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It sounds fun with the combination of colours in various booklets and it would be interesting to find how many variations there are around. That survey sounds like a good idea. I have suggested that Jean put her fridge in for a competition - are there likely to be any other contestants in the philat...

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Robin Many thanks for the offer of the set of booklets but unfortunately I had already ordered them from UK before I read your note on the list. I must be getting impatient in my old age. (Actually, more likely I did it before I forgot!) I appreciate the offer anyway, though it would have been a fai...

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Harvey, Many thanks for the generous offer and I will take you up on that willingly. It will go nicely with the selection of panes and covers supplied by someone with a collection to drool over! Snail mail:- E and R Shanahan 61 Melrose Drive Flinders View 4305 Queensland Australia Many thanks and be...

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Robin, Why had I not seen that in British Stamp Booklets - part 8 ? Mystery explained - I have parts 1-7 but unfortunately no part 8. I will have to find out if part 8 is still available. Is there much more information regarding the KEVIII booklets in part 8 than in part 3 ? Were the contents the sa...

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Paul, Many thanks for your swift reply and my apologies for what was indeed a 'wrong 'un' it should as you say have been apple green. Appreciate that. Robin, Thanks for the information and I will check out that BSB Part 8. I know the feeling about notes made and losing the sense of. Regards to all. ...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1667_1.jpg Hello All, Having been 'geed up' by Robin R to do something with my run of Edward VIII booklets I have a query about blotting paper in the 3/- booklet, edition number 320. The first interleaf is Fords Blotting Paper and in the booklets I h...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1665_1.jpg Hello All, Having been 'geed up' by Robin R to do something with my run of Edward VIII booklets I have a query about blotting paper in the 3/- booklet, edition number 320. The first interleaf is Fords Blotting Paper and in the booklets I h...

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Hi Robin, Many thanks for that information - much appreciated. I really did not know who to check with about it but you have come up trumps! Glad to hear that the link worked for you, it seems that the next word after the link was also included in the link in both instances. I tried again using more...

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Hi all, Sorry for this. The first link should be http://www.earsathome.com/keviii/keviii/e8mavar2.html which takes you to the relevant page and the other one http://www.earsathome.com/stamps.html takes you to the stamps page where you can click on the link. Apologies for a Monday morning post!! Rega...

earsathome

Hello again,
For some reason those links on the previous message are not working.
Till I have sorted it you can get to us at
http://www.earsathome.com/stamps.html

and on the right hand side click on
Keing Edward the Eighth - A collection.

Apologies and thanks.
Ron.

earsathome

Hello All, Can anyone advise me if there is a way to highlight phosphor lines on a scan using either Photostudio 5.5 or PhotoStacker Pro. I am trying to illustrate a strip from the bottom of the second pane of stamps in a £1 book of stamps and the story of Wedgwood. This is the se-tenant strip of 2½...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1636_1.jpg Hello all, We have a block of 30 of the Morocco Agencies 15 centimos Spanish currency showing the variety on stamp number 5 in row 5. Unfortunately we do not know the cylinder number on which the variety appears. Can anyone help? You can c...

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Hello James, We thought we could find this immediately as it is obviously a London District Post cancellation so we checked the book by H. C. Westley for EC63. However, there is nothing for any 63 and although examples show the numbers they mostly have a square behind the figures not an oval in that...

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Hi Robin,
This 'bogus' proof is generally accepted to have originated in the Netherlands.
The 'normal' advertised price for this one is £94.50 so far as I can ascertain.
Have often considered buying one myself just for interest but never got around to it.
Regards.
Ron.

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Robin, Well, there's honest isn't it? (grin) I think I have grasped at least the gist of what you explained and such a pity I have not had the opportunity of being on a guided tour of a printing works. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a dvd which showed the various printing processes in easy stages ...

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Robin,
Thanks for that info about the doctor blade flaw. Presumably the printing process is different on the booklet - I will have to delve into the pamphlets I have on the booklets.
Appreciate that update.
Ron.

earsathome

Hi Robin,
You may not get too many responses re the watermarks as we were talking watermarks on paper rather than stamps here (grin)
Might be worth starting another thread?
Ron.

earsathome

Harvey, That seems odd - I would have thought that most catalogue editors would be only too pleased to get additional information. Should I ask which catalogue - we are not talking S.G. are we? Why would he/she publish them in their own magazine but not in the catalogue - seems barmy. The only time ...

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Robin,
Yes, very clear on the left hand block.
I have checked through my collection and do not appear to have any examples.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is an interneg flaw?
I presume it is something to do with the negative, but what exactly?.

Ron.

earsathome

Hi Robin,
Nice one but not constant I think. If it were it would have been catalogued by now.
Scan shows a block of the 10stop with no scarface!
Cheers
Ron.

earsathome

Hello again Robin,
Herewith as requested - hope it is OK.

Ron

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1424_1.jpg Hello Robin, Heavy rain here has meant a day indoors and I have been poring over Kirk and have finished up quite confused about the various states of this cylinder. I think you are right about one state of the stop and two states of the no...

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Hello Barry and welcome to the list.
Thanks for the response and for taking the trouble to check the catalogue.
I have the list published by Mike Holt of booklets and panes and he does not mention it there.
I will just have to add it to the 'unusual' section of the collection.
Regards
Ron.

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Barry, Thanks for the response on this too. Now at least I know that that type of flaw is not uncommon. As you say, it does look effective. Like yourself I am very interested in booklets of G.B. (and the world) and am always interested in sharing information. I gave up on the last of our booklet col...

