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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: My King George VI British Commonwealth Collection |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 18:51:56 pm
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| The SG 35b block I bought from the Internet, with a BPA Certificate, of course :D I think I bought the SG 21a strip at a Murray Payne auction, and the SG 39a pair from Murray Payne. Another used strip of three of SG 21a sold at the recent Harell auction for £216. I'm familiar with the 'regular' impe... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: My King George VI British Commonwealth Collection |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 15:18:23 pm
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| And a few less obvious Indore: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Indore/SG35bblock.jpg SG 35b - showing the printer's vain attempts to rub out his mistake :D http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Indore/SG21astrip.jpg SG 21a - These imperf versions of normally perforated ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: My King George VI British Commonwealth Collection |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 15:01:05 pm
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| Jaipur S.G. O24 O25 O26 O28 O29 O32 Jasdan Note first stamp has a contrived cancel if you look at the Jaipur 3/4 anna cancel. The question is why would a Jaipur cancel be on a Jasdan stamp. And despite the help full sg 6 written in selvage its likely not. Not sure about second copy. Tony helped me ... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Help re- Malaya Japanese Postal Cover |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:53:52 am
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| I can't make out any indication in the postmark that it originated in Singapore. In fact, I can't see any clear place of origin at all in the cancellation. Are you sure it's a genuine local use in Singapore, and not an unaddressed cover prepared back in Japan, with the Singapore addresses added to i... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Are there any Numeral Cancellers with 101 or 231? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 20:24:46 pm
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| Victorian era India also used several series of numbered cancellations. '101' can be Khandwa, Gurdaspur, Nowhatta or Jaulnah, for instance. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Countries issuing postal stationery, but no stamps? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 17:05:36 pm
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| A nice series, of say a hundred or so, postcards featuring indigenous wildlife, with matching indicia? Hmmm ... there are still 500 or so Indian States that never yet got around to issuing stamps or postcards. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 16:53:19 pm
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Well spotted! You have sharper eyes than I have  |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Countries issuing postal stationery, but no stamps? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 16:29:09 pm
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Very thin, Nigel, very thin  But I suppose I have to allow it. Do we have a third? |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 16:13:46 pm
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| Is that a Jaipur 1 Rupee Service overprint, nestling in there? The colours of the 1 Anna and 1 Rupee are close enough to always make it worth taking a close look |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 15:56:35 pm
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| Thanks, psphani! That looks like the Overland Bank paper: what do the perforations gauge? I suppose it would be a bit too much to hope for a compound perf on such a rare stamp :D Next, I should tackle the Service overprints. But what with the (I believe three, not just the two listed in Gibbons) dif... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Countries issuing postal stationery, but no stamps? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 15:37:02 pm
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| Offhand, the only 'country' I can think of which issued postal stationery (postcards and envelopes), but never got around to issuing postage stamps, was the Indian State of Rajkot, between 1925 and 1948: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Rajkot/Rajkot-DeschlC5_zpse1648d34.jpg All car... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 15:23:25 pm
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| One more item crossed off my Wish List: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Rajkot/Rajkot-DeschlC5_zpse1648d34.jpg This is an unused postal stationery card from Rajkot - the only Indian State to have issued postal stationery, but no postage stamps (at least, as far as I know :D ) This ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Indian Railway Cancellation MO? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:29:27 am
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| British India isn't my area, and perhaps one of the members here who do specialise in it will be able to comment further. This is the only reference I have to this point: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/DelhiRMSCDSs_zpse9024c41.jpg It appeared in the March 1964 issue of the India S... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 17:00:03 pm
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| These two are dated 1929 and 1930, and appear to be on the OVERLAND BANK paper: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG37cover-4-frrontonly_zpse297b980.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG37cover-5-back_zps577af571.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 16:53:56 pm
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| I find the 2 Anna value to be rather more common than Gibbons would suggest, on cover, at least. Here are my two mint examples: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG37-1_zpsa55b9166.jpg On DORLING & CO. paper, and http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG3... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 15:57:48 pm
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| Continuing on, I have two mint examples of what might, at a stretch, be the 'scarlet' shade: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG36-1_zpscba42a7e.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG36-2_zpsac081a4e.jpg (Looking at this one on-screen, it looks much m... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 15:13:16 pm
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| Not to despair, then. These http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Bundi/SGO6aAsheet-elephantembossing.jpg are the cheapest Cows. Gibbons prices them at £1.25 each, but you can usually find them cheaper. Of course, prices do take off for the stratosphere from there :lol: And if you don't ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 14:39:28 pm
