Cancellation calendar

As an exercise, one of the stamp dealers that I purchased items from for my March 4 collection suggested that I try building a calendar of cancellations. The goal is to find a stamp with as nearly a socked-on-the-nose cancellation as possible for every day in the year (but not necessarily in the same year). The date must be clearly legible and completely (year, month and day) imprinted upon the stamp.

Okay, why not? Besides, pursuing this exercise will help me become more familiar with the different date formats that have been used around the world. So here goes...


January
1, I, Jan, Ene, Gen, JA, EN
Jan 1 Jan 2
Jan 3 Jan 4
France; Scott # 720
Jan 5 Jan 6
Romania; Scott # 122
Jan 7
Hong Kong; Scott # 204
Jan 8
Jan 9
Algeria; Scott # 62
Jan 10
Jan 11 Jan 12
France; Scott # 317
Jan 13
Philippines; Scott # 502
Jan 14
Jan 15
Trinidad & Tobago; Scott # 95
United States; Scott # C137
Jan 16
Jan 17
Iran; Scott # 763
Jan 18
Malta; Scott # 22
Jan 19
Sweden; Scott # 416
Jan 20
Jan 21 Jan 22
Jan 23 Jan 24
Jan 25
Lebanon; Scott # C218
Lithuania; Scott # 299
Jan 26
Jan 27
Netherlands; Scott # 599
Jan 28
Jan 29
Chile; Scott # 203
Jan 30
Canada; Scott # 423
Jan 31


February
2, II, Feb, Fev, Fevr, FE
Feb 1
France; Scott # 1884
Feb 2
Feb 3
Netherlands; Scott # 615
Feb 4
Feb 5 Feb 6
Feb 7
 
Germany
Feb 8
Netherlands; Scott # 1015
Feb 9 Feb 10
Angola; Scott # 536
Feb 11 Feb 12
Feb 13 Feb 14
Feb 15 Feb 16
Feb 17
France; Scott # 117
Hungary; Scott # 116
Feb 18
Feb 19 Feb 20
Hungary; Scott # 341
Feb 21 Feb 22
Sweden; Scott # 82
Feb 23 Feb 24
Argentina; Scott # 823
Feb 25 Feb 26
India; Scott # 293
Feb 27 Feb 28
Spain; Scott # 257
Feb 29
Japan; Scott # 426



March
3, III, Mar, Mac, Mch, MA, MR
Mar 1 Mar 2
Mar 3 Mar 4
Guernsey; Scott # 102
Mar 5
Cayman Islands; Scott # 453
Mar 6
Mar 7 Mar 8
Mar 9 Mar 10
Mar 11 Mar 12
Mar 13 Mar 14
Northern Ireland; Scott # NIMH73
Mar 15 Mar 16
Mar 17 Mar 18
Mar 19
Poland; Scott # C26
Mar 20
Spain; Scott # C79
Mar 21 Mar 22
Mar 23
India; Scott # 286
Mar 24
Sweden; Scott # 272
Mar 25
Isle of Man; Scott # 25
Mar 26
Mar 27
Italy; Scott # 261
Mar 28
Finland; Scott # 176A
Mar 29
Cuba; Scott # C140
Mar 30
Mar 31
Sweden; Scott # 307



April
4, IV, Apr, Abr, Apl, Avr, Nis, AP, AB, AV, NI
Apr 1
Finland; Scott # 350
Apr 2
Apr 3 Apr 4
Apr 5 Apr 6
Apr 7 Apr 8
Malta; Scott # 167
Apr 9 Apr 10
Apr 11 Apr 12
Apr 13
France; Scott # 141
France; Scott # 2858
Apr 14
Apr 15 Apr 16
Italy; Scott # 88
Apr 17 Apr 18
Apr 19 Apr 20
Apr 21 Apr 22
Denmark; Scott # 366
Apr 23 Apr 24
Apr 25
Germany; Scott # 1640
Apr 26
Netherlands; Scott # B180
Apr 27
Netherlands; Scott # 574
Apr 28
Hungary; Scott # 101
Apr 29
Denmark; Scott # 724
Apr 30
India; Scott # 298


