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could well be encroachment; the top marginal perf does not seem to be in skew with the stamp perfs. I only collect used controlsand mostly singles, so have no comparisons...
James

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All GV, EVIII, GVI and EII pre-decimal stamps were valid until decimalisation cooling off 29. Feb 1972.
cheers
James

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thanks mate!

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Is there a definitive answer, whether the GVI £1 stamps were only valid until 29.02.1972 or are they still valid like the early EII Castles? I have a registered cover from late September 1990 with the GVI £1 brown paying some of the £1.75 reg fee and 97p in decimal stamps slightly underpaying the 26...

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thanks Paul, a great site!
best
James

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Interesting! The "joined" S & T appears on all my inverted watermark versions but not on upright watermark copies. The other bits are probably just foreign bodies on the plate, which should have been noticed but do not qualify as errors, methinks.
Best
James

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There was an article in Stamp Collecting 14/9/1967 by A.J.Barnes in whicj he listed the order of facing machines brought into use and also expansion of sales of phosphor stamps with Southampton Nov 59 including a 25-30 mile radius around the HPO area until June 60 when it was restricted to Southampt...

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Does anyone know why the famous booklet pane 72 was printed with green adverts?

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Those dates certainly tally with the SG, Michel and Stoneham ones but The Woodstock and Booth catalogues have slightly diverging dates I see.

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I do not collect mint.

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For me personally nothing! I am not the right person to ask.

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I am not quite sure what you mean here. The frame break on the 4d 46th conference stamp is catalogued as W8b and has been for many years, latest version with a cat price of £35 versus 40p for the normal stamp. Seems a reasonable ratio as only a fraction of collectors will be really interested. The i...

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Useful overview thanks!

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Fascinating stuff but still much too specialised for your average collector. Fluorescence has come into the 4 Kings catalogue to an extent with EVII listings and general comments about the fluorescent colour reactions between different printers on early GV stamps. I am sure it could be a worthwhile ...

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see the article by Michael Lockton in GBJ vol. 50 no. 5 here on the website. If you are looking for postal stationery more generally, a good start is "Collect British Postal Stationery" by Huggins and Baker, published by the GBPS. Almost certainly available to borrow from the library as I ...

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EVIII controls cylinders EKU.pdf: (90.57 KiB) Downloaded 503 times

actually you only need the earliest dates as they were still being posted years later. Enclosed my modest overview. Interested to see the results.
ATB
James

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I have about 40 on cover and 20 off with sufficient date detail and will try to put them into a table of some kind tomorrow.

I presume dot/no dot do not need to be kept separate for this exercise.

ATB
James

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Can anyone confirm whether cut-outs from postal stationery have since been forbidden again? A friend just asked me as he recalled there being some decision made in the 70's. That would explain why I have 1967 cut-outs gone through the mail ok but 2 from the 90's charged postage due as contrary to re...

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A shame that the Deegam handbook missed Wildings; Douglas would have got his teeth into the paper question I am sure!

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Thanks for the tip and directing me to that powerpoint presentation. Fascinating but the same basic information on issuing post offices.

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Thanks!

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Thank you!

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Robin,
I do not collect mint stamps so maybe someone else's advice should be taken there.
Sorry
James

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Robin, if only! On cover I find E8R and Tudor Crown the most difficult to see. Holding up at an angle to a good North light is still the best. If you are talking just stamps, should not be that difficult, acetate tray with lighter fluid should show the watermark. Dates do not really help except for ...

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Dear "Sark"
thanks for that overview and yes indeed I would be very interested in seeing the Allalabad, Trinidad and Transvaal cards as well as the bisected ½d Jubilee, the 1¼d FDC and with 2d blues late fee.
If you prefer you can mail me scans to james-heal@arcor.de
cheers
James

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I am preparing an article about QV pre-printed postcards and would be very grateful for scans of any of the following items: 1¼d cards uprated to 2¼d or 3¼d for July-December 1875 usage to Italy, Greece etc via France before France used the new UPU rates; 2½d rates April-June 1879 via Brindisi to va...

