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Post by blaamand on Feb 10, 2019 9:48:10 GMT
Simple - add an image of something peculiar you have found, some kind of curiosity in some form or the other. Do not say what that is. The forum members will try to identify what you think is special. Not necessarily limited to one correct answer, but the intention is that each image should have one main feature of interest as the reason for you posting it. Hope this will add some challenge for forum members - widen our perspectives - and learn even more about this fabulous hobby.
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Post by blaamand on Feb 10, 2019 9:51:02 GMT
So - here goes the first puzzle: I picked up this block of 4 from Cape of Good Hope yesterday. I actually purchased a much larger lot only to pick obtain this particular item - so why?  |
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Post by butterfly on Feb 10, 2019 13:57:36 GMT
I see faint lines between some of the perfs. Maybe it is from the center of the sheet? |
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Post by renden on Feb 10, 2019 14:17:50 GMT
blaamand the 2 blue spots on the perfs, at the top of the upper 2 stamps......not part of the fuzzy cancels.......I know you did not buy this for the postmarks or the quality of the "perfs"......having coffee (morning here) so I will check further René 1865 expensive stamps Sc 16 or 16a....have to decipher the color....carmine red (not rose ...?)
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Post by blaamand on Feb 10, 2019 14:46:48 GMT
butterfly - interesting, nut that is not it. I am not much into flyspecking.... renden - it is not the blue ink spots on my mind. Postmarks - well, postmarks may be very interesting even tough they are nor particularly well struck or nice to look at....
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Post by renden on Feb 10, 2019 14:56:41 GMT
butterfly - interesting, nut that is not it. I am not much into flyspecking.... renden - it is not the blue ink spots on my mind. Postmarks - well, postmarks may be very interesting even tough they are nor particularly well struck or nice to look at.... Color, I discussed and Postmarks which I have never seen on CGH old stamps, some type of "killer" postmark...cannot see a number - btw I have a copy of 16a without a nicee postmark !! |
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Post by blaamand on Feb 10, 2019 15:08:20 GMT
OK, the postmark is the clue here. Anybody knows why it is interesting?
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 10, 2019 15:13:31 GMT
Well, based on what I know of you, Jon ( blaamand ), I definitely have been guessing all along that your interest would have something to do with the postmarks rather than the stamps, but I cannot make heads-or-tails out of these seemingly generic-looking, smudgy postmarks... but I feel certain that must be where the interest lies! |
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Post by renden on Feb 10, 2019 15:19:07 GMT
2 killer postmarks without numbers...De Beers New Rush PO ? blaamand René |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 10, 2019 15:29:48 GMT
OK, the postmark is the clue here. Anybody knows why it is interesting? I have no evidence to support this guess, but are these postmarks indication of a certain location or forerunners of some type? |
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Post by blaamand on Feb 10, 2019 17:38:44 GMT
Yepp Beryllium Guy, you know me by now....  This mute (no number) killer was used in Maseru, SEE HERE and so were the stamps of Cape of Good Hope. Hence I consider this block as a forerunner for Basutoland, stamps used in Basutoland prior to getting their own stamp issued. Postal history at its best  |
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Post by renden on Feb 10, 2019 17:49:01 GMT
Yepp Beryllium Guy , you know me by now.... This mute (no number) killer was used in Maseru, SEE HERE and so were the stamps of Cape of Good Hope. Hence I consider this block as a forerunner for Basutoland, stamps used in Basutoland prior to getting their own stamp issued. Postal history at its best This is great Postal history, indeed......never would I have found that  |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 15, 2019 8:22:18 GMT
Thanks to Jon ( blaamand ) for starting this thread, and to Michael ( Londonbus1 ) for his teasers, which I have enjoyed immensely. I love a good quest! I will endeavor to live up to those previous efforts, which have been quite good in my estimation. This is my first try at one of these, so if it doesn't measure up, please forgive me. This teaser/puzzle is designed to test your powers of observation. At first glance, this may appear to be a pretty nice copy of Canada, Sc 19, 17-cent blue depicting Jacques Cartier. But is it? In fact, the image of this item may be concealing the truth about what it really is. Take a close look. Can anyone tell me what's unusual about this item, and what it really is?  Depending on what sort of interest I get and if anyone really nails it, I will consider sending a prize to the person giving the best response. Not sure what that will be, but I will come up with something. So, take a look, and let's have your comments. Have fun, stay stampy, and good luck! |
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Post by feebletodix on Mar 15, 2019 9:20:28 GMT
It has an unusual shading around the edges between the design and the perfs, is it a cut out image stuck on another stamp? ps this is what the image in my old (1997) SG catalogue looks like   it is amazing we could even identify the stamps with this quality of image back in the last century. |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 15, 2019 9:51:56 GMT
Gavin ( feebletodix ), you got it right out of the box! Well done to you! It is, indeed, a copy of what I believe to be a genuine Canada, Sc 19 with all the teeth (perfs) trimmed off, which has then been overlaid onto another stamp to give it the impression of a sound copy. Well, that didn't last long. I will go back to the drawing board to try to come up with something else for the future. Thanks for playing! I will try to come up with a little something to give you as a prize for your speedy acumen here today.  |
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Post by feebletodix on Mar 15, 2019 19:18:22 GMT
Thanks Chris, good fun, I will try and find something to post.
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Post by feebletodix on Apr 27, 2019 7:42:30 GMT
My turn has come , below is an image taken from a postage stamp with the value and country removed. For a small prize name the country.  Good luck |
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blaamand
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Post by blaamand on Apr 27, 2019 12:48:49 GMT
Tough, guessing France?
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Post by Bombadil on Apr 27, 2019 13:39:40 GMT
Answered in PM |
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Post by kostia84 on Apr 27, 2019 19:45:51 GMT
PMed you too.
Thanks for the quiz!
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Post by feebletodix on Apr 27, 2019 20:01:51 GMT
Ok thanks people, this was not meant to be private.
Bombadil did get it correct and as the first response he gets the prize.
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Post by renden on Apr 27, 2019 23:17:23 GMT
So............what is the response since this is public ? |
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Post by butterfly on Apr 28, 2019 0:53:14 GMT
It is from a 1947 Belgian Congo stamp, Scott #228,commemorating the 50th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Belgian Congo.
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Post by feebletodix on Apr 28, 2019 6:11:44 GMT
Thanks butterfly, I missed adding that after a long day.
The next gathering of dealers is in a week, which is where I shall try and find something for Bombadil, otherwise it's leftovers.
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This mute (no number) killer was used in Maseru, 
