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Post by codeye on Jan 7, 2015 8:44:36 GMT
Rod I only have SG catalogue for 2013, the item is priced at £30 mint £4:25 used. hope that helps you out.
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Post by rod222 on Jan 7, 2015 9:12:11 GMT
Rod I only have SG catalogue for 2013, the item is priced at £30 mint £4:25 used. hope that helps you out. Very helpful codeye. Very much appreciated. Would it be possible to copy type any informtion you have on the "single wide tooth perfs" ? My early gibbons suggests they lie at the bottom of each stamp. My pane of 25 stamps show they lie at the top (eg Waterlow printing) mine are definitely DLR I am not sure what they are getting at, I thought it was a comb perf registration error. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. PS: How does one insert the Pound Icon from the keyboard? |
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Post by classicalstamps on Jan 7, 2015 11:38:08 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 7, 2015 12:53:21 GMT
Rod you need to use ALT codes do a google on them, you have to use the ALT key and then using the number pad type in a code. Lots of symbols like pound pence cents etc I on the iPhone but I belive pound code is alt 0163.
Now back to the world of work . All my suppliers are getting peed off with me when I tell them use stamps, if they send using a meter I told them I take my time opening up the letter. Stamps get open right away. Trying to do my part.
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Post by codeye on Jan 7, 2015 13:23:38 GMT
Rod I only have SG catalogue for 2013, the item is priced at £30 mint £4:25 used. hope that helps you out. Very helpful codeye. Very much appreciated. Would it be possible to copy type any informtion you have on the "single wide tooth perfs" ? My early gibbons suggests they lie at the bottom of each stamp. My pane of 25 stamps show they lie at the top (eg Waterlow printing) mine are definitely DLR I am not sure what they are getting at, I thought it was a comb perf registration error. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. PS: How does one insert the Pound Icon from the keyboard? Ok the footnote at bottom of the set in the 2013 Commonwealth catalogue by Stanley Gibbons, is as follows. "On the Waterlow printings there is always a single wide-tooth perforation on each side at the top of the stamps. For the De La Rue stamps these teeth can occur either at the top or the bottom. Those listed De La Rue printings, which do not differ in shade, are for examples with the wide-tooth perforation at the bottom. *All the Waterlow printings and early De La Rue printings of the horizontal designs measure 12.3x12.8, but De La Rue printings from 22 May 1962 (including those on the Block CA watermark) measure 12.3x12.6. The 1c and 2c, printed by Waterlow, exist in coils constructed from normal sheets." As to the £ sign question, I have a UK keyboard and the symbol is on the figure 3 key using shift. Or use the Alt 156 www.alt-codes.net/ |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 7, 2015 13:34:41 GMT
Aha! lovely work Codeye, thumbs up. The catalogue has been amended to provide top and bottom. Many thanks for going to the trouble for me. I was intrigued. I'll post a scan when I have made up an album page. Our Administrator was spot on for my keyboard ALT 0163 = £ Yours also  Alt 156 = £ |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 7, 2015 14:11:42 GMT
1961 12c "Felling Greenheart" De La Rue Print. (11th July 1961) Not Listed Scott SG 338b The Large Brown Dot in Left Selvedge, is punctured, Author's guess : Locating pin for the Comb Perforator.  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 4, 2015 9:59:21 GMT
British GuianaUnlucky for some...........Number 13  British Guiana 1c Magenta
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Post by rod222 on Mar 4, 2015 13:22:16 GMT
Postmarks Cane Grove airmail telegraph Office Possibly / Probably TELEGRAPHS N.A. Kitty Sc#234a Watermark upright  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 4, 2015 13:46:04 GMT
Postmark This was a tough nut to crack. "110 MLS Potaro" (110 Miles Potaro ?) Exist : Cover with 110 MLS POTARO-ROBBSTOWN But much later at 1955  |
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Post by rod222 on Mar 4, 2015 14:40:10 GMT
Note: My "KITTY" Postmark, is an example of an "Skeleton" Postmark.
Askphil:
Skeleton handstamp: a date handstamp made so that loose type could be inserted.
