hdm1950
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Posts: 1,608
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 Mar 15, 2024 19:48:35 GMT
I did not feel this was worthy of a new thread so I will ask the question here. I suspect this 2p Wilding with overprint would be from some corporation. I have seen company overprints on George V and VI stamps but not on Queen Elizabeth II stamps. Just another find from the old collection I am going through. Mystery solved by rod222 . SEEB stands for South Eastern Electricity Board
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Post by franoise on Mar 15, 2024 19:56:39 GMT
South Eastern Electricity Board
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rod222
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Posts: 9,914
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Mar 15, 2024 21:23:36 GMT
I did not feel this was worthy of a new thread so I will ask the question here. I suspect this 2p Wilding with overprint would be from some corporation. I have seen company overprints on George V and VI stamps but not on Queen Elizabeth II stamps. Just another find from the old collection I am going through. These are known as "Commercial Overprints" Yours is SEEB South Eastern Electricity Board Commercial Overprints
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 4,884
What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Apr 12, 2024 12:48:13 GMT
I sold my GB Smilers Sheets long ago at a Car Boot sale in Essex. I remember my dear Mum was with me and she couldn't believe someone would pay so much for stamps !! Little did I know then. Little did she know too. In 2005, Royal Mail issued the 1st Series of Smilers Booklet Stamps. Self Adhesive and mostly parts or smaller versions of previously issued stamps. I could look back to this 'new' issue as a defining moment in my hobby. But I didn't dwell on it then, at least I don't remember doing so. These were the days of exciting but soon-to-be-gone MSN Forums and the first philatelic connections I ever made. 'Stamps of Great Britain' was one of those and it was busy, busy. With live Chat too it was a great outlet for information and social contact. This issue also got me writing Stamp Stories and one of them got into magazines and journals. But it was the beginning of the end of my love affair with British Stamps. But once again, I didn't know it then. My first experience of being a Moderator was at SoGB and we decided to purchase Smilers Sheets from that 2005 issue to share and give away as prizes. So here is the 'Hello' block from a sheet. I have the others somewhere and will add them when found. The old MSN web address, wow! What a memory. But soon it was gone, then yahoo groups were gone and then..........well, the fun had to end there and begin somewhere else. That's life. But when I saw this block earlier the memories came flooding back...... SG#2568
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angore
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Posts: 5,355
What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Apr 13, 2024 11:00:53 GMT
In yesterday's mail.. It cost a lot to send this package,
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