Cat Postmarks 3

A further page of cat cancellations for particular occasions.
Inevitably a number of them were for the first day of issue of various cat-stamp sets,
but we have tried to include some for other events
and also from some different countries from those on 'Cat Postmarks 2'.

See also
Cat Postmarks 1
Gallery of cancellations from places with names containing the word 'cat'
Cat Postmarks 2 and 5
Similar to this page, sets of cancellations for special occasions
Cat Postmarks 4
A page of meter marks and American 'fancy cancels'

Seremban, Malaysia, 4.4.1999
First day of cat-stamps set

Florence, Italy, 17.2.1991
Cat Festival

Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 6.11.2000
Home of the 'Cats' Football Club

Hauteluce, France 11–12.4.2007
13th Cartoon Festival

Grand-Charmont, France, 12.9.1997
Special postmark for Carnival

Hannover, Germany, 10.6.2004
International Stamp Fair with special exhibition on domestic cats

Berlin, Germany, 7.9.2006
First day of 'Joshua the Post Cat' stamp

Norwalk, CT, USA, 10.4.1988
Maine Coon Cat Club postmark

Mesa, AZ, USA, 8.3.2004
'Cat in YOUR Hat' cancellation for cat rescue station

North Korea, 20-10-2002
First day of cats-and-dogs stamps

Auckland, New Zealand, 3.9.1983
There was a different cat postmark for each day of 'Stampex 83'.

Paraguay, 29.11.1979
A set of cat stamps was given an overprint for the International Year of the Child.

Venda, 19.5.1993
First day of cat-stamps set. Venda was a South African homeland at the time.

Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 25.6.1992
First day of cat-stamps set

Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, 14.3.2003
First day of cat-stamps set

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16.7.2005
First day of cat-stamps set

Vienna, Austria, 2.10.1991
Special cancel for Congress of World Small Animal Veterinary Association

Belgium, Kattestoet, 11.5.1980
Ypres Cat Festival. This postmark was produced by the Ypres Stamp Club.

Belgium, Kattestoet, 12.5.1974
Ypres Cat Festival

Cyprus, 23.2.2002
First day of cat-stamps set

Cannes, France, 9.4.1983
Exhibition of 'The Cat in Philately'

Bad Dürkheim, Germany, 3.6.2004
20 years of 'Junge Briefmarkenfreunde' (Young Friends of Stamps)

Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands, 28.6.2002
First day of cat-stamps set

Rouffach, France, 17.11.2002
See cat on broomstick! Promojeunes is a French youth-assistance programme.

San Marino, 20.8.2004
'Puss in Boots' cancellation for 'World of Fairy Tales' set

Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7.2.1995
Cancellation for Valentine's Day 'Stamp of Love'

Purley, Reading, Great Britain, 26.2.1996
Greetings cancellation

Japan, 5.12.2006
'Hello Kitty' on Christmas cancellation

St Helena, 18.2.1994
First day of 'pets' set

Neuchâtel, Switzerland,
5–6.11.1983
International Cat Show, Neuchâtel Cat Society

Ankara, Turkey, 4.10.1973
First day of cats-and-dogs set

Our featured feline Chico (see head of the page) belonged to a lady in the Swiss village of Chesières who lived near the ground-floor office where I worked in the mid-1980s. Every so often he liked to pass by, spend a little time with us and check we were doing everything properly.