May
5, V, May, Mai, Maj, Mei, MY
May 1 May 2
May 3 May 4
Switzerland; Scott # 782
May 5 May 6
France; Scott # 2319
May 7 May 8
May 9 May 10
Japan; Scott # 580
May 11 May 12
May 13 May 14
Netherlands; Scott # 961
May 15
France; Scott # 168
May 16
May 17 May 18
May 19 May 20
May 21
Denmark; Scott # 228
May 22
May 23
Hungary; Scott # 468
May 24
Germany; Scott # 762
May 25
Straits Settlements; Scott # 153
May 26
Japan; Scott # 273
May 27
Belgium; Scott # Q152
May 28
May 29 May 30
May 31


June
6, VI, Jun, Jne, JU, JE
Jun 1 Jun 2
Jun 3 Jun 4
New Zealand; Scott # 254
Jun 5
Italian Socialist Republic; Scott # 19
Jun 6
Jersey; Scott # 247
Jun 7 Jun 8
Malta; Scott # 382
Jun 9 Jun 10
Italy; Scott # 644
Jun 11
Northern Ireland; Scott # NIMH68
Jun 12
Jun 13
Spain; Scott # 2716
Jun 14
Germany; Scott # 2037
Jun 15 Jun 16
Jun 17
Spain; Scott # 768
Jun 18
India; Scott # 82
Jun 19 Jun 20
Jun 21
Argentina; Scott # 725
Jun 22
Jun 23
Norway; Scott # 202A
Jun 24
Denmark; Scott # 474
Jun 25 Jun 26
Netherlands; Scott # 686
Jun 27
Netherlands; Scott # 955a
Jun 28
France; Scott # 540
Jun 29 Jun 30
Ecuador; Scott # 542
Kuwait; Scott # 466


July
7, VII, Jul, Jui, Jly, JL, JY
Jul 1
France; Scott # 1052
Jul 2
Jul 3
Czechoslovakia; Scott # 1797
France; Scott # 630
Jul 4
Jul 5
Spain; Scott # 657
Jul 6
Argentina; Scott # 442
Jul 7
France; Scott # 690
Jul 8
Netherlands; Scott # B96
Jul 9 Jul 10
Sweden; Scott # 508
Jul 11
Sweden; Scott # 86
Jul 12
Ecuador; Scott # 312
Netherlands; Scott # 622
Jul 13 Jul 14
Jul 15
Jersey; Scott # 563
Jul 16
Jul 17
Liberia; Scott # 231
Jul 18
Jul 19 Jul 20
Jul 21 Jul 22
Jul 23
Straits Settlements; Scott # 152
Jul 24
Jul 25 Jul 26
Jul 27 Jul 28
Jul 29
Ceylon; Scott # 227
Jul 30
Spain; Scott # 765
Jul 31
India; Scott # 216



August
8, VIII, Aug, Ago, Aou, AU, AG, AO
Aug 1 Aug 2
United States; Scott # C9
Aug 3 Aug 4
Aug 5
Switzerland; Scott # 986
Aug 6
Denmark; Scott # 1185
Aug 7 Aug 8
Aug 9 Aug 10
Aug 11 Aug 12
Aug 13
Trinidad & Tobago; Scott # 21
Aug 14
Aug 15
Netherlands; Scott # 258
Aug 16
Aug 17 Aug 18
Aug 19
Belgium; Scott # Q149
Switzerland; Scott # 822
Aug 20
Japan; Scott # 129
Aug 21 Aug 22
Jersey; Scott # 568
Aug 23
Luxembourg; Scott # 571
Aug 24
Denmark; Scott # 611
Italy; Scott # 87
Aug 25 Aug 26
Isle of Man; Scott # 230
Japan; Scott # 673
Aug 27
New Zealand; Scott # 759
Aug 28
Aug 29 Aug 30
Aug 31