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| Delighted to see you (again ) zedwardson! Do let us know what you enjoy, and what you don't, so we can do more of the former and less of the latter |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:04:45 am
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| I quite agree: the colour nomenclature for these printings is quite odd. There was a quite scarce perf 11 printing in 'rose-red', sort of, earlier: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG27cover-back.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG27cover-front.jpg... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Indian Railway Cancellation MO? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:39:02 am
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| From old issues of the India Study Circle journal, M.O. is indeed 'Mail Office'. There are several types of this cancellation. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 20:36:07 pm
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| Two more that belong to this group: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG35cover3-back_zps77b345fc.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG35cover2-front_zps4008aab2.jpg dated 1929 and http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jaipur/SG35cover2-ba... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Naughty Uglies - Fakes/Forgeries etc of the Indian States |
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 14:52:17 pm
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| Well, the ruling family of Hyderabad had a strong Turkish streak, but the Nizam of Hyderabad was an 'Exalted Highness', so the initials wouldn't have fitted him |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Jaipur State: the 1928 printings |
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:39:10 pm
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| Late in the life of the Jaipur Chariot of the Sun God types, the Jaipur printers began using new supplies of paper, with a sheet watermark 'DORLING & CO. LONDON', as well as new perforators, gauging (at least) 11½ and 12, alongside the existing 11 gauge machine. These variants appear on the ordi... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:57:10 am
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| I quite agree about these 1928 printings of Jaipur. They deserve a separate thread of their own; there is a great deal to discuss to sort out in them. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:08:07 am
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| Indianchariots, that is an extraordinary sheet of the Jaipur ¼ Anna. Somewhere, I have a complete bed-sheet sized sheet of the first printing of the ¼ Anna, but I don't recall seeing a sheet of the second printing. Do you know if it's on the usual Dorling paper, or was it one of the late printings o... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:37:56 am
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| Picked up these off of Ebay the other night. Was attracted to it because of the two stamps with preprinting paper folds in them. Was hoping this indicated they might be legitimate. Also on the surface no high value to any of the stamps. The second stamp on the top row has the overprint applied to b... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 18:03:03 pm
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| Moving on to Jaipur SG 22a (Lot 510), the ¼ anna pale olive-yellow imperf between pair: sold for £260 against a cat. of £250 SG 23d (Lot 513), the ¼ Anna tête-bêche pair. £2000 against a cat. of £800 SG 24a (Lot 514), the ¼ Anna bistre imperf between pair: minor gum bends and a small stain in the ma... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 17:04:11 pm
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| I've finally finished digesting and analysing the results of the Harell auction. As always happens with these big sales, some of the results make one think :D First, to what didn't sell, or floundered: Duttia - the good selection of unused postal stationery: only one out of six lots sold Idar - book... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Be wary of eBay seller creativityplus4 |
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:16:57 am
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I have no idea whether this stamp is genuine or not.
However, given the seller's demonstrated record of selling doctored stamps, and his refusal to accept returns, I'd suggest you ignore this. Wait for a copy with an unimpeachable certificate and provenance. |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 15:02:44 pm
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| I'm afraid you may have trouble selling these at any price. The usual rules applying to British India also seem to apply to the Convention States: collectors want full, white gum, and preferably unhinged. Used, even genuinely used, even when they're scarcer than mint, seem to be hard to sell. I have... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 15:08:04 pm
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| I must say, I wouldn't have bid on the original as a mint copy, with that ink mark. Normally , revenue usages are very well cancelled, like the example sent to you. However, the original stamp might be that one-in-a-hundred case where the cancellation largely missed the stamp. I think I'd just write... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 14:43:39 pm
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| On first principles, you should receive the stamp you won and paid for. It should only be substituted with your agreement. Having said that, I'd be a little concerned by the pen mark on the original stamp. That mark could well also indicate revenue usage. $1.25 is ultra-cheap for a damaged but genui... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 15:24:18 pm
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| From another place and/or time, this one might have been cause for excitement http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Charkhari/SG46a-imperfvertically_zpsfe19e25f.jpg but from the Charkhari 1931 set ... The 1 Anna (SG 46) isn't yet listed as a pair imperf vertically, only as a horizontal p... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Naughty Uglies - Fakes/Forgeries etc of the Indian States |
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 15:11:25 pm
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| Interesting bogus Bijawar cover here, Buy it Now for 200 Euros. I'm assuming the stamp is a fake as well? Seller is Agenziacollezionista from Italy. http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,170002123,var,1931-India-stato-del-Bijawar-fascetta-affrancata-12a-Maharaja-Singh,language,E.html#description htt... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:22:34 am
