tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Mar 3, 2022 11:10:11 GMT
Fascinating tread and very interesting. I have some 50 Oscar stamps, all single and not typed. I do bay whatever I come across for a reasonable price, but nothing neat what you present here. I will try to get a sample of Tore Gjeldsviks book.
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Post by brightonpete on Mar 3, 2022 13:00:32 GMT
That is an amazingly complex collection, thegubman . So many varieties, cancels and covers. I, in comparison am just a basic collector with nothing like what you have! Congratulations on amassing such an interesting collection! Perhaps if I had seen anything like that when I started...
Peter
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Post by tobben63 on May 4, 2022 19:32:07 GMT
Part 32. Destination UK, Scotland. Cover number three, sent from Mandal to Leith. The cover is made up with 4 x 8sk, 1 x 3sk and 1 x 2sk Oscars so another 37sk rated letter. Once more chock full of postmarks, starting of with Mandal 11.12.1861; Svinesund 15.12.1861; Hamburg (in black and red) 20.12.1861; London 23.12.1861 and Edinburgh 24.12.1861 so probably delivered in time for Christmas in Leith. There are quite a few different rated covers to the UK, including one with 3 x 3sk + 88 x 8sk, making up an incredible 665sk which is 19 times the standard rate! Next up a couple with mixed franking with 1863 vapen. Graham Hello thegubmanI see the 3 skilling is brown! Is that a scanner fault or is the stamp brown? The 3 skilling should be grey/lilac grey.
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Post by thegubman on May 5, 2022 9:58:41 GMT
Tobben63, I think the colour in the scan is pretty good for the piece in real life. It is a darker shade for sure. Quoting the Oscar book mentioned earlier Tore states "Those presently available range from very bleached, almost pure light grey to fairly deep lilac grey. The deeper shades belong to the original printings." As has been said on other threads, it is always tricky to be absolute about colours, what I may call lilac, someone else may call grey. The best thing to do is scan number together and compare accordingly. Hope that helps. All the best Graham
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Post by tobben63 on May 5, 2022 15:16:06 GMT
The colors are very sharp/deep/good on all the stamps. The letter has probarly been cept avway from daylight most of it's time. Lovely letter.
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 15, 2022 4:37:11 GMT
I have started working on plating/ identifying my Skilling Oscar stamps. Here is Nk2 pos B4. I first make a PDF with the known signs from Tore Gjeldsvik's book, but then I will investigate more to see if there are more signs that should be noted. I do this together with a member of my local stamp club.
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 15, 2022 9:40:09 GMT
It is great to be able to identify plate positions. Whenever I see someone else working on plating I am deep in admiration, It never fails to amaze me that someone has managed to do it and publish the definitive book for others to follow.
May the Gods of Philately bless the likes of Tore Gjeldsvik and all the others who have paved the way .
( Likewise personal blessings on Bob Odenweller who has shone a light on Samoa for my plating exercises. I am sure the world of Philately has similar “Blessed” and “Saints” which others follow.)
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