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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 22:39:06 GMT
Beautiful engraving for this series:  But, can anyone tell me how you differentiate between the two types of paper that was used to print these? |
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Post by roos on Jul 22, 2013 23:03:09 GMT
I am taking a guess at this but I believe that the stamp on the Left is White Paper and the stamp on the Right is Toned Paper. Please feel free to correct me if I am incorrect.  Roos |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 23, 2013 0:12:05 GMT
Well, thanks Roos, I can see the difference in those two stamps - much more obvious from the back. I will have to have a look at mine and see if I have any of the more valuable ones...probably not, since I bought them on another site commonly referred to as 'elsewhere' because of who is in charge: Capt. Hook!  |
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Post by cjd on Feb 27, 2016 15:50:00 GMT
Nice presentation. I never noticed the catalogue note about stolen stamps, and wondered if 1940 was a typo. The website for Norfolk Island Philatelic Bureau confirms this and has just a bit more info on the history of forerunners and the first issues: www.stamps.gov.nf/Pitcairn Island squeaked a few stamps into the first 100 years (1840-1940) and it turns out Norfolk almost did, too. In case the NIPB website does not last as long as TSF, I'll summarize that war conditions in 1940 held up the issue of the first stamps. The theft occurred in or around 1947, as the old stocks were to be destroyed. |
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Post by siem on Jul 25, 2017 11:47:34 GMT
That's intriguing information. Does it say somewhere how many of this 1940 stock were stolen and as a consequence how (un)likely it is to ever find one of these stamps? At least this means I will go over my Norfolk stamps with a perforation gauge :-)
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 29, 2020 20:18:08 GMT
This thread looks like it could use a bump- another one of the glassine envelopes... looks to be two (or more) series MNH Hmmmm.  |
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