Cat Postmarks 5

A further page of cancellations for special occasions, such as cat shows, stamp shows
or the issue dates of new cat stamps

See also
Cat Postmarks 1
Gallery of cancellations from places with names containing the word 'cat'
Cat Postmarks 2 and 3
Similar to this page, sets of cancellations for special occasions
Cat Postmarks 4
A page of meter marks and American 'fancy cancels'

Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 20.5.1983
Festival of Humour

Catshill, GB, 10.1.2006
First day of 'Animal Tales' stamps

Vienna, Austria, 29.10.1994
Stamp advertising show / 25 years of spa business at Oberlaa

Azerbaijan, 30.10.1995
First day of cat-stamps set

London, GB, 3.9.1996
50th Anniversary of children's TV programmes

Brussels, Belgium, 4.9.1993
Royal Philatelic Society of St Gilles

Havana, Cuba, 24.10.1998
National Day for Care and Protection of the Cat

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 3.9.1987
11th biennial exhibition of children's book illustrations

Prague, Czech Republic,
28.5.2008
First day of 'For Children' stamp

Järvenpää, Finland, 9.10.1995
First day of cat-stamps set

Chazelles-sur-Lyon, France,
13–14.9.1980
Cat show

Catstree, GB, 11.3.2010
150th Anniversary of Battersea Cats' & Dogs' Home, London

Christmas Common, Oxford, GB,
30.10.1995
Special Christmas cancellation

Peiting, Germany, 12.7.1998
Young Friends of Stamps Day

Skipton, GB, 28.2.1998
Greetings cancellation

Hägersten, Sweden, 6.9.2008
Findus the cat, 'Frimung '08' youth philatelic exhibition

Budapest, Hungary, 16.12.1982
Road safety campaign

Reykjavik, Iceland, 6.11.2008
First day of Christmas stamps

Iran, 31.8.2004
First day of cat-stamps set

Japan, 18.9.2009
60th Anniversary of 'Animal Loving Day'

Japan, 24.12.2006
Christmas cancellation

Kiev, Ukraine, 16.5.2008
First day of cat-stamps set

Monaco, 7.11.2009
First Monaco International Cat Show

Nouméa, New Caledonia, 25.7.2004
First day of cat-stamps set

Warsaw, Poland, 19.1.1998
First day of Greetings stamps

Saint-Denis, Réunion, 14.9.2008
First cat show in Réunion

Oradea, Romania, 28.1.1994
First day of cat-stamps set

San Marino, 4.6.1991
First day of 'Pets' set

Stockholm, Sweden, 28.1.2010
First day of cat-stamps set

Charleston, West Virginia, USA,
15.4.1996
'Alley Cats Station'

Sacramento, California, USA,
28.5.1999
'Sacramento Jazz Jubilee Station'

Hanoi, Vietnam, 1.12.2010
First day of 'Year of the Cat' stamps

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.