philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:35:53 GMT
The next 7 scans are from the Robert Gray Used Collection of Ireland. I was lucky enough to be able to purchase his collection and I have decided to leave it intact as a reference source for identifying the different overprints. Mr. Gray spent many years studying these issues so I'm confident these are accurately labeled and genuine. I hope these scans will help others to be able to identify these sometimes confusing overprints. Seeing an actual example can really help! Just discovered that page one is missing. I no longer have a scanner, but here is a snapshot of the missing page
Here is page 1 scanned at 600 res;  |
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:36:33 GMT
Page 2 of the Gray Collection;  |
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:38:18 GMT
Page 3 of the Gray Collection of Ireland  |
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:39:42 GMT
Page 4 of the Gray Collection of Ireland  |
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:40:43 GMT
The last group of seahorses from the Gray Collection;  |
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:44:43 GMT
A few more from my collection - proofs of the overprints;  |
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jun 30, 2014 18:46:10 GMT
The backside of the proofs showing the Dollard rubber stamp.  |
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Post by stampfan on Jul 1, 2014 1:13:56 GMT
This is an amazing collection. It is nice to look at these stamps especially since I don't have a single one.
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BC
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Vancouver, BC Canada
Posts: 836 
What I collect: Worldwide USED up to the 1960's, later years from countries that came into existence after then, like Anguilla, Tuvalu and Transnistria.
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Post by BC on Jul 1, 2014 3:34:33 GMT
Great stuff Philatelia! Especially in fine used, which I much prefer over mint.  |
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philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,654
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Jul 1, 2014 12:33:24 GMT
Thanks for the compliment. I'll try to scan some of the material I've added to the collection including forerunners, essays and coils. I agree about the used vs mint - one of my stamp friends pointed out that every used stamp is unique. Interesting thought, eh? Everyone thinks I started specializing in Ireland because my father was Irish. Well that did pique my interest, but this collection really made me a fan. There are so many issues to flyspeck in early Ireland - and I just LOVE flyspecking - finding a variety in a bag of cheapie stamps is a hoot and a half. And it is one of the few countries that it is still possible to complete without hitting the lottery. I sold several other collections to pay for this one and it was worth it. I also love the perfins. If anyone has any Irish perfins or revenues or bags of older cheapies for flyspecking that need a home, well my Irish orphanage will take them in - but please wait until I get my full membership here to contact me for trades or sales - getting close, though  . |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 9, 2018 21:19:46 GMT
For members who would like to see the Irish forerunners - Philatelicweb.com - forerunnersFor those wanting to see and sort the Irish overprint - Philatelicweb.com - Ireland overprintsHope this is useful to some ... For those not familiar with my site pages of this type - multiple images can be opened on screen at the same time, then moved to allow the differences to be compared ... [Moderator edit - philatelicweb.com is no longer active and all its image links for this user's posts are now broken - some have been archived elsewhere and those images will be restored over time.] |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:35:02 GMT
Thought I would show some of the important items that show details related to these issues ...  proof sheet |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:44:59 GMT
 "Scaladac" for "Sealadac" |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:51:03 GMT
 Misplaced overprint |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:52:04 GMT
 Misplaced overprint - from the top of the sheet |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:53:02 GMT
 Proof in red - used on cover |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:55:30 GMT
 One of the coil leaders |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:56:47 GMT
 Inverted overprint |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:57:45 GMT
 1d first printing - offset on the rear |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:58:41 GMT
 coil leader |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 9:59:52 GMT
 A full pane (in two halves) |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:01:01 GMT
 Control block |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:02:44 GMT
 Long 1 in 1922 - left stamp |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:04:21 GMT
 PENCF error - middle stamp - right side |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:05:08 GMT
 control single |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:05:53 GMT
 coil leader |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:07:26 GMT
 coil join - strip 4 |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:09:07 GMT
 2d type 1 - inverted overprint |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:09:56 GMT
 2d type 1 - coil leader |
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Post by tallanent on Apr 10, 2018 10:11:18 GMT
 2d type 2 - inverted overprint control block |
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