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Another Discovery I recently made concerning variations of paper used to print stamps has been that of the 1/6d regional for Scotland on watermarked paper, first issued on the 1st of march 1967, with what appears to be whiter and cream type paper being used. This can be observed in the following att...

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This is how the media responded shortly after the declaration was made by the Royal Mail on the 1st of February 2022, regarding the invalidation of decimal postage stamps from 1971. IMG_20220328_080039.jpg There has even been a petition made to parliament that was rejected ! https://petition.parliam...

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After reading the review presented by Guy Thomas (the editor) in the Stamp Magazine forum regarding the new issues of the recently issued bar-coded definitives on the following link > https://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/news/article/matrix-coded-definitives/27675 and in combination with the following re...

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In retrospect I did mention that the new type of paper created in 1992 would solve the previous problems encountered in the past, but on inspecting some of the used 1993 Greetings (gift-giving) stamps (printed on this new type of paper) I have discovered variations to the contrary: The 1993 Greeting...

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Thanks for the general overview relating to the telegraph stamps Winston, on searching the web I have now found a very comprehensive coverage of these Cinderella type issues of bygone years introduced by Steve Hiscocks followed by numerous images, lists and graphs regarding these issues compiled by ...

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I put this differential phosphor bands finding (including scans) to the late professor Austin J Barnes back on the 27th & 30th of July 2020 and this was his reply firstly on the 27th > "Similar to the previous phosphors, violet phosphor was applied contained in a resin (cyanuric acid-formal...

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Winston, you state that from 1876 normal postage stamps was prohibited from use on telegraph forms, so why am I finding Victorian postage stamps being used by 1900 on telegrams, and at what stage did the prohibition cease ? WM.

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Knowing very little about telegrams prompted me to ask you the question Winston, however, I have since decided to look into the matter further, and discovered the answer that I needed from an article in Linn's stamp news of the 13th of October 2003 by Rick Miller under "insights", which co...

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I always thought that the Wilding multiple crown 2d left band (blue phosphor) had only been printed on a cream paper but I can now report the finding of this stamp being printed on a white paper. The cream paper stamp issued and shown in the attachment for those interested as to when and where phosp...

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Tell me Winston were stamps affixed to telegrams as proof of payment prior to the GPO taking over from the private sector in the early 1870s, or was this an adopted method used only by the GPO after taking over ?

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Have you ever wondered from where many of the finer used Victorian definitives came from that have a circular date stamp, then look no further than this little article I recently posted in the back-lot relating to telegrams past and present which also includes a telegram sent in 1900 that must have ...

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Back in 1900 the main method for communication comprised mainly of sending a letter when normally the recipient would receive it within about 2 days dependent on the recipients UK address. Today's methods of communication varies quite considerably with a large majority of it being transmitted via em...

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It would appear that I have now found the answer relating to these particular overprints, the like of which can be found on the 'GB Overprints Society' web site that gives the explanation : The large overprints were produced in order to identify the stamps and their denomination in poorly candle lit...

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As an inquisitive sort of person I am a bit puzzled regarding the following : I would like to know as to why two stamps that was already printed with denominations of 3d & 6d was overprinted with identical amounts, I could have understood it if the values had been different, but they was the sam...

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It would appear that the more I look into these multiple crown Wilding papers, the more I am convinced that a cream paper was produced long after 1962 to print Wilding stamps, contrary to the post office declaration made of that year. Here is further evidence to substantiate my belief that this was ...

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Hi Mike, Over the last few years I have been studying the various papers found to have been used to produce British stamps during the Elizabethan period but was not aware of Victorian stamp papers concerning with what you have described, is there any chance of exhibiting these anomalies in the form ...

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Perhaps Einstein was correct when he gave this quotation, as seen on this 38p stamp of Gibraltar issued in 1998 >

WM.

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As far as I can ascertain, the first stamps to be printed using this new type of "dead paper" was the re-engraved high value 'castles' featuring a gold head and for the first time incorporating an eliptical perforation on either side of each stamp as an additional security measure. The ori...

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The use of different papers used to print the more modern British stamps during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ll is a lot more prolific and prevalent than first thought, especially since the removal of watermarks in the paper, much of which can be attributed to the automatic sorting of mail since the...

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Using the damp paper method once more I decided to take a look at the 1990/1992 NVI 1st class Orange stamps, the majority of which I have to hand are mainly individuals from booklets with either imperf top or imperf bottom, but I did find a few from sheets with perforations all round, and on inspect...

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Soaking the 17p Dark Blue Machin centre band off paper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The use of the long wave ultraviolet lamp has many advantages in detecting fluorescence in papers, but whilst soaking some stamps off paper I noticed a very peculiar reaction in that when the stamps were we...

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Since my original discovery of the 1970 5d Christmas stamp in May of this year, I can now inform you that another Christmas issue has been found to have been printed on two different papers, it concerns the 14p 1988 issue appertaining to cream and whiter papers, ironically the cream paper version on...

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After the comments made by Winston " (which I don't know for those sort of varieties), and you have your answer to how long is a piece of string ", and with Jims' statement about not collecting mint printing errors, they are both sounding rather vague with negative explanations in my estim...

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It would appear that comments by the late Mr. Gerry Bater FRPSL has also been made on the subject of the Wilding multiple crown papers, and he came to a similar conclusion with regards to the need for masking/camouflaging of the fluorescent contamination created by some of the rags that were inappro...

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From where have you found any conflicting information Larry ?

