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- Fri May 06, 2011 7:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: Somerset Postal History
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19144
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Nick, here's the first page of the latest journal I have — October 2006.
- Fri May 06, 2011 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: Somerset Postal History
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19144
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Hi Nick - the only Somerset books I have are The Undated Circular Marks of Somerset and Dorset by John H. Millener and Betty Savage and Old Down by J. W. M. Stone. My run of the Journal of the Somerset and Dorset Postal History Group is from Dec. 1978 (Vol. 1, No. 1) to 2006 (missing a few issues). ...
- Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:05 pm
- Forum: Downey Heads
- Topic: New A11 Control to my collection, help with proper ID.
- Replies: 2
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Hi Skilo Your control strip is A11 (wide) and perf. Type 1a (top feed) from Plate 3a. Here's a link to my sheet on this plate, which includes examples of what I believe are Plate 3b. (there's a bug in the Discussion Board program which means the link will probably appear in the browser with unwanted...
- Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:00 pm
- Forum: Surface Printed
- Topic: Colour of Die 1 Penny Lilac from Ink 950
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9327
Colour of Die 1 Penny Lilac from Ink 950
Malcolm Suttill has the following query: I have a distinctly reddish lilac very fine mint copy of Die 1. Not a colour trial, as I understand there were no colour trials involving Die 1. The stamp colour equates to Methuen Plate 14 position C5 which is in the colour area called reddish lilac. The col...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:00 pm
- Forum: 1934-36 Photogravure
- Topic: PHOTOGRAVURE VARIETIES
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10717
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Harvey
GBJ, Vol. 26, p. 33. Let me know if you need a scan of the page.
Best wishes
Mike
GBJ, Vol. 26, p. 33. Let me know if you need a scan of the page.
Best wishes
Mike
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:20 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Please help me with these unknown items in my collection.
- Replies: 5
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Hi Shawn. These are revenue stamps applied to promisory notes and bills of exchange to collect the stamp duty that such notes attracted. I guess the notes were like negotiable IOUs. Booth's Catalogue of the Revenue Stamps of the UK (3rd edn) lists 781 different Bill or Note stamps, not including tho...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:05 pm
- Forum: 1912-24 Royal Cypher
- Topic: Is this Flaw on N of One catalogued - New Member Help Please :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13854
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Hi Shawn, a quick note to say I agree that your plate allocations match the descriptions given in SG. I look forward to seeing your varieties. Mike
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: 1912-24 Royal Cypher
- Topic: Is this Flaw on N of One catalogued - New Member Help Please :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13854
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Shawn, just one other example of the flaw would strongly suggest it was a plate flaw, and not caused in some other way. Several more would clinch it! There isn't a more specialised catalogue. The flaws which are in the SG Specialised are but a small proportion of the total known (many flaws are smal...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:05 pm
- Forum: 1912-24 Royal Cypher
- Topic: Is this Flaw on N of One catalogued - New Member Help Please :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13854
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Hi Shawn, pleased to see you on the Discussion Board! I believe your control stamp is from Philatelic Plate 6a (by matching the control to those on plated pieces). I have a few C12 controls, including two from Plate 6a, but cannot find your flaw. That's not to say it isn't a plate flaw that develope...
- Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:20 pm
- Forum: Downey Heads
- Topic: Downey Head cutouts on "pink" paper
- Replies: 5
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Should have added Newspaper Wrappers and Letter Cards! But I can't find Fred's Voting Papers, or at least their class of stationery with Downey Heads, in Huggins and Baker.
- Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: Downey Heads
- Topic: Downey Head cutouts on "pink" paper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13228
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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1532_1.jpg Fred Smallbone e-mailed me with the following: I saw the question come up on the GBPS about the Pink Downey cutout, I tried to reply to it but have misplaced the password I use for the site. I have the answer to the question and have attac...
- Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:05 pm
- Forum: Downey Heads
- Topic: Downey Head cutouts on "pink" paper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13228
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Hi Bob
Huggins only lists the Downey Head on postcards (both PO issues and STO). I'm curious!
Mike
Huggins only lists the Downey Head on postcards (both PO issues and STO). I'm curious!
Mike
- Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:20 pm
- Forum: King Edward VIII
- Topic: Scarface flaw!
- Replies: 7
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Robin, nothing wrong with your idea, but it sounds like a lot of work! In any case, as far as Downeys are concerned, (and like you!) I've been working for years on your alternative suggestion – a book.
- Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:10 pm
- Forum: King Edward VIII
- Topic: Scarface flaw!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16354
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QEII commemoratives in the SG Specialised often (always?) have a list of Minor Constant Flaws which are not considered major enough to have a catalogue letter of their own. Years ago I tried to get similar lists of minor flaws included for KGV Downey Heads, and I shall be trying again in due course!...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Buying on ebay
- Replies: 8
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Robin, I don't know what you mean by having to give personal details to a dealer, this has never happened to me. To compare notes, I took a look at KEVIII on eBay and found 125 separate cylinder blocks (all values) for sale. Is that what you found? I would have thought that eBay would have been a va...
