Great Britain Philatelic Society

Wilding Mad

I can now report the finding of two different papers used to print the 1970 5d Christmas stamp, on comparison one of which appears to be of a non-fluorescent type set against a quite highly fluorescent one that reacts strongly under long wave ultraviolet light. The fact that these paper differences ...

Wilding Mad

Somehow, l had a feeling that you would mention the Deegam catalogue ! But where are the contaminated papers to be found for the Machin decimal stamps that have been discovered ? This is also applicable to some of the earlier multiple crown Wilding stamps of which the RPSL have been aware of now for...

Wilding Mad

Many thanks for the additional information regarding the guillotined perforation at the top of the lighter shaded stamp (well spotted ! ), this stamp does indeed appear to have originated from a booklet with the darker shaded one coming from a sheet. There is certainly a difference in the value sett...

Wilding Mad

Whilst going through some off paper kiloware sourced from the early 1980s, I came across a 14p grey-blue Machin that did not seem to fit the bill. What initially struck me was the difference in colour this particular stamp was in comparison to the others found in the same batch being of a much light...

Wilding Mad

Mr. Frank Walton RDP FRPSL made mention to variations in some of the papers used to print Wilding stamps in my topic " The multiple crown Wilding stamp papers 2 " on the 6th of May 2020 and I made further comments at a later date on the 12th of November appertaining to the use of additives...

Wilding Mad

It would appear that from your answer Winston

(which I don't know for those sort of varieties)

and stating the length of a piece of string as an example is all rather vague.
Many thanks for your words of wisdom though. WM.

Wilding Mad

Just how do you evaluate a printing flaw/error that can't be found in a specialised stamp catalogue, as usually the ones that are listed are from a positional part of the sheet with the error being constantly reproduced on a regular basis. An example of this type of printing error is portrayed below...

Wilding Mad

With the majority of attachments previously shown so far, the images have been seen to compare the differences between cream and whiter papers, so just for a change I would like to show you a similarity rather than the difference. I selected a 6d plain used stamp that had been cancelled in 1960 bein...

Wilding Mad

It would appear that even a child can tell the difference between the variations of papers, especially the fluorescent ones as seen compared to the cream ones. IMG_20210308_011649.jpg Nevertheless Mr Walton reported back on the 6th of May 2020 that this was of minor philatelic interest and the fluor...

Wilding Mad

Hiya LM, any chance of posting a scan of this £1 whiter variety of paper that you have discovered, alongside a cream one front & reverse for comparison ? This is just an example of a frontal view showing the difference between cream and whiter papers under long wave UV, in this case it concerns ...

Wilding Mad

Hi there Larry 2259, The first printings of the high-value castles was made by Waterlow in 1955 using the Edward crown watermarked paper and was also used by De La Rue up to 1959 when the watermark was changed to the multiple crown design, and according to the book all Edward crown watermarks should...

Wilding Mad

As of yet there's been no response to this posting that was made several months ago, and in view of that fact I have decided to show you another value that is not only different in shade but also relates to the paper used to print them. It concerns the 4d deep ultramarine, none-phosphor with multipl...

Wilding Mad

Apparently it's a false alarm as Mr Tim Clarke, a specialist on these issues has confirmed it is a plate 177 due to the placement of the 7's and the positioning of the check letters. Ah well ! we all live in hopes of one day finding that elusive stamp. I have just received further information that t...

Wilding Mad

A report of a possible find of a penny red plate 77 has just been made on the Stamp Magazine forum by a John Crawford, the following details can be found on...... https://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=170031 His report makes interesting reading for anyone interested on this issue. WM.

Wilding Mad

I have a tendency to agree with you AB1961 ! What have you to say on the replacement aspect of the 1967 Machin design ? Many collectors think that the same portrait introduced 53 years ago has now become boring and obsolete, with a lack of response and initiative from certain quarters over their rep...

Wilding Mad

Since my original posting back in May, I have taken further close-up scans of these thistle heads giving a better profile of the anomaly, it would appear that each stamp is slightly different, I have also given the positional part of the sheet that they come from. Due to all the variations found it ...

