Hi everyone I collect any postally used items and postal ephemera for: Chingford - Barred oval circled 84, 833 or skeletons 'Chingford To pay' Chingford station Road E4 London E4 skeletons and registered Highams park Hale end ( so Xylonite factory) London EC84 barred oval Sewardstone Gilwell ( scout...

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I know very little about cutouts? can anyone point me in the direction of further reading? I have several from 1870-1946.
thanks. Mark

Brilliant!. Thanks

Brilliant, thank you. And I wondered why the heavy dirty parcel post copies which are considerably obliterated, still command premium prices, unlike lower values. Obviously postally used and scarcer.
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Mark

Hi guys, Something I feel I should know but don’t. I’m currently looking to buy a £1 green seahorse, and have noticed that there is a large number of Channel Islands and Glasgow cancels on this and other high vials such as the £5 orange, 1883 £1 and the KEVII £1 green. Why the plethora? We’re they p...

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Hello all. Does anyone know of reference book or catalogue for registered envelopes, and registered labels for the UK
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Mark

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I have a postcard London to Belgium, 1915. It bears this unusual strike I don’t recognise. Any ideas? Is it a censor mark? Any suggestions appreciated.
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Mark

Thanks. Ive never had one so its added to my collection. I suspected it was a 'lighter' copy of the front, but it intrigues me that the office receiving would stamp both front and back. The only one in my collection that has that.

Cheers buddy. agree, term rare is a bit OTT. Never parting with it- bought it at a stamp fair in North Wales when I was about 12. Fell in love with faults and have collected them ever since. But never strayed in to scarcity or value. Bought for beauty. Recollect I bought it for 25p which was 5 times...

Excellent thanks.
Was always a conundrum for me but your answer makes complete sense.
M

Hi Everyone
Had this penny red in my collection since I was a boy and would like to know if its a common or rare fault. Paper folded at printing stage. Done some research and cant seem to find much on it. rarity/ value etc
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Mark

Hi everyone I'm interested in, and collect all things, postally connected to Chingford( East London/Essex). This cover Shows "TP Chingford" and assume it originated there. Chingford was a receiving office covered by Woodford. ( The 53 cancellation on the lower stamp confirms this. ) I assu...

Hi everyone Picked up an envelope recently with a nice bold Maltese cross on the front. The wrapper contents suggest is posted from Paddington, to Bank, London. 1842. However, the reason for the purchase, and interest, is the double line Maltese cross on the back. Ive never owned one so picked it up...