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:25 pm
- Forum: King Edward VII
- Topic: 5d. missing colour?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25225
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There ARE blue crayon marks on the stamp, but I was referring to the left-hand value tablet which is partly missing. Or am I partly missing something?!
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:10 pm
- Forum: King Edward VII
- Topic: 5d. missing colour?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25225
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You'll notice in my previous post that King Edward VII has a rather feminine hairstyle!
- Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:05 pm
- Forum: King Edward VII
- Topic: 5d. missing colour?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25225
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Here's a part-missing value tablet on a KEVII 5d. I guess this was caused by unwanted paper (or similar) on the plate at the time of printing.
Mike
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: Watermarks and Postal History
- Replies: 6
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Hi Ron and Eunice -- the watermarks show up well in your photographs. You can get a similar result on many scanners if they have a backlight (designed for scanning transparencies). Mike
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:05 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: Odd Blue-grey cancellation on Plate 56 Die 1
- Replies: 2
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I believe it's a normal Irish diamond numeral - see the attached image. Best wishes, Mike
- Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:05 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: Archer perforation - Help needed!!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9409
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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1207_1.jpg http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1207_2.jpg Denis, here are three examples from Plate 98. The Archer perforated stamps had Alphabet 1 letters; the officially-perforated stamps had Alphabet 2. I've noticed that the corner pe...
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:20 pm
- Forum: Stamp Books
- Topic: 1969 "Stamps for Cooks" - help wanted
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22496
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Ian Harvey has asked me to post this reply because we're having some problems with the Board. -- Ron, the vertical red line will undoubtedly be a "doctor blade" flaw - that is the ink wiper got a bit of dirt under it and dragged the ink down the stamps. On the Cook book, there is no need t...
- Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:00 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: Incoming registered charge
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8093
Incoming registered charge
A collector of Victoria (Australia) registered mail, Ronnie Winchester, contacted me recently with a GB query: I'm writing at the suggestion of one of your members in this part of the world, Nick Anning. I specialise in Registered Mail from Victoria 1845-1891. During the 1850s the UK imposed a 6d co...
- Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:00 pm
- Forum: 1912-24 Royal Cypher
- Topic: Paper production
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16390
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Mike, have you seen my article 'KGV Watermarked Papers' (GBJ, Vol. 28, pp. 106-114, 1990)?
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:05 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: Maltese Cross - the black ink transition
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8634
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I've placed a PDF on my Web site at
http://www.mjpublications.com/gbj/gbj_4 ... torial.pdf
Best wishes, Mike
http://www.mjpublications.com/gbj/gbj_4 ... torial.pdf
Best wishes, Mike
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:10 pm
- Forum: Telegraphs
- Topic: A general interest in P.O. Telegraphs
- Replies: 8
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Ian, I'd be interested to see if your data reflect the numbers issued which we printed in the Telegraphs book by Langmead and Huggins.
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:15 pm
- Forum: Pre-Stamp
- Topic: Two penny post - help appreciated
- Replies: 4
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Dear Ron and Eunice
I believe the name on the Unpaid Twopenny Post stamp is Bishopsgate (BpsGateWn).
The links on the Board work now -- the problem you were experiencing prompted me to ask Ben to fix it! Which he has.
I believe the name on the Unpaid Twopenny Post stamp is Bishopsgate (BpsGateWn).
The links on the Board work now -- the problem you were experiencing prompted me to ask Ben to fix it! Which he has.
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:00 pm
- Forum: Queen Elizabeth II
- Topic: £10 Britannia
- Replies: 0
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£10 Britannia
Does anyone know how many copies were printed of the £10 Britannia (SG 1658)? And is there any specialised plating study or other information beyond the SG Specialised out there?
- Thu May 14, 2009 7:10 pm
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: London double-rim c.d.s. in red
- Replies: 2
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Thanks Kevin, I missed it!
- Thu May 14, 2009 7:00 pm
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: London double-rim c.d.s. in red
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7515
London double-rim c.d.s. in red
http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/755_1.jpg I'm posting this query on behalf of Rune Mikalski. This postcard has a LONDON E.C. double-rim datestamp in RED. Rune has never seen it like this, he says it's usually in black. Neither of us can find this mark in Westley, and I can't find i...
- Sat May 09, 2009 7:15 pm
- Forum: King George V
- Topic: George V & later Coil Stamps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21439
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I've placed a PDF of Jean's Bibliography on the Web site: go to Journal, GBJ Archive. (Incidentally, the reference should be GBJ, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 110-111 (November 1978).)
Mike
Mike
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:10 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Perfins
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20015
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Good! We need to fix a bug in the program which is preventing links from working.