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Ron,
Alcock & Holland record that this Fig. 2062 (Fig. 996 in A Short History) was in use between the wars at various ports including Southampton.
Regards
James

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http://www.postageduemail.org.uk

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Ron, great source is the Postage Due Mail Study Group. There was a series of 6 articles on these stamps 2002-2004 in great detail especially about the jetters. Anyway IS is for Inland Section and FB Foreign Branch. The extra index letter is presumed to differentiate various handstamps of the same de...

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Hi Ron,

Because the higher values were also and more commonly used for other aspects like collecting customs charges.

Regards
James

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Can anyone help me here? The enclosed newspaper wrapper was posted for ½d to Germany presumably in the 1880's - I cannot find rates for this period. From 1892 the normal printed paper rate was ½d for anywhere, but before then? Cheers James Sorry, I originally posted the bantam on an inland bookpost ...

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thanks Ron and Robin,
I got a similar response from Stephen Sayer. It must be an early print as used on FDC and I understand the flaw developed. You live and learn!
ATB
James

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Ron, thanks your help; I had forgotten about that article but have just reread it and looked at the pictures on screen at high magnification. I see you were in there at the time too! Unfortunately my block has a margin of only 13mm so I cannot check th fascinating wildlife elements described. Howeve...

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This variety is listed as P3b on cylinder 2 no dot on the stamp next to the control. I just discovered what I thought must be this variety on an FDC but am unsure as the b/w picture in the 4 Kings shows the strand of hair at a slightly different position. Can anyone confirm or otherwise?
Thanks
James

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Sent from Hounslow Middlesex but no idea who was being mournde.

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Almost certainly LO at left and therefore either London W or London NW. West would fit St James. Can you post a scan?
ATB
James

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afraid it is just a postcatd cutout. Fun though. The rate was only for surface mail so presumably it did not go by air or are there cancels on the reverse showing air mail?

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Russell, the first 2 are Cypher labels with the insignia of the Monarch (in use since William III) and intrinsically combined with revenue fees as on the third blue label covering the silver staple. I cannot tell from the design what £1 fee was being documented here but it is probably seen in the do...

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just saw this in a local auction and cannot find any reference to it. Is it a recognized flaw or irrelevant?

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Mike, I tried to take photos of three stamps with these three watermark types, viz.:

3d A.12 type I
9d G15 type II
9d N19 type III
cheers James

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have since found the description in Beaumont and Stanton, see enclosed.
Regards
James

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Mike, I do not think the types have anything to do with whether they are left, middle or right. All watermarks at that time were still to be found in different places. The differences are in the shape of the letters but it would certainly help if there were better real pictures of these in the liter...

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I was wondering whether there is a definitive list available when different towns starting using phosphor stamps. Proper commercial usage can only be from areas where they were actually in use. There was a useful article by A.J. Barnes back in 1967 in Stamp Collecting which helps but I am not sure w...

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Manfred, this is a standard slogan postmark first used I think 1937 and then regularly. Presumably just an attempt at better efficiency but nothing really to do with late fees or too late aspects.

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actually interested in both copies if still available. One for me and one for a friend in Holland.
Please let me know
cheers
James

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Hi
interested in Akerman Half Penny Plating. Would it be possible to pick up at the York meeting?
cheers
James

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Thanks! I knew I had read about the scheme recently and scoured any literature I had but to no avail. Also tried the index to GBJ.Just checked Arthur Blackburn (the sender) who presumably was the highly decorated Australian military man writing to his brother or some relation in New York.That 12 of ...

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During WWI due to the danger of ships being sunk and post lost it was possible to send duplicate post marked accordingly on the envelope. I have been looking for the references to this and cannot find it at present so would be pleased if anyone could point me in the right direction! I think there wa...

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I was sorting through old newsletters and came across the discussion several years ago about flat topped 3's. Recently found this in my used abroad album which I had never looked at closely before. The stamp itself 4d plate 13 SG 94 is not recorded as used in Cobija although it fits the timescale fo...

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