September
9, IX, Sep, Set, Spt, SE, SP, ST
Sep 1 Sep 2
Sep 3 Sep 4
Sep 5 Sep 6
Sep 7 Sep 8
Trinidad & Tobago; Scott # 78
Sep 9 Sep 10
Sep 11
Hungary; Scott # 120
Sep 12
United States; Scott # 1391
Sep 13 Sep 14
Ireland; Scott # 331
Sep 15
Finland; Scott # 414A
Sep 16
Switzerland; Scott # 918
Sep 17 Sep 18
Sep 19
Czechoslovakia; Scott # 196
Sep 20
Sep 21 Sep 22
France; Scott # 324
Sep 23
Finland; Scott # 647
Sep 24
Sep 25 Sep 26
Spain; Scott # 1470
Sep 27
Trinidad & Tobago; Scott # 55
Sep 28
Sep 29 Sep 30


October
10, X, Oct, Okt, OC, OK
Oct 1 Oct 2
Oct 3
Jamaica; Scott # 427
Oct 4
Oct 5
Germany; Scott # 1746
Oct 6
Oct 7 Oct 8
Netherlands; Scott # 847
Oct 9 Oct 10
Thailand; Scott # 342
Oct 11 Oct 12
Antigua; Scott # 116
Oct 13 Oct 14
Algeria; Scott # C4
Oct 15 Oct 16
Oct 17 Oct 18
Hungary; Scott # 463
Oct 19 Oct 20
Oct 21 Oct 22
Isle of Man; Scott # 301
Oct 23
Chile; Scott # 185
Oct 24
Oct 25
Switzerland; Scott # 1058
Oct 26
Oct 27 Oct 28
Germany; Scott # 286
Oct 29
Norway; Scott # 363
Oct 30
Oct 31
Finland; Scott # 622



November
11, XI, Nov, NO, NV
Nov 1 Nov 2
Nov 3 Nov 4
Spain; Scott # 62
Nov 5 Nov 6
Netherlands; Scott # 251
Nov 7 Nov 8
Nov 9 Nov 10
Japan; Scott # 259
Nov 11 Nov 12
Denmark; Scott # 192
Nov 13 Nov 14
Nov 15 Nov 16
Germany; Scott # 48
Nov 17 Nov 18
Nov 19 Nov 20
Nov 21
Germany; Scott # 2092
Switzerland; Scott # 157
Nov 22
Hungary; Scott # 1523
Nov 23 Nov 24
Norway; Scott # 192
Nov 25
Chile; Scott # 371
Finland; Scott # 1114
Nov 26
Sweden; Scott # 178
Nov 27
Greece; Scott # 1130
Nov 28
Nov 29
Sweden; Scott # 574
Nov 30


December
12, XII, Dec, Dic, DE, DI
Dec 1 Dec 2
Netherlands; Scott # B670
Dec 3
Sweden; Scott # 2391
Dec 4
Dec 5 Dec 6
Dec 7 Dec 8
Dec 9 Dec 10
Dec 11 Dec 12
Luxembourg; Scott # 364
Netherlands; Scott # 739
Dec 13 Dec 14
Ireland; Scott # 357
Dec 15
Isle of Man; Scott # 344
Dec 16
Dec 17 Dec 18
United States; Scott # 3475A
Dec 19
Switzerland; Scott # 904
Dec 20
Denmark; Scott # 423
Dec 21 Dec 22
Czechoslovakia; Scott # 1768
Denmark; Scott # 743
Dec 23 Dec 24
Dec 25 Dec 26
Greece; Scott # 595
Dec 27
France; Scott # 304
Dec 28
Dec 29
Hungary; Scott # 89
Dec 30
Dec 31
Hungary; Scott # 98


Notes

There are a few pages around the internet that can help to decipher dates in postmarks. Some that I have found useful are:

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