Hello Robin
You have raised an issue that has been troubling moi considerably for a while now - sad case that I am!
I want to enter competitions with my stamps, but, dare I add these "colonial" OP's?
If I do will I be marked grossly out order and lose marks -
or if I do will I be credited for broadening the horizon of my entry and have marks added -
or if I do will I be seen as an oddball - not difficult given what I collect - and disqualified for sheer cheeky impertinence?
If you want a specialist overseas GB club then go to the Great Britain Overprints Society (GBOS), they seem to have a more liberal way of looking at things, go to
www.gbos.org.uk I can only say their website is v good and worth studying.
No doubt I have now committed the ultimate heresy by mentioning this Society. Their newsletter and magazine is also v good.
Let me know how you get on.
PS For some reason GBOS do not see my beloved SPECIMEN or CANCELLED OP's as Overprints, so I am no longer a member.