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| Ah well, cable1234, it's like getting a certificate for a stamp you know is genuine. There's nothing like being certain :lol: And now to try to make amends for a fatuous 9000th post. I've been meaning to assemble the three shades of the Kashmir 4 Annas, in the hope that it might help other collector... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 01:15:26 am
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| I must say, the catalogue valuations of those errors look absurdly low. At those prices, you'd expect to find them in every second dealer's stockbook, whereas in fact ... (I hadn't noticed I'd reached 9000 posts until you told me, Domburd. What a pity I couldn't find something more useful to do for ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: My King George VI British Commonwealth Collection |
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 14:15:41 pm
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| Cable1234, I'm delighted to know that you admit the Uglies into the George VI canon. Unfortunately for you, and other George VI collectors, the category includes some of the biggest, scariest rarities of the reign. For instance (and I could go on and on :D ), this Cochin SG 123 http://i251.photobuck... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:14:52 am
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| Yes, £1/7/6 for a 5 Rupee Sacred Cow ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: PSE Grading for China (PRC) material has arrived... |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 16:33:34 pm
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| I still don't see the connection between Manning and H.R. Harmer. Perhaps someone would enlighten me. (And I've bought from the Californian H.R. Harmer on a couple of occasions - perfectly satisfactory transactions - and the old London H.R. Harmer, on many occasions, also perfectly satisfactory tran... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:00:47 am
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| It is frustrating that the catalogues fail to list obvious, strong varieties - particularly some of the things Ikanek has been turning up in Travancore/Travancore-Cochin. On the other hand, I do have some sympathy for the editors. We all (well, most of us :lol: ) agree a correct listing of the India... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Be wary of eBay seller creativityplus4 |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:25:15 am
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Well spotted, peterh! That looks pretty conclusive to me.
Most of his forged 'cancellations' are so childish, they shouldn't take anyone in. They must be doing so though, I suppose - otherwise, why would he bother continuing? |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Help with Government of India 4 Annas Stamp |
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 00:21:08 am
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| These Indian revenues have been discussed elsewhere on Stampboards. The 4 Anna is quite a low value, and was used in vast quantities: a 10p item, I'm afraid. The set went up to (from memory) 1000 Rupees, or 4000 times the face value of your stamp. The pricing of both stamps (both indeed are used) lo... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:46:31 am
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| And, psphani, you made some wonderful buys from the Harell sale. I had my eye on the Dhar ½ Anna sheets and the Nandgaon sheets in particular. They were among the hardest to drop from my final list of bids :D As to whether you over-paid for any of them, as someone once remarked 'The market is the ma... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:29:38 am
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| Just to add to Indianchariots excellent summary of the situation with Jaipur, the numerical majority of Indian States stamps are rarer on commercial cover than mint. It's easier to pick out the States where this isn't always the case. They are: Cochin Hyderabad Indore Jaipur Generally speaking, comm... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:37:13 am
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| Yes, Mr. Rakesh, all O.K. to 69b, the same is perfect in size, shape and surface and I know the value of BPA Certificate but I don't want to take risk to send it in post and also can't wait for long time of 3 to 6 months, moreover return back to India is not very safe. So, I'm very happy as it is. ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:44:41 am
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| Just after the recent Australia 2013 Exhibition here in Melbourne last month, we had assembled in my sitting room the three best collections of Barwani in the world. I mildly astonished my colleagues by saying I was rapidly losing interest in the issues of Barwani from 1932, when Barwani started to ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Banging the drum for the Uglies |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 01:39:15 am
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| You have some very nice stamps indeed there: that SG 69b must be one of the nicest-looking copies of what is a very rare variety. It's also interesting to note that your SG 72b is a perfin. I wonder what percentage of the inverted watermarks were perfinned. I'll certainly be checking any SG 72 perfi... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: My King George VI British Commonwealth Collection |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 01:25:38 am
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| Until recently I had no covers for Hyderabad. I have shown the top one before elsewhere on Stampboards. It is Hyderabad S.G. 60 on what is claiming to be a F.D.C. This is interesting as no issue date other than 1949 is given by Gibbons. And thanks to Birder a member here who added this information ... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: My King George VI British Commonwealth Collection |
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 01:22:12 am
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| Hyderabad S.G. 49-52 53 shades 55,56 60 shades. http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab177/amfhf1/hy1_zpsa6fafc46.jpg The two shades of the 6 Annas, SG 57 and 57a: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Hyderabad/SG57.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Hyderabad/SG57a.jpg |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: "Barred Numeral Cancellations" which countries, and when? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 20:29:53 pm
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| Jammu & Kashmir played around with barred numerals in the 1870s and 1880s http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/tonymacg/Jammu%20and%20Kashmir/SG126piece_zpsaeecb34b.jpg but mercifully gave it away as a bad job eventually, and settled on rather fancy three-ringed CDSs. The British in India be... |
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