Wilding Mad

Based on your answer it would seem that real stamps are out of the question, such is progress ! WM

Wilding Mad

BREAKING NEWS > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have just been reliably informed that the editor of Stanley Gibbons catalogues Hugh Jefferies MBE and previous editor of "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" will be retiring from his current position in the new year as the GB editor, I am lead to believe that Vince Corde...

Wilding Mad

Another article that I have posted recently in the QE II section forum concerns the length of time that the Machins have been on issue for beginning with the name of "MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL"
Please read :
Giving your thoughts on the matter, thank you. WM.

Wilding Mad

Since the stamp was introduced by Rowland Hill in 1840 I have often wondered which of the British and Commonwealth images (excluding kings) would be the more popular when it came to choosing a portrait that was used from then to present day. I have chosen 4 that I think fall into this particular cat...

Wilding Mad

I can only remember two sets of charity stamps ever being issued by the Royal Mail and that was prior to it becoming a PLC. IMG_20201215_222534.jpg Since then due to it's more commercial outlook (making profits for it's shareholders), the word charity has lost its meaning or so it would seem. There ...

Wilding Mad

Just recently I have been in contact with the South West film and television archive in Plymouth (SWFTA) who are responsible for the preservation and distribution of various documentaries taken in their area over the years also known as " The Box ". I have now obtained their kind permissio...

Wilding Mad

Let's hope that your thoughts become reality Kevin, as a little ingenuity from the editor would go a long way to resolving their obscurity. WM.

Wilding Mad

Thanks Kevin for the additional bibliography on the subject of perforations. 1854 was a time when the perforation of stamps was in its infancy, and not to mention these varieties of the long and short stamps produced at that time, does I think need to be mentioned in the specialised, if only as a re...

Wilding Mad

Many thanks David for the additional information supplied, the long and short of it is that it's a pity the SG specialised catalogue Vol 1 does not give any account of these variations to be found regarding their production during the perforation procedure, which apparently has affected several diff...

Wilding Mad

If anyone has any further information or details on these unlisted long and short stamps perf 16 of the 1854 issue it would be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you. WM.

Wilding Mad

It would seem that with the use of long wave ultraviolet light I can now disclose to you upon finding four distinct variations of paper used to print the 3d (plain) regional for Wales, which are as follows :- 1) The original cream paper produced up to the changeover in 1962. 2) The whiter version of...

Wilding Mad

Thank you Lennox for your confirmation relating to supplies of the higher value castles and therefore could also have applied to the lower value definitives, even though their turnover must have been in greater demand. WM.

Wilding Mad

Having recently joined this society I look forward to reading various aspects in the GBJ and newsletter issued every two months, but to my dissatisfaction the package they arrive in bears no stamps with only a prepaid Royal mail label printed on the envelope. Being a society that prides itself on th...

Wilding Mad

Good morning Winston, Your method of soaking off in order to prevent contamination occurring sounds helpful and I could also add that the stamp be removed from it's paper ASAP once removable and placed in a clean bowl of water to prevent further contamination prior to drying them. I suppose that by ...

Wilding Mad

During a session of soaking off some Harrison Machins, I noticed after using tissue paper as a source for drying them that the tissue had become impregnated with a fluorescent substance, and could only presume that the fluorescence had come from the surface that the stamps and been initially coated ...

Wilding Mad

It would appear that contaminated papers are not just confined to various multiple crown Wilding stamps as I have recently found a similarity on a decimal Machin issue. IMG_20200829_105248.jpg Here are the same stamps but in impact mode of those pesky contaminating fibres giving a clearer definition...

Wilding Mad

Once upon a time you could purchase a miniature sheet and all of the stamps in the set was included, a typical example would be the Roland Hill mini-sheet of 1979, with miniature sheets being the exception rather than the rule as against today's policies. Not only does every issue now appear to have...

Wilding Mad

In the early part of the reign of king George V with the Royal Cypher lower value definitives 1912-1922, it would appear that many different shades were printed and a colour chart is required in order to differentiate between them. With most modern day printings there is a greater conformity of inks...

