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Post by cjd on Feb 6, 2014 18:14:56 GMT
So, no hints from the filename, I see...  I hope that isn't a cataloging system. |
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 6, 2014 18:57:38 GMT
cjd-Correct!   As a teaching point (not for you cjd, but for the lurkers.  ), here is Scott 123 which has Die II. The Unknown- Scott 123a is a Die I. |
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Post by BC on Feb 6, 2014 19:06:02 GMT
I intentionally omitted it cjd  The set was issued for postage without the specimen overprint. |
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Post by cjd on Feb 6, 2014 19:34:57 GMT
For anyone who is wondering, here is Mr. Blue's stamp marked up to show the die spotting features:  A= Die II is missing a bud on the lower left corner scrollwork Here is Die I with the bud in place:  B= Die II has curved inner corners at the top of the side tablets. Die I has squared off corners. C= Die II has vertical ends of the frame line that is interrupted by the crown. Die I has angled ends to the frame line:  These are the three features that Scott and SG agree upon. Scott includes a fourth, in that the crown on Die I sits lower, sinking into the violet background around George's portrait. On Die II the crown sits more or less level with the top of the violet background. These features work for George, not Victoria, and just to keep it interesting, not for all Georges. The catalogues will tell you when there is a variation from this (e.g., Ceylon). Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. I believe BC has a Unicef set currently up for identifying. (Sorry for the drift.) |
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Post by BC on Feb 6, 2014 19:46:36 GMT
Not a bad educating drift!
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 6, 2014 20:31:51 GMT
I intentionally omitted it cjd The set was issued for postage without the specimen overprint. Let's try specimens for the May 8, 2002 set of 4 commemorating the UN Special Session on Children and the Convention on Rights of the Child (Tuvalu Scott 882-885). |
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Post by BC on Feb 6, 2014 21:19:21 GMT
Way to go Steve!
Apparently the stamps were a complete local design and production and sent to Ireland (I believe) for printing. It was not until after they were received by the Philatelic Bureau in Tuvalu that they (the Tuvaluans) realized they forgot to put on the country name. Due to the great expenses involved in the production, they decided to place them on sale anyway.
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 6, 2014 22:10:07 GMT
I forgot about the "bud" sign, if I ever knew it. cjd- you are a regent professor. ! |
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Post by cjd on Feb 6, 2014 23:22:02 GMT
You know how cancels have a sixth sense for seeking out and obscuring spotting features, so it is nice to have some features scattered about the face of the stamp, greatly increasing the chances that one of them will be useful.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 7, 2014 2:22:06 GMT
Just a guess, but maybe Philippines? "Convention on the rights of the child" UNICEF....wait wait.... No, I'm wrong. It's Tuvalu 2002. I should have paid attention to the coat of arms. I have no idea about any catalog number....wait wait..... It's SG - Number(s): 1043-6. (Specimen, of course). .... wait wait.... Why do I have this sinking feeling? ...wait wait... Folks have already identified the stamps. Aaaargh! |
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Post by Ryan on Feb 7, 2014 7:29:31 GMT
Here's another modern stamp that's tricky because it's missing a country name (although it might be generous to call it a stamp - it's something kind of along the lines of the sand dune stamps, but it is listed in the Scott catalogue).  Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 7, 2014 11:33:50 GMT
Currency tablet db = dobra
Natal = Portuguese for Christmas
Has to be St Thomas and Prince Island ?
Hehehe .....................Scott 850 from a miniature sheet.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 7, 2014 11:54:32 GMT
Has to be St Thomas and Prince Island ? Hehehe .....................Scott 850 from a miniature sheet. Yes, an odd issue. There are four stamps in the set, and the other three have the country name on the stamp. Somehow they forgot to put it on the fourth one! Ryan |
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Post by BC on Feb 7, 2014 16:39:25 GMT
Here is another Scott listed stamp where they forgot the country name:  |
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Post by ncbucki on Feb 7, 2014 16:48:59 GMT
BC - is that Vanuatu?
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Post by BC on Feb 7, 2014 16:50:59 GMT
No ncbucki but you do have the correct ocean |
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Post by ncbucki on Feb 7, 2014 16:54:33 GMT
Hmmmm - The only other that immediately comes to mind is Tokelau. I'll have to put some thought into this one  Yep! 1999 souvenir sheet. The name is on the souvenir sheet, but not on the stamp! |
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Post by BC on Feb 7, 2014 17:30:36 GMT
Nice one. Here is the complete sheet.  |
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 7, 2014 17:46:22 GMT
 ? So can I retire to Palm Beach on the proceeds from this stamp?  |
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Post by cjd on Feb 7, 2014 17:59:07 GMT
Sc#59 with inverted center? If there is a Waffle House in Palm Beach, then you might be able to get lunch. For yourself.
Of course, if you list it on eBay with just the right description, you might end up with a nice place on Ocean Boulevard. You can always dream...
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 7, 2014 18:33:34 GMT
Correct. Scott has a note- "....inverted centers exist in the 1902 and 1903 issues. Most of these were issued from Paris, and some are said to have been fraudulently printed" I do like waffles. |
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Post by cjd on Feb 7, 2014 19:19:38 GMT
It is nice to have a couple of them as conversation pieces, but everything about them seems fishy.
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 8, 2014 17:38:48 GMT
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Post by cjd on Feb 8, 2014 18:33:36 GMT
A pretty stamp. I guess #4, but just to keep the game going a bit, I'll leave open the country for now...
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 8, 2014 19:55:42 GMT
A very cold #4? Are we getting warmer?
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Post by cjd on Feb 8, 2014 20:07:12 GMT
Looking out at my thermometer, I can safely say that cold is relative.
Having just checked the interwebz, it is not that relative...it is currently -17F / -27C in what was the principal city in this stamp's "country." Brrrr.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 8, 2014 20:28:12 GMT
Сибирские зимы заставляют меня чихнуть (Siberian winters make me sneeze.).  |
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Post by cjd on Feb 8, 2014 20:30:26 GMT
Gesundheit.
You really should have that checked out.
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 8, 2014 20:47:08 GMT
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 9, 2014 0:08:08 GMT
You guys, of course, are correct- Siberia. Appropriate, as we have been without power this afternoon/evening because of an ice storm on top of a snow storm. Freezing in the dark.  |
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I hope that isn't a cataloging system.
), here is Scott 123 which has Die II.
