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Post by vikingeck on Dec 22, 2021 15:17:27 GMT
It is always nice to find a penny lilac with 14 dots in the corner spandrels brightonpete. They are much scarcer than the 16 dot version which can always be picked up in any collection of GB ….there were millions used of the 16. I think the postmark is LONDON W C. ( West Central). Kind of the posh area of central London, or equally. LONDON E C
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Post by daniel on Jul 31, 2022 19:26:40 GMT
Near as I can tell, it looks like Scott 44, the 1865 3d rose. Terrible cancel, but it does its job! Anyone know where it was canceled?
TIA!
Having subsequently purchased several books on British postmarks, it is necessary to correct my previous identification. "Post Office Numbers 1844-1906" by George Brumell shows that this is likely to be part of a duplex, judging by the size of the bottom arc. The W stands for the West London District but, as is the case with all London obliterators showing District initials, the number is simply the handstamp number, 8 in this case.
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hdm1950
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Post by hdm1950 on Nov 2, 2022 1:29:26 GMT
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Post by gbcc on Nov 2, 2022 20:31:06 GMT
Going to be an expensive month as GB are having 3 stamp issues this month Tomorrow 3rd November - Christmas 2022 stamps so we have 6 Christmas stamps and also a miniature sheet so total for the 2 covers is £21.80 10th November - In Memoriam :Her Majesty The Queen, 4 stamps cover cost £7.99 24 November - Tutankhamun - Ordinary First day cover and a miniature sheet cost for the 2 covers £22.55 Geoff (GBCC) www.gbcovercollector.co.uk
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Nov 11, 2023 23:03:50 GMT
Two weeks ago, I was brooding about spending $1,000 on a genealogist, to research my family tree in Somerset UK. I paid the first instalment of $500 and did not expect much.
How wrong I was, it became the best money I have ever spent, as it turns out, my paternal great, great grandfather, was black, illiterate, and served on this ship............ (albeit, at that time only a "harbour vessel") It is not beyond possibility, he may have been an ex slave, or progeny of. You may meet my great, great, grandfather here...........
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Post by rod222 on Jan 1, 2024 1:13:45 GMT
Just spotted this, Wow! Well done BG ! I suppose most members would have seen thislink
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Post by rod222 on Jan 10, 2024 12:54:42 GMT
The Great British Post Office scandal explained.
linkI am reminded of Australia's "robo debt" trauma, to the innocent public.
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Post by rod222 on Jan 14, 2024 5:58:49 GMT
January 12th 2024 (News) Sotheby's Possibly the most valuable piece of postal history..........yet no gloves!
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Post by rod222 on Jan 28, 2024 22:46:56 GMT
From the reference library. Maritime Postal History of London-Robertson
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angore
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Post by angore on Jan 29, 2024 11:08:51 GMT
Here is an cute mock up. (found on Internet)
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daniel
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Post by daniel on Jan 29, 2024 14:06:30 GMT
Al, that's great. Did you knit it yourself? Daniel
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 29, 2024 15:14:48 GMT
A colleague has requested of me to ID a postage stamp for him It is a badly battered Sc# 81 1880 2d A38 Queen Victoria , Wmk Imperial Crown I am perplexed by the watermark, never seen it before and would ask the British specialists, if they have come across this before ? My knowledge of British papers, is basically non existent. Thank you.
