tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,269 
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 9, 2014 17:58:07 GMT
Paraphrasing a note in my 2009 Scott catalog, Canada's Treasury Board ruled that on and after June 30, 1939 all stamps used by Government Departments should be perforated O H M S (On His Majesty's Service) and that the Post Office Department was to make arrangements required to provide that all stamps sold to Government Departments were to be perforated with the letters O H M S. The sale of such perforated stamps was discontinued in 1948. The note also mentions that listings of these perforated officials was contained in the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue (had I known this a few days ago, I would have jumped at Philatarium's offering). If anyone has a Classic Specialized, I would appreciate learning the listings (i.e., catalog numbers, if assigned) of the stamps shown below (a much-appreciated gift from firstfrog2013).  |
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Philatarium
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Los Angeles, CA
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 9, 2014 19:12:16 GMT
Just sent you a PM, Steve.
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khj
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Post by khj on Aug 9, 2014 21:27:40 GMT
The Unitrade lists some varieties on the small OHMS perforations (narrow/wide "O") that are not listed in my older 2007 Scott Classic. Maybe the newer editions list them. It would be useful to have the Unitrade pages (should be about 2 pages).
Also, be aware that fake perfins are known to exist. Some of them are documented in the Reference Manual of BNA Fakes, Forgeries, and Counterfeits series.
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,269
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 9, 2014 21:48:40 GMT
Thanks to Dave ( Philatarium), I was able to achieve closure and am able to identify each on my collection inventory...   |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 10, 2014 0:42:32 GMT
Thanks to Dave ( Philatarium), I was able to achieve closure and am able to identify each on my collection inventory... Nice work! How did you number the scan, Steve ? |
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,269
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 10, 2014 2:29:10 GMT
...How did you number the scan, Steve ? I used the "edit/insert text" function in Irfanview.  |
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Nov 9, 2023 17:00:24 GMT
An early learning I have from updating my Unitrade 2000 to a 2024 is how much the OHMS perfins have evolved due to in depth study over the past 2 decades. I was aware of the 5 hole and 4 hole differences but see now there are now 2 recognized types of the 4 hole perfins. I have not searched out or bought any of these in many years. My dated Minkus album only has 2 pages for some of the 4 hole examples. I have a stock sheet with 5 of the older 5 hole types and a few dozen 4 hole types that I do not have pages for. I will have fun now resorting all the 4 hole examples by types 09 and 010. Once that is done I may look at adding to this collection. The catalogue value of some of these are impressive. Forgeries is also a concern now as well especially with the 5 hole types. Hopefully the few I have were all found by me prior to the fakes coming along. The top row are 5 hole types.    |
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FDI
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Member of RPSC & BNAPS
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What I collect: Modern Canada (misperf, varieties, tagging errors), Canadian Cinderellas, EXUP & CAPEX & Dead Countries
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Post by FDI on Nov 10, 2023 21:57:57 GMT
Here are the notes from the Unitrade Canadian Specialized catalogue 2023. Good info.   |
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hdm1950
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Posts: 1,611
What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Nov 10, 2023 22:39:46 GMT
FDI It does not appear there has been any great changes in the 2024 Unitrade. The O8-143 and O8-176 in my collection have high value but the cost of expertizing hardly makes it worth it since I am not selling and I never bought them as singles. They would have been from my dad's collection or in old collections I have bought over the years. I found it quite easy identifying the O9 and O10 4 hole stamps in my collection.
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firstfrog2013
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What I collect: BNA Liberia St Pierre U.S. Bolivia Turkey
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Nov 20, 2023 12:39:52 GMT
I am still pursuing those elusive five hole perfs(OA's) they are pricy when available which they weren't from my local stamp dealer when I was a young fledgling.
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