kgvistamps
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Post by kgvistamps on Feb 4, 2019 15:09:40 GMT
If you study the copy of the Commonwealth Catalogue that was posted earlier in this thread, you will notice that the King George VI 1938 set from the Gold Coast has two different perforations that were used. The initial issues printed in 1938 which did not include the 1/3 and 10/ issues were all perforated 12 using a line perforator. The later printings beginning about 1940-41 until the end of production for the set were perforated 12 x 11.75 using a comb perforator.
The most reliable way to sort these issues is to use a gauge, like the Stanley Gibbons Instanta gauge with a continuum of lines that will differentiate the perforation differences for you. If you don't have one available, you can always compare the perfs of the stamp you are studying to either the 1/3 or 10/ issues which are always the comb perf version. If the perfs line up exactly, you have a comb perf issue. If they do not, you probably have a line perf issue.
It is also possible to spot the line perf issues by noticing the corners of the stamp. The comb perforators cut three sides at once, so you tend to have relatively consistent corners. The line perforators cut one side at a time, so the corners don't match up and you get some perforation overlap which can be seen as a more jagged corner. See the images below for comparison.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 15:25:31 GMT
Line or Comb? - not that complicated, a visual inspection should suffice
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kgvistamps
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Post by kgvistamps on Feb 4, 2019 20:22:13 GMT
I agree that it is pretty easy to separate Line and Comb perfs, but you would be surprised how many people have trouble with it. It really helps if you can see stamps in a sheet format to see the difference.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 20:31:35 GMT
Few collect sheets which would make it really simple to distinguish
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kgvistamps
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Post by kgvistamps on Feb 4, 2019 20:35:45 GMT
No argument - but a sheet of line perf Gold Coast stamps would be pretty pricey, if you could even find one. I only showed the larger detail for collectors who don't understand the description.
I also have a scan showing the perf gauge options as well. I do not sell gauges, so this is just for information purposes.
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anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Nov 29, 2021 17:03:12 GMT
SG 153-164. Issued between 1952 and 1954,using designs previously used for George VI issues but with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Gold Coast became the Dominion of Ghana on 6 March 1957 and these stamps were re-issued i with an overprint GHANA INDEPENDENCE 6th MARCH 1957.
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hdm1950
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Post by hdm1950 on Dec 5, 2021 22:37:08 GMT
After being away for 10 days and then back for 6 days I finally got around to looking through some more of the tote box full of envelopes of stamps that has consumed most of my stamping the last few months. I am into the ‘G’ countries now. I guess I am easily amused. An hour going through a few hundred Ghana and dozen Gold Coast stamps all I had to show for my time is the Gold Coast War Tax stamp and this upgrade to the common Queen Victoria 1/2 d. I have become a sucker for SON cancels. This one is from Secondee and for a small stamp it is nice that it made it pretty well complete.
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Post by paul1 on Apr 16, 2023 18:00:48 GMT
this 3d. def. from the late C19 looks to be SG 29 - but correct me if I'm wrong ............. I'd never realized how Victoria's bust had remained unchanged on so many Commonwealth/Empire stamps - appearing as a young woman until the very end - unlike currency coins where realistic changes were made to show ageing. The cancellation here reads, I think, GOLD COAST - June 21 - 1910 - is it the case that some countries were indifferent to very late use of a previous monarch's stamps, possibly.
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Post by vikingeck on Apr 16, 2023 18:14:41 GMT
There was a sound reason for not changing the portrait from the young Queen as she aged , that was familiarity and ease of recognition
In most if not all British Empire territories there was no rush by the authorities to end the validity of older stamps after one monarch had died . It took a couple of years to produce stamps for the new Monarch and if a territory had stocks of old stamps they were allowed to keep using them . the same applied to stamps which individuals might have .
In GB itself for example Edward VII stamps of 1902 were technically still valid until 1971 when we converted to decimal currency though there weren't a lot around and copper coins of Queen Victoria were in regular use till Decimalisation
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hdm1950
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Post by hdm1950 on Apr 16, 2023 19:28:29 GMT
At this time one can use any Canadian stamp that was issued since confederation in 1867. I have used hinged low denomination common 1930’s era stamps as recently as the past year. I do hesitate to use MNH stamps before 1950 for postage.
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Post by paul1 on Apr 16, 2023 20:40:17 GMT
thanks both - agree, don't think I'd rush to use a mint stamp from more than a century back for current posting, plus you'd need a fair number of them. As an oldie I too remember vikingeck's reference to the old pre-decimal Victorian bronze pennies, a few of which - provided in good condition - are worth many shekels, and appreciate the explanation as to the reasons for lack of haste to engrave new stamps for a change in monarch - it might make for an amusing piece of discussion as to who has the most delayed use of a stamp from a previous monarch.
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 16, 2023 20:47:50 GMT
paul1I also just wanted to comment that I think your Gold Coast 3d QV issue shows exceptionally nice purple/lilac color. The old purple colors, especially 19th Century, are notoriously susceptible to fading, but yours is great. I hope you will be able to keep it that way!
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Post by uppercanadian on Apr 17, 2023 1:35:14 GMT
At this time one can use any Canadian stamp that was issued since confederation in 1867. I have used hinged low denomination common 1930’s era stamps as recently as the past year. I do hesitate to use MNH stamps before 1950 for postage. I believe the stamps of Newfoundland remain valid in Canada as well. I have often used them on letters as I had hundreds of the 1938 4-Cent Princess Elizabeth all with damaged or non-existent gum. Some non-philatelically inclined people would often notice and get a kick out of it.
