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Post by spain1850 on Jun 4, 2020 21:29:11 GMT
Neat find in the bottom of a box a while back: Originally issued to commemorate the purchase of the Port of La Guaira in 1937. Scott catalog states that there was a redrawn version prepared, with the word "NACIONALIZACION" replacing "ADQUISICION", along with some other words and design aspects differing from the original. But Scott fails to mention WHY was it redrawn and WHY was it never issued. I can't find any answers on the net. I'd be curious to hear what some other catalogs say about it. Anyone? My 2013 Scott assigns a value $40 per stamp. Original, as issued.  Redrawn, never issued.  |
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
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What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Aug 11, 2020 18:47:51 GMT
Just arrived - a full sheet of a Venezuelan Fournier Forgery showing the dot pattern cancel. This cancel is only known on forgeries. Wow, what a master forger, eh?  |
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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 Feb 11, 2024 21:36:45 GMT
I found this stowaway on a Cuba page in the old album I am picking through. I recognized it as a Venezuelan stamp as soon as I saw it. (Scott 79 without the overprint and probably with it as well). The overprint could be mistaken for LA CUBA on first look but it is actually LA CUBANA off centre. Another site had a lengthy discussion on these a few years back and the consensus was that they were overprints for companies or schools. One by another company was posted by rod222 earlier on this thread. There is a LA CABANA one on eBay now at a dreamers price. I will take it to my Venezuela collection for now. PS: Since I followed the listing the seller has sent me an offer of a 33% discount.    |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Feb 12, 2024 2:06:33 GMT
Not listed in Carlos Romero Not seen in the London Philatelist 1919 Assumed "Commercial Overprints" including "La Cubana" "La Popular" "La Americana" etc  Commercial Overprints link |
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anilkhemlani
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collect worldwide stamps
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What I collect: Stamps from all over the world + FDC
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Post by anilkhemlani on Aug 6, 2024 11:26:07 GMT
sharing my Venezuela stamps in stock sheets   |
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doug534
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A new enthusiast leaning to pre-1957 Aden, New Zealand, Switzerland, great designers & engravers
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Post by doug534 on Oct 6, 2024 19:12:23 GMT
Several of the glassine envelopes that I've been going through from my dad's philatelic materials have contained mixes of used stamps from South American countries. I've sorted the stamps by country and then started putting them into plastic sleeved stock pages. Then I chose Venezuela as the country to start examining in detail. The loose Venezuela mix was mostly from the late 30s through the early 1950s, all of low value, and likely material that my dad had acquired but had yet to sort and put into his sleeved stock books. In checking my inventory spread sheet to see where else I had found "Venezuela," I noted I had found hinged issues in one of his Schaubek books. I pulled that book and rediscovered 4 pages containing Venezuelan stamps, with the earliest from the 1882-1888 series. Most are of low value. The second page from the Schaubek book is shown below; others on the forum have suggested the penciled values on the right margin are my dad's mid-1950s prices for the entire row of stamps. Some stamps in a row were presumably removed by my dad, and others have fallen off the page. Those I found loose are in the glassine envelope. I'll start looking at this page of stamps in detail tomorrow. The Stamp Forum's several threads dealing with Venezuelan stamps have been helpful.  |
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doug534
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Post by doug534 on Oct 7, 2024 21:09:06 GMT
I'm on to the 3rd of the 4 pages of hinged Venezuela stamps in my dad's Schaubek album. Page 2, pictured earlier might have several small gems, including Scott #162 and 163 (A28, 10c red and 25c blue, respectively) in the top row of that earlier image, which Scott gives a CV (unused) of US$7.00 & $8.00, respectively. The full-stamp overprint on each stamp is massive but I found no evidence of a cancellation. The 3rd page, pictured here, may contain more mid-value stamps. The stamps include the first four of the five issues in the 1896 Miranda "Map of Venezuela" set: Scott #137-140, with unused CVs of US$3.00, $4.00, $4.00 and $55.00. But might they be forgeries? I've looked at bit at several online sources and found images of forged 10c and 50c stamps and so far, these seem genuine (but note the break in the 50c stamp's lower curved line--has that break been reported in genuine 50c stamps?. My dad's mid-1950s listing of $3.15 for that row of stamps (more than $30 today) suggests he considered them genuine. The other stamps in the row are of relatively low CV. Also curious is the dating of the fiscal stamps in the 2nd row, shown in detail below. Note the identical dates and handwriting; is that likely to be legitimate? Scott states those stamps (Scott #AR53 PF4 etc.) were issued in 1922. Is a 23 December 2021 date legitimate?     |
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