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Perfins
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20015
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The Perfin Society publishes the Tomkins Catalogue -- details on their Web site:
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:05 pm
- Forum: Surface Printed
- Topic: Surface Printed 8d Orange SG156
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11387
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Kevin, my cousin, John Jackson, collects Dutch Indies and offers the following background info on the cover: Cannot help with the stamp, but it was carried by the SS Bolivar of the West India and Pacific Steamship Company (W.I and P.S.C.). They operated out of Liverpool to various West Indian Ports....
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:00 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Victorian bisects
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6043
Victorian bisects
Hi James. Jean Alexander has found the following reference: The Illustrated London News, December 5 1885 p.577.
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:05 pm
- Forum: King George VI
- Topic: 1d blue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9865
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Hi James,
I've placed a PDF of the article on my Web site at
http://www.mjpublications.com/gbps/gbj_32_2_pp36-39.pdf
I've placed a PDF of the article on my Web site at
http://www.mjpublications.com/gbps/gbj_32_2_pp36-39.pdf
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: Stamp Books
- Topic: identifying individual stamps
- Replies: 12
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I agree it should be possible to identify the position of stamp which came from a booklet pane of six, by examining the perfs. But if the stamp is used off cover or piece, there's always the chance that scissors were used to clip the stamp from the envelope, producing a straight edge exactly like a ...
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: Postal Rates
- Topic: Postal Charges of insured Edward VII
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25987
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Theo, Michael Furfie's book on 20th century rates gives the weight unit as ½oz up to 1 Oct. 1907. The only reference I have to the reg. fee being included in the insurance fee is Wellsted's article that Harvey mentioned. The cover Wellsted illustrated from the NPM appears to show this, but do you ha...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: Postal Rates
- Topic: Postal Charges of insured Edward VII
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25987
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Theo, if the letter was over ½oz, another 2½d for postage, plus the 2d for registration, gives the correct total.
Both the insurance and the postage went in steps of 2½d, so I suppose it could have been 10d insurance (for £36) and 2½d postage (under ½oz).
Mike
Both the insurance and the postage went in steps of 2½d, so I suppose it could have been 10d insurance (for £36) and 2½d postage (under ½oz).
Mike
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:10 pm
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: Cancellation Query
- Replies: 3
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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/533_1.jpg Mackay's Postmarks of England and Wales (1988), p. 185, illustrates what Tim was saying. According to Mackay, it was used on newspapers or periodicals. The number at the top is apparently the identifying number of the London sub district of...
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:05 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: SG 8 Plate 45 Query
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8900
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The scan worked fine. It appears to me to be from Plate 31, which has a slightly tilting 'N' with a short line under it.
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: D22 Ciudad Bolivar cancel Plate 150
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9405
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Thanks Bob -- here's a JPG.
- Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:10 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: D22 Ciudad Bolivar cancel Plate 150
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9405
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Bob, if you send the PDF to me I'll make a JPG and post it to this thread.
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:00 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: KGVI CANCELLED postmark
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11077
KGVI CANCELLED postmark
The following query comes via Tim Burgess via Tony Walker: I recently acqured some GB covers and there is one where I have something I could not ascertain. The envelope is addressed to Buenos Aires, Argentina. It carries 2 2 pennies KG VI stamps. It has no date stamp but postmark that reads "CA...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:05 pm
- Forum: Machins
- Topic: 24p Machin forgery
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11551
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James, can't put my hands on any articles but here is a commercially used example. Mike
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Cavendish auction catalogue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6772
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Hi Alexios -- it was in the Cyril Kidd collection, Cavendish 26 Apr. 1997, Lot 627. Est. £100; realised £120. Best wishes, Mike
- Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:05 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: Plate 3 or 4?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6281
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It is Plate 3 according to Dendy Marshall. Sorry!
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:20 pm
- Forum: Surface Printed
- Topic: Possible frame break in 1d lilac
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13310
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Part 2 of Ron Lee's book is available from the Society at
http://www.gbps.org.uk/books.htm
but unfortunately frame breaks were covered in Part 1 (long out of print).
http://www.gbps.org.uk/books.htm
but unfortunately frame breaks were covered in Part 1 (long out of print).
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:10 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: Bibliography for postal history collecting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9035
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From the point of view of trying to figure out what the markings or rates on a cover are, I would include the following: Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland by Alcock and Holland - still indispensable. UK Letter Rates by Tabeart England's PH and the set of County Catalogues by Willcocks/Jay Posta...
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: Postal Rates
- Topic: Parliamentary Notice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19667
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Interesting! GPO Instruction No. 36, 27 Nov. 1848, laid down some rules for Parliamentary Notices. They "must be posted on or before the 12th December, at the General Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand . . ." followed by the main POs and a list of 16 other towns. In this Instruction, a reg...