If you enter into the GBPS' search engine at the top of the page "Wilding castles" and Input frame 8 you will find all the correct relevant information that you need for the Bradbury Wilkinson no watermark castles.
WM

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Good morning Calumfred, There is an article on the tadpole flaw in the 1958 GBJ by J W Stevens to be found in volume 1 no. 7 pages 84/5 that may be of interest for you. Due to the fact that you was unable to locate the article previously being a relevant newcomer, I thought a scan of the article wou...

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With such a large amount of 4d deep ultramarine values that have been printed on different papers I had run out of space for additional attachments as only 10 are allowed per separate posting, so here are further variations to be found, below you will find the 8mm violet phosphors from printed sheet...

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Over the past few years in my study of the multiple crown Wilding stamp papers I have had the pleasure of making contact with other specialist collectors on various subjects, and amongst them was professor Austin J Barnes who furnished me with various documentary material and much useful information...

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Good luck to you then Jim, as the majority of prices for used varieties, flaws and miss-prints are also not listed in the majority of catalogues. WM

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So much for your previous comments then !!! WM

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Then according to your estimation Jim, what would be your valuation regarding this particular booklet pane with dual printing errors.
Just out of curiousity ! WM

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When one mentions a "doctor blade" flaw it usually brings to mind an individual straight line of colour in varying widths that's been created during an error in printing, however, this is not always the case, I recently purchased a booklet of the 14p all over phosphor (AOP) also known as (...

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The same author Mr Kim Tomlinson has also compiled a compendium of Smiler booklet stamp lists with the odd ? Inserted, in order to view the lists you can find them on this site location > https://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=170357 Should you wish to follow up with any additional i...

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If videos on philately are your thing H, then try this site sponsored by the American philatelic Society
https://stamps.org/news/v/videos/p/1
Cheers ! WM

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IMG_20210715_055036.jpg Unlike many of the other lower values of this series of multiple crown watermarked stamps, the phosphor version of the 1/6d Wilding stamp was not released until the 12th of December 1966, having 9½mm violet phosphor bands that consisted of the band on either side of the stam...

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IMG_20210723_222343.jpg The 4d Wilding value is a stamp that has lasted throughout the complete Wilding series, and was first issued on the 2nd of November 1953 going through various changes over the years involving 3 types of watermark, the addition of graphite lines, phosphor graphites and a vari...

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It must have been during the 1960s when visiting a collectors fair as I recall when I purchased this philatelic magazine for the price of 2/- by the name of "Monthly Stamp Digest" that was issued during February of 1949 with a retail price of 6d. IMG_20210707_184547.jpg When I look through...

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As everyone knows it is always handy to have a quick reference guide relating to a particular philatelic subject especially when writing up an article or checking against items you already have or wish to acquire in order to complete a set or series of stamps that are of interest. A stamp catalogue ...

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For a relevant newcomer from what you have just said H, you appear to have all the rudiments appertaining to a sensible philatelist, as being always on the lookout for the unusual and in search for bargains and things that other collectors may have missed. If you stick to that philosophy I don't thi...

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Yes indeed H, And one of the more intriguing developments of recent times has been the purchase of the worlds most rarest stamp, that being the British Guiana 1¢ magenta of 1856 by Stanley Gibbons of The Strand London where it will eventually be displayed. This is what Victoria lajer (the managing d...

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If you have the odd hour to spare you may wish to have a look at the development of stamp catalogues from their humble beginnings to the current day told by Hugh Jefferies MBE catalogue editor of Stanley Gibbons PLC, it can be viewed on YouTube by using the following link. https://youtu.be/j_IIH59Fo...

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IMG_20210716_131146.jpg My last two articles on fluorescent papers have been previously concerned with the 3d Wales (plain) and the 1/3d Northern Ireland both of which are regional stamps, found to having been printed on fluorescent paper but not listed in the specialised catalogue. My findings on ...

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IMG_20210714_200757.jpg As a follow-on from my previous posting appertaining to the 1/3d Northern Ireland stamp found to have been printed on a highly fluorescent paper, I have now discovered several other regionals that when exposed to long wave ultraviolet light also have a high reaction of fluor...

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IMG_20210714_200736.jpg In 1967 the Wilding stamps was being replaced to make way for the new Arnold Machin portrait stamps, but one particular value that did not get replaced was the 1/3d value, from their original concept back in 1952 this was one of the values that had lasted the course and one ...

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I'm sure that you will understand the meaning of GPO as being the post office without getting too technical. According to what you say then Glenn, it would make no difference if Bury or Rochdale was stated to be in Devon providing the correct postcode was used. I believe that if an address is being ...

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What does make sense Jim in my humble opinion is that these variations of paper definitely exist that have been produced since 1962 that show cream, whiter, fluorescent and contaminated papers that are easily identified under long wave ultraviolet light, therefore I don't see anything too specialise...

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Here is a good example that shows the difference between two types of paper concerning the printing of the 1/6d phosphor stamps, it can be seen that the stamps printed from cylinder 1 no dot are darker than those printed from cylinder 8 dot and that the darker paper has a tendency to show the phosph...

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Here's another one for the pot being a 5/- m/m Bahamas stamp issued in 1884 purchased recently for £22. IMG_20210619_214939_copy_720x482.jpg The nearest that I could compare it with regarding a British stamp would be the 1883 5/- crimson (SG 181) recently sold at auction for $475 found on Shreves ph...

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It was just over 12 months ago that I first reported the various mistakes made by both the post office and Royal Mail stating the location of towns in Greater Manchester as being in Lancashire. During this time there has been 3176 views of this topic and nothing seems to have been rectified since th...

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Looking at similar stamps from the British colonies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently paid £4 for this pair of 6d Bahamas stamps in mounted mint condition that was issued in 1884 which equates to £2 per stamp. IMG_20210619_222212.jpg On looking at British stamps of around the same period ...

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