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Post by cjd on Apr 17, 2023 2:16:07 GMT
This clerk should be fired...terribly off center: Dixcove on a 4d, 12 November 1887.
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Post by paul1 on Apr 17, 2023 14:28:29 GMT
yes, it is cjd, but that's compensated for enormously by the almost perfect son cancellation, and colour is good too. If you really can't live with this one send it to me please ;-);-)
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Post by renden on Apr 17, 2023 14:36:21 GMT
yes, it is cjd, but that's compensated for enormously by the almost perfect son cancellation, and colour is good too. If you really can't live with this one send it to me please ;-);-) I agree with paul1 - I would live with a SON like that (stamp too !!) - René
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Post by cjd on Apr 19, 2023 23:58:13 GMT
Even with the "sleepy C" cancel? (sideways down) The sideways "C" appears for quite some time. I should look to see if there are upright "C" cancels in between the dates I've seen for the sideways "C" examples...maybe tomorrow. Or the next time I'm snowed in. (Hopefully not tomorrow.)
You can excuse this clerk's carelessness in centering this strike, because clearly he was feeling blue:
Elmira 3 April 1890 blue
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Post by greaden on Apr 18, 2024 15:36:49 GMT
A Web search brought me to this very thread on a familiar site.
Maybe someone can help me with my question: are there any early Gold Coast postmarks from within the Ashanti Empire, Protectorate, or Crown Colony?
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Post by rod222 on Apr 18, 2024 23:19:29 GMT
A Web search brought me to this very thread on a familiar site. Maybe someone can help me with my question: are there any early Gold Coast postmarks from within the Ashanti Empire, Protectorate, or Crown Colony? Hi, not sure I understand how we would identify ? Can you expand ? Would date be the only guide? Some Gold Coast Postmarks (errors may occur) AXIM ELMINA ELMINA PAID (Boxed) Negative Oval ELMINA....common in black....scarce in red AKUSE QUITTAH B27 DUNKW? CAPE COAST WINNEBAH BEYIM 556 ADDAH (check) SALTPOND 554 ANAMBOE KPONG CHAMAH PPAMBAM ABURI ACCRA DIXCOVE TARKWA KUMASI (Ashanti) SECONDEE (Sekondi) (Zakonde) NSUTA (Ashanti) AGONA ASHANTI (Ashanti) PRESTEA TAKORADI (twin city with Secondi ) KOROFIDUA (also popularly known as K-dua or Koftown and now Kofcity) I have this KGV 1922 Cancelled in NSUTA (Ashanti) Sc# 84 1922 A8 1d
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Post by greaden on Apr 18, 2024 23:25:35 GMT
A Web search brought me to this very thread on a familiar site. Maybe someone can help me with my question: are there any early Gold Coast postmarks from within the Ashanti Empire, Protectorate, or Crown Colony? Hi, not sure I understand how we would identify ? Can you expand ? Would date be the only guide? I have this KGV 1922 Cancelled in NSUTA (Ashanti) Sc# 84 1922 A8 1d I understand that there were three separate entities in Gold Coast. There was Gold Coast proper, there was the Ashanti territory and also the Northern Territory, and then there was the former Togoland. I expect that postmarks from each can only be identified by location of the town.
So, Nsuta would count as an Ashanti postmark, and a relic of the surviving kingdoms of precolonial Africa.
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Post by rod222 on Apr 18, 2024 23:38:41 GMT
Thank you, I have added some Postmarks in my earlier thread, that may identify, I have not searched them as yet. "Populated places in the Ashanti Region" link
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Post by rod222 on Apr 19, 2024 0:40:39 GMT
Dashed if I can find DABALA (Volta Region) so may be a village in the far North Postmarks sorted alphabetically ABURI ACCRA ADDAH (check) AGONA ASHANTI (Ashanti) AKUSE ANAMBOE AXIM B27 Barred Numeral 554 Barred Numeral 556 BEYIM CAPE COAST CHAMAH DABALA (Volta Region) cannot find on maps ! Southern Coastal region, adjacent to TOGO border. (Volta Basin) DIXCOVE DUNKW? ELMINA ELMINA PAID (Boxed) KOROFIDUA (also popularly known as K-dua or Koftown and now Kofcity) KPONG KUMASI (Ashanti) Negative Oval ELMINA....common in black....scarce in red NSUTA (Ashanti) PPAMBAM PRESTEA QUITTAH SALTPOND SECONDEE (Sekondi) (Zakonde) TAKORADI (twin city with Secondi ) TAKORADI REGISTERED No1 (double ring circular bridge type) TARKWA WINNEBAH 1896 Map of Gold Coast shewing Ashanti (Not mine) Spiro Forgeries (not mine)
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Post by rod222 on Apr 19, 2024 1:16:55 GMT
Strange? ... I found DABALA, but in the VOLTA region? The red and black Volta Rivers are in the far North I am discombobulated. There is a DABALA in Burkino Faso
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Post by rod222 on Apr 19, 2024 1:34:03 GMT
Confirmed The "Greenish" area on Ghana Map (southern coastal) is referred to as the "Volta Region" Towns of DABALA KETA and DZELUKOPE (Maybe considered the TOGO area?) DZELUKOPE DABALA
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