Wilding Mad

During the last couple of years in my exploration with regards to the multiple crown Wilding papers, I came across a type of violet phosphor variation that does not seem to have been mentioned in any of the catalogues as with some of the papers that I have also discovered. It concerns the reflective...

Wilding Mad

Here are a few more contaminated papers and values not previously shown to add to the melting pot, originally taken under longwave ultraviolet light then filtered into mono for clarity. IMG_20200716_101643.jpg IMG_20200716_092041.jpg IMG_20200716_102419.jpg It is obvious that this was not just an od...

Wilding Mad

On the face of it Mozzerb, it appears that the 1/- Wilding with 9½mm violet phosphor bands that had never been issued before was being replaced before it had even been issued, consequently, if your theory is correct, then that must be the case, and this must be the only British stamp to fall into th...

Wilding Mad

Thanks Mozzerb for your educated guess, what you state could be quite plausible, but this did not occur on any of the other values replaced, or did it ? WM.

Wilding Mad

Under normal circumstances when a new design of stamp is released such as the 1/- Arnold Machin one in 1967, it is common practice that they replace the previous older existing ones such as the Wilding design, however, this does not seem to have been the case with this particular value and for some ...

Wilding Mad

Yes indeed Winston W, Investing in stamps is for the specialist and not for the foolhardy who knows little of Philatelic matters. When a hobby such as stamp collecting starts to be treated like the stock market it's time to back off ! As hobbies and investors do not mix as many a potential investor ...

Wilding Mad

There are many philatelists around the world that have concentrated their efforts into the study of stamp papers and the variances found thereof. Here is a research paper by Saleem M Khan posted in 2008 on the postage stamp chat & stamp forum of the variances found on Australian stamps, with nam...

Wilding Mad

In 1974 county boundaries were amended under the 1972 local government act, in fact some counties or shires were amalgamated into other counties as was the case with Rutland, whilst some counties were created such as Greater Manchester. On looking through various sites on the web, it would appear th...

Wilding Mad

It would appear that Stanley Gibbons in their wisdom, and after consultation with some of the expert committee including Mr Frank Walton and his previous comments, was that only cream and 'whiter' be included in their listings irrelevant of other varieties that exist, and that contaminated and fluor...

Wilding Mad

Having found these three values with a reversed single 45° ribbing, I have since decided to look at them under longwave ultraviolet in order to differentiate the type of papers used to print them, and have discovered that both the left and right ribbing on the 1/- & 1/6d were printed on cream an...

Wilding Mad

In a recent report in the GBPS' journal volume 58 no.3 page 69, Mr Austin Barnes queried that he could not understand as to why these contaminated papers had been used for such a length of time in conjunction with the treated ones ! As Mr Aubrey Walker's previous statement regarding accidental use o...

Wilding Mad

Whilst studying the stamp papers used to print multiple crown wildings I came across several other varieties of paper. Not on British stamps but of another countries issues, here is one in question :- IMG_20210627_215951.jpg The scan above covers the 1000 lira 1980 castles value from Italy. Rather t...

Wilding Mad

Good morning JB, When it comes to stamps on cover that possibly has some historical interest I would advise caution ! Especially a cover with various postal markings on it, by removing the stamp for inspection you will make the cover almost worthless, however, if it is just a common stamp with no pa...

Wilding Mad

All in all, 6 different papers were used to print stamps with a multiple crown watermarked paper by Harrison and Sons of High Wycombe and a compilation of them is listed below and can all be clearly defined with the use of long wave ultraviolet radiation when comparing like with like :- (1) A cream ...

Wilding Mad

As far as I am aware, a satisfactory answer has been given as to how and why these fluorescent papers were produced (in order to mask or camouflage the offending contaminants), the 'rag girls' employed at the mill as part of their duties, was to remove any unwanted articles that could have contamina...

Wilding Mad

Sadly Jim, Douglas G A Myall (1922 - 30th January 2019) is no longer with us, but a "White Knight" is needed on this particular subject ! WM.

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