Is there any -=or=- are you just trolling for hits?

I apologize for the wrong photos. Here are photos with the stamps :)

A postcard of the Kingdom of Bavaria with a girl in national costume of
1900
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/706/preview/photo001.jpg]

A postcard of the Kingdom of Bavaria of September 20, 1888
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/694/preview/photo001.jpg]

Petition of the priest for admission to trading on the forest of
February 14, 1879 (Russian empire)
[image:
http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/041/preview/photo001.jpg]




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dobra

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/19/2012 12:33 AM, dobra wrote:
> 'Sir F.A. Rien[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;693862']I do not see any tax stamps or other philatelic significance on
>> any of
>> your items. Is there any -=or=- are you just trolling for hits?
>
> I apologize for the wrong photos. Here are photos with the stamps :)
>
> A postcard of the Kingdom of Bavaria with a girl in national costume of
> 1900
> [image:
> http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/706/preview/photo001.jpg]

A photo with a card with a common stamp pasted on is not too
interesting. One showing both side would be nicer. (I found the reverse
on the site and see that the images are paired.)

> A postcard of the Kingdom of Bavaria of September 20, 1888
> [image:
> http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/694/preview/photo001.jpg]

A photo of postal cards with preprinted 'stamps' (indicia) are more
interesting as they are not found in stamp catalogs other than country
specialized catalogs. The 'stamp' image may or may not be similar to a
regular stamp.

> Petition of the priest for admission to trading on the forest of
> February 14, 1879 (Russian empire)
> [image:
> http://distory.com/system/thumbs/attachments/data/000/003/041/preview/photo001.jpg]

I am pretty sure that the stamp here is not a postage stamp but a
revenue documentary tax stamp. So I think the priest had to pay to
submit the petition as an official document. There have been similar
revenue stamps in US history (especially civil war and after).

I have some items that would fit this site, so I might submit. But
http://distory.com/user/sign-up#
has a Terms of Use link that links to the very same page instead of the
Terms of Use page. So while I am signing up, I will not submit until I
can see the Terms of Use.

The content section of
http://distory.com/page/terms-of-use
is blank.

Terry

[dobra]

Terry Reedy;693885 Wrote:
>
> The content section of
> http://distory.com/page/terms-of-use
> is blank.
>
> Terry

We will fix this soon

Some larger screens of the stamps from the Russian empire

[image: http://savepic.org/2500501.jpg]

[image: http://savepic.org/2504597.jpg]

[image: http://savepic.org/2494357.jpg]

More can be found in the 'documents' (http://distory.com/documents/list)
of our website. We have much more of different
documents/letters/postcards with different stamps, but we need some time
to digitalize them and upload on our website




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dobra