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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2013 1:50:39 GMT
Sierra Leone : "Land of iron and Diamonds " 1965 Die Cut Embossed on Silver Foil CV : $15 used Details are sketchy to list, from Scott, No mention of stamps without "handling tabs" as shown.  |
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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2013 12:34:36 GMT
Interested to learn, if any member has had success soaking these SL issues. 1965 Airpost A Girl's best friend, and COA. Reverse Embossing.  |
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Post by Ryan on Jan 1, 2014 6:16:13 GMT
Interested to learn, if any member has had success soaking these SL issues. I use paint thinner to soak self-adhesives that won't come loose in water. I've had luck with the Sierra Leone stamps I've tried so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if some don't work out. It has also worked with the majority of Tongan self-adhesives that I've tried, but there are some that use a different kind of adhesive that didn't work for me. The self-adhesive map stamps from Norfolk Island are another set that hasn't worked out with the paint thinner. Ryan |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 1, 2014 9:05:59 GMT
Interested to learn, if any member has had success soaking these SL issues. I use paint thinner to soak self-adhesives that won't come loose in water. I've had luck with the Sierra Leone stamps I've tried so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if some don't work out. It has also worked with the majority of Tongan self-adhesives that I've tried, but there are some that use a different kind of adhesive that didn't work for me. The self-adhesive map stamps from Norfolk Island are another set that hasn't worked out with the paint thinner. Ryan Fabulous insights Ryan, Thanks. Gives me confidence to try my "White Spirits" Drycleaning fluid. Works a treat on my Australian self sticks without perceivable damage (4 years) I won't risk, till I have duplicates. |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jan 1, 2014 19:23:09 GMT
Gives me confidence to try my "White Spirits" Drycleaning fluid. Works a treat on my Australian self sticks without perceivable damage (4 years) I won't risk, till I have duplicates. Yes, good plan. I try to use damaged stamps first when trying out the paint thinner method. I completely demolished an Italian hologram self-adhesive stamp with paint thinner, all the metal foil came off! No great loss as the stamp was already a bit mangled, but it's well and truly dead now. Ryan |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 11, 2014 1:03:33 GMT
Sierra Leone : Postmarks : "Patrol Post" Owner "Cjd" SCF "Patrol Post No1"  ID from "Freetown" SCF Sierra Leone Patrol Post was a travelling post office of sorts. It operated from Freetown and ran south as far as Kent (about 30 miles). Mail was collected and delivered by a postman on foot. He went to various small villages en route where there were poor roads and no railways. The service began in 1910 and was discontinued in 1931. Only postmark used read PATROL POST No 1. Another reading No 2 was used on the railway in the 1950's hope this is of interest John “Freetown” SCF 2010 Gibbons Stamp Monthly : Fabulous Article by Mr. David Horry, Scarce and rare Postmarks of Sierra Leone 1937-1955 Shows the route on the Peninsular of the foot postman Freetown to Kent and the red the Rail Line for the subsequent Postmark "Patrol Post 2"   |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 19, 2014 7:14:56 GMT
Sierra Leone. Stamps for the Kids............(and Mums and Dads ) All short sets.     |
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Post by cjd on Jan 19, 2014 16:03:49 GMT
Nice additional information on the patrol post.  Now I'll have to keep an eye out for PP No. 2. |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 3, 2015 11:46:27 GMT
Any member aware of the code of "BO" on a Sierra Leone CDS Postmark ? Branch Office?BO is the second largest city in Sierra Leone Queen Victoria Wmk : Crown CC sideways Perf 12.5 1872 (With thin)  KG5 "Die 2" examples Arrows : Top : Frame cut vertically at Crown Middle: Spandrel has lip top right Bottom : No bud on stem   |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 3, 2015 12:17:45 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Jan 3, 2015 14:24:21 GMT
I never would have guessed that TPO stamps were that common in Sierra Leone. I'm sure there was colonial infrastructure aplenty in these African countries, but I never associate train travel with them ... I know that rail travel was the norm for other "poor" / underdeveloped countries (India in the past, for example) but Sierra Leone? Surprise to me!