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Harvey Thanks for that - I should have known there would be a society for collectors. I'm afraid that 350 years is the max. we can manage. We were interested simply as additions to the 'write up' of the letters - a reaction to the competitive rules which suggested that nothing that was not relevant ...

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Thanks Mike,
Neither of our scanners are backlit so we will just have to continue with the sun on windows method as it works OK - grin!
I suppose that watermarks are a bit 'esoteric' but we have been underwhelmed with response.
big grin!
Cheers
Ron.

earsathome

Hello all, As collectors of Postal History we like to check out as many aspects of the old letters as possible. When transcribing the letters we came across quite a selection of watermarks and wondered how to get copies to illustrate them. We asked on a chat board and the resulting suggestions left ...

earsathome

Hi Robin,
Not sure about the two states but if it is of any help here is a scan of the ones I have for comparison.
Cheers
Ron.

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Hi Robin,
Good thought but the problem is that Cyprus was not the only country to issue the Medallic Pattern Crown. I had checked for the crown on the 'coins' list on e-bay and was surprised at the amount as I had never even heard of that before.
Thanks
Ron.

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Robin, There should have been a big grin after the 'inverted watermarks would be one clue' part of my previous post. It did come up on the board - maybe because I used the greater than less than keys around it. So, sorry if that sounded a bit 'off'. Another grin. I am afraid that I must be a bit nai...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1358_1.jpg Robin, Well, inverted watermarks would be one clue Also you could look for trimmed perfs which would characterise booklet issues. However, particularly with used, it is more likely that the selvedge would have been removed, I believe P.O. ...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1347_1.jpg http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1347_2.jpg Hello all, We have received a query as follows:- "I have been researching a crossed letter written in 1829 sent from Newfoundland Canada to the Isle of Wight England. From th...

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As a follow up to my last posting I have checked through our collection and have examples of the three varieties you scanned.
Thanks for the information and that is somethinge else I can note on the writeup.
Regards
Ron.

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Nogwig
I haven't heard of, or seen, an Oxo money box.
Amazing what is around isn't it.
Appreciate the comments regarding the date etc.
Regards.
Ron.

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Thanks nogwig for posting the information and the scans.
Something else I can have a look for, I have not seen them before either. It's amazing really that we can spend so long collecting what I originally thought to be a very limited collecting reign.
Wrong wasn't I?

Regards.
Ron.

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Hi Harvey, Thanks for that information - I see what you mean about the perforations. Unfortunately, I don't have a SG Part 1 - I start at Part 2. I haven't heard of a "shifted transfer" and can find no mention of it in the SG part 2, A.J. Kirk or Leslie Wilkinson. That's one of things that...

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Hi Robin, Thanks for that information on dry prints (and offsets to boot) - that's clarified it for me very well. I had put a thread on the QEII category regarding 'ink bleed' on the 2p Machin (no feedbanck on that) and perhaps that was caused by too much ink. If that is so then presumably the print...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1230_1.jpg http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1230_2.jpg Hi all, An album I bought many years ago, when I first became interested in KEVIII included a single stamp as illustrated. This single stamp came with the original collection with...

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Hi Robin , Do you have an actual description of 'dry print'? To me, It implies that there was insufficient ink to make a full impression, but there is no actual definition listed in my edition of the 4 Kings catalogue, though Offsets and Double Prints are described. That is an impressive piece shown...

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Hello Robin, Welcome back to KEVIII Thanks for the posting and for keeping an eye open for any information on the stamp holder. I must admit I am not holding my breath as there does not seem to be much info. about. Regarding the constant flaw - I have a full sheet of the 2½d (which unfortunately a v...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1210_1.jpg Hi all, I have a stamp booklet holder which is machine tooled and has Crown ER May 12. 1937 engraved at bottom right. Interesting because that is the date of the Coronation of George 6th, not Edward VIII, who was not in fact crowned. Does ...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1198_1.jpg http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1198_2.jpg Hello All, I have a 'pack' which contains the complete set of KEVIII stamps plus the British Medallic Pattern Crown. I have been unable to find any information regarding the sourc...

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Harvey,
Our e-mail address is
ears@gil.com.au
Thanks.
Ron.

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Mike, Further to my posting - I have checked the cylinder blocks and sheets I have and can find nothing that looks like the shade you describe. There is no mention of anything of this type in the King Edward VIII by Lt-Col J.B.M. Stanton published by the GBPS, nor in the KEVIII by A.J.Kirk, also pub...

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Mike,
I have a fair number of 2½d values, perhaps if you were to scan the 'Golden Blue' alongside a normal it would show the difference.
Regards
Ron.

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Harvey, I had viewed that display of yours and turned more than just green. I loved it. I have one each of the booklets and that is it. The cylinder panes, punched and cancelled I have never seen. How on earth did you manage to find all of those. I get a reasonable amount of dealers lists, auction c...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1165_1.jpg http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1165_2.jpg Harvey..... Who was a naughty boy then - defacing Government property!! That must be going back a few years I suspect - about what era would that be? I will not be throwing these ...

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http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1152_1.jpg http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1152_2.jpg Hi all, Can anyone help me with the status of handpunched copies of all four denominations of the KEVIII stamps. I have the S.G. G.B. Four Kings specialised catalogue (eleventh ed...

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Dear Martin, Thank you for that swift response. That is absolutely wonderfull, exactly what we needed to know and we are very grateful for all the trouble you took over this. How on earth did you manage to get hold of that report. This is going to be such a great help to us in our future researches....

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Can anyone help us with this please : We have been asked when delivery of mail began - outside of London, and have been unsuccessful in finding out this information - none of our reference books (including Oxley's The English Provincial Local Posts 1765-1840 ) give this information. We have informat...

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