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salmantino
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Post by salmantino on Jan 29, 2024 15:46:14 GMT
Not a lot of Great Britain specialist use Scott. Am I correct in thinking you refer to this stamp from 1880? It looks like the stamp was stuck on a piece of paper that remains attached to the back of the stamp. The 'Imperial Crown' watermark tends to be visible on these stamps. It, however could, be from the top right of the pane. That had such a line in the corners. If the sheet was not fed correctly, the marginal watermark would appear on the stamp: compare the well-known 'POSTAGE' watermark. As it looks there is a curve at the bottom as well as at the top, the former is the likelier explanation. If it is the latter explanation, the left top corner or left half of the crown should be visible bottom left as shown.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 29, 2024 23:13:12 GMT
Thanks for addressing the query, I had considered it maybe not a watermark at all, some other occurrence. (or a paper maker's mark) I'll suggest the owner to soak in water, clear any rubbish off the back, and scan the damp stamp That should clarify the mark.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Feb 1, 2024 1:50:28 GMT
The GB Postal Scandal. Beggars belief. More than 200 were imprisoned, many were left destitute and at least four have died by suicide. link
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Post by salmantino on Feb 1, 2024 8:40:03 GMT
The Horizon system and its faulty software were supplied by the British subsidiary of Japan's Fujitsu Corporation. The company's hesitation to contribute towards a compensation fund has caused people to suggest the company should be barred from competing for British government contracts.
It, especially, beggers belief that Royal Mail's inspectors simply refused to check the software when postmasters claimed it could not be correct, simply because Fujitsu denied the software was faulty. Then again, in my job Isee people approve new code simply because they assume things work in a certain way and do not check the facts. Consequently, they check if the code calculates the number they expect. Instead, they should test that the code is incorrect.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 1, 2024 19:42:23 GMT
It, especially, beggers belief that Royal Mail's inspectors simply refused to check the software when postmasters claimed it could not be correct, simply because Fujitsu denied the software was faulty. Then again, in my job I see people approve new code simply because they assume things work in a certain way and do not check the facts. Consequently, they check if the code calculates the number they expect. Instead, they should test that the code is incorrect. I agree in principle, but it is often very difficult to test all the ways things can go wrong in a code, especially beyond a certain level of complexity. Of course, nothing beats a careful line-by-line reading, but sometimes the logic used by the original programmers, is, let's say, rather murky. So one relies on standardized tests. But users always find very creative ways to test a code that the originator never expected, so what does matter indeed is to trust the bug reports when they come back!
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Post by rod222 on Feb 13, 2024 4:33:17 GMT
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Post by rawners on Feb 16, 2024 15:12:13 GMT
The programme certainly raised the awareness of the British public to the scandal, eventually!
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Post by rod222 on Feb 25, 2024 4:39:34 GMT
Who Knew ? Tall tales and true, from kicking tyres at stamp auctions. Many moons ago, I bought an auction lot named "she says they must go" from the Perth Philatelic society (IIRC) Anyhow, amongst this lot was a black stick ? it smelt of office ink, stationery. leather etc and was round like wooden rod, with black enamelled (I think) finish. Tempted to discard, I made some cursory investigations, and found it was indeed of Postal History, it was a postal "ruler". Anyone of my age, born not long after the Dinosaurs, Is aware that Postal clerks (and schoolboys) used pens with "nibs" , and ink from an "Inkwells" and, if one drew a line with a flat ruler, and pen, nib and ink, the ink would run (be drawn) everywhere. Ergo, a round rod, was the simple answer. My rod has since disappeared, probably up in the attic, with the rest of ephemera. Probably will get thrown out, when I pass on, to feed the roses. Some other Postal Rulers (Inanimate objects) Post Office Roles (Unlike Ham and Salad) Indian Mail Officer link
Clerk from the PO Secretary’s Office in London who personally accompanied despatches of mail to India as far as the Mediterranean. For much of its existence the role involved travelling with the mail by train from London to Dover, cross-channel ferry to Calais and then by train through France and Italy to Brindisi. Here the Indian Mail Officer handed his mail over to steamers contracted by the PO to take it on to Egypt, Suez and then to Bombay.
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Post by rod222 on Mar 5, 2024 23:01:24 GMT
Great Britain : Bisect Stamps Source :McDonald Junior Reference Library 1969
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Post by rod222 on Apr 17, 2024 4:36:57 GMT
British Post fiasco (The enemy within) Sharon's story Sharon Brown was wrongly accused by the Post Office of false accounting and taking £36,000. That changed her life. Now, more than a decade later, she feels able to return to her former Post Office in Sunderland. In this episode of 5 Minutes On she tells her story to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay.link
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