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Post by rod222 on Jan 3, 2015 15:30:12 GMT
I never would have guessed that TPO stamps were that common in Sierra Leone. I'm sure there was colonial infrastructure aplenty in these African countries, but I never associate train travel with them ... I know that rail travel was the norm for other "poor" / underdeveloped countries (India in the past, for example) but Sierra Leone? Surprise to me! Ryan Intrigues me how the rail enterprises were financed. Seapost claim the rail was set up mainly for the post, I find that hard to conceive, the British must have had some other interest in the heart of the country to warrant such expense of building a rail network , mining diamonds in 1893? Some of the history of Sierra Leone makes distressing reading. |
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Post by classicalstamps on Jan 3, 2015 17:04:09 GMT
Queen Victoria Wmk : Crown CC sideways Perf 12.5 1872 (With thin) Spiro forged these Queen Victoria. Easily identified by the corners. In the forgeries, they 'tilts' to the left. In yours (the genuine) they are nicely squared: stampforgeries.com/forged-stamps-of-sierra-leone/ |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 3, 2015 23:10:19 GMT
Thank you Classical stamps. Gave me opportunity to check my brace of 1883-93 wmk crown CA Perf 14 Your explanation "corners" was a little confusing , I am thinking the "Central Vignette" tilts, would that be correct? As in most forgeries, these bear out my suppostion, forgers always had problems with Numerals and Value tablets. One can often see immediate differences there. (Bent tooth on the halfpenny straightened) Note : the 1d here, comes in Carmine, Rose-Carmine, and Rose CV: $5 $32 $225 respectively.  |
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Post by classicalstamps on Jan 4, 2015 8:25:12 GMT
Your explanation "corners" was a little confusing , I am thinking the "Central Vignette" tilts, would that be correct? Yes, you're correct. Describing the differences in plain English often gets hairy. Esp. when it in not your native language. Nothing beats a visual side-by-side comparison  |
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Post by Bombadil on Apr 1, 2018 22:20:47 GMT
Issues of 1961-1963 Surcharged . 1964 - Scott 271-279,C28-C31 CV £6  |
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Post by Bombadil on Apr 1, 2018 22:47:44 GMT
1967 - Surcharged on issue of 1965 (Surcharged on issue of 1964) Scott 336 - 18 1/2 c on 1 Le on 4 CV £3.5 Scott 335 - 18 1/2 c on 60c on 5 CV £10 Scott 333 - 17 1/2 c on 1Le on 4p CV £3.5 
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Post by Bombadil on Apr 1, 2018 22:54:08 GMT
1965 - Issue of 1961 Surcharged in Black Scott 285 - 2 Le on £1 (#220) CV £5 
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Post by Bombadil on Apr 1, 2018 23:18:50 GMT
1965 - Issues of 1961-1964 surcharged Scott # 280-285 
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Post by Bombadil on Apr 13, 2018 14:34:25 GMT
Last year a pastor has unearthed a 706 carat diamond in Sierra Leone's Kono district,the biggest diamond to be found in Sierra Leone since 1972 when the 969 carat Star of Sierra Leone was dug up by miners.Both are on the top list of the world’s 20 largest rough precious rocks ever found. Self Adhesive 1970 - Sewa Diadem in Jewelry Box & Treasure of Sierra Leone Diamonds Scott # 409-414,C125-C130 CV £58.3 
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Post by salentin on Sept 7, 2018 17:54:35 GMT
I own a single stamp of this marvellous set only:
set of 13,issued Oct.2nd,1933
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 7, 2018 21:58:52 GMT
I own a single stamp of this marvellous set only:
set of 13,issued Oct.2nd,1933
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Post by zipper on Feb 13, 2019 2:57:20 GMT
One Shilling  |
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Post by anglobob on Jan 13, 2022 11:52:22 GMT
SG210-222,issued in 1956.  |
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Post by angore on Jan 13, 2022 12:03:35 GMT
Sierra Leone issued many odd ball shaped stamps. I assume they were all for philatelic purposes.
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Post by paul1 on Jun 13, 2023 11:11:21 GMT
the heavy crease through the centre and a brown stain mars what would otherwise have been a great block. This is the 2d. value (SG 171 - Old Slave Market Freetown) from what is known as the Sierra Leone 'Wilberforce set' of thirteen stamps (SG 168 to 180) which together have a price tag that means if you do buy you mustn't let your oh see bank statements (I think this 2d. is the only value I have) - but I like the colour - purple apparently - and the detail is good. Issued, I think, for the 'Centenary of the Abolition of Slavery' - it looks to be that a couple of other values from this set have been shown before - scroll up or down and they will appear. With this stamp I've learned something new ............ this value is apparently one of many issues (George V and George VI only) - and from the classic 'Colonial' period - that were the subject of 'Madam Joseph' forged cancellations - (Madame sometimes shown with the 'e'). The name belies the fact that it seems history doesn't reveal the actual gender, and even now much seems to be enigmatic and short on verifiable information as to the activities of this illegal set up. Some time between the end of WW I and the late 1940s, a London (U.K.) based philatelic business was offering a service as 'stamp dealer and repairer of stamps' - and the name Madam Joseph was connected with this enterprise. The heart of the matter concerns the fact that many of the issues so doctored are worth more 'used' than mint, and 'Madam Joseph' was very adept at forging cancellations - as opposed to dated postmarks - though some of the examples for sale on line are in fact post marks rather than cancellations - which makes for confusion. This is an exceptionally brief overview of the matter, and sadly the few books available are pricey, though doubtless worth reading - also, typical of the world of 'forgeries', examples from Madam Joseph are often worth more than the non-forged stamps with cancellations. P.S. can't now see this value with an alleged M.J. forged cancellation - that's not to say one doesn't exist - other low values have succumbed.   |
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Post by greaden on Jun 13, 2023 13:16:27 GMT
Sierra Leone issued many odd ball shaped stamps. I assume they were all for philatelic purposes. No, not all:
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