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 4, 2015 11:22:31 GMT
The one-cent magenta has gone on display in Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum. The announcement in the Museum's Postmark Extra may be viewed here. |
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Post by jimjung on Jun 20, 2015 11:26:43 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Jun 20, 2015 22:13:50 GMT
6d Blue 1863 P10 Sc#67 $180 / $40 2009
1860 12d Lilac P12 Sc#21a $650 / $55 2009
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Post by jimjung on Jun 21, 2015 12:51:46 GMT
thanks Rod
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Post by jimjung on Jun 22, 2015 23:46:06 GMT
Two more later 1882. The 2nd one has SPECIMEN upside down. Is that normal or odd ?   |
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Post by rod222 on Jun 23, 2015 0:14:16 GMT
Two more later 1882. The 2nd one has SPECIMEN upside down. Is that normal or odd ? Guess: With most punctured stamps, it was time saving to fold the paper, either which way, and puncture the stamps by multiples. This gave varied formats when the sheet was opened flat, eg : upside down, inverted etc &etc. It would seem this may have occurred with your examples. Otherwise I have no idea, not seen these before. Collectors who specialise in PERFINS (which this is not) collect all variants. To confirm my proposal, look at the final stroke of the "N" in the top stamp, The stroke is missing, and there appears to be another stroke adjacent, A folded puncture would most probably give this result. |
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Post by jimjung on Jun 23, 2015 0:24:11 GMT
I didn't notice that until you pointed it out just now. I can see it just like some of the perf errors in the corners of the sheet. These stamps are listed as no 58 and 59 in the On-Line Stamp Catalog |
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Post by jimjung on Jul 4, 2015 12:11:25 GMT
and the 2c with three masts.  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 6, 2015 2:13:42 GMT
At first sight very dodgy. Cannot find anything to disprove it. 1862 - 1865 Sc#33 24c Type A5 CV : $875 / $80 (torn so perhaps a few bob) P12½ Thin Paper (This makes it 1863) Copies are found on Pelure Paper Damus petimusque vicissim was the motto of British Guiana before Independence Day 1966. It is a Latin phrase which translates into English as "We give and take in return." Current motto is: One People, One Nation, One Destiny.  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 6, 2015 6:02:19 GMT
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Post by Ryan on Sept 23, 2015 16:03:30 GMT
Here's a British Guiana stamp that can be found in both postage stamp catalogues (like Scott) and revenue stamp catalogues (like Barefoot). This one comes from 1888 or 1889 (depends on which catalogue you wish to believe) and pricing varies wildly. The Scott catalogue prices examples used postally, of course, whereas the Barefoot catalogue wants revenue cancellations. This is a cheapie in Scott, only 40 cents in my older 2009 edition, and is worth quite a bit more (percentage-wise, anyway) as a revenue stamp, £2 in my Barefoot. But for the 5 high values (plus one variety), postal cancellations are very rare and they come to a total of $4,165 for used stamps in Scott - they're only valued at £55 in total with revenue cancellations.  Ryan |
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Post by bobby1948 on Mar 15, 2016 2:45:15 GMT
British Guiana: 1954 - QEII definitives  |
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Post by anglobob on Oct 30, 2021 13:46:39 GMT
British Guiana, SG331-345. Definitive set with multiple script CA watermark, issued in 1954. A set of 9 of these stamps with the crown block CA watermark SG354-65 was issued from 1963 to 1965.  |
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Post by floradd on Jan 17, 2022 22:02:06 GMT
Hi rod222, where is the list of BG postmarks orginally from, that you cite at pbbooks? Thanks so much. I've enjoyed viewing your pics of BG, which is mainly what I collect.
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Post by Admin on Jan 17, 2022 22:06:06 GMT
floradd , you probably didn't notice that rod222 is an inactive member who likely will not be responding to your question.
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Post by hdm1950 on Dec 29, 2022 22:38:04 GMT
There are only 2 threads for British Guiana but this was the one with most recent activity so I will share this new to me early stamp here. This era can be tricky because of paper differences and perforations. This one was listed on eBay as a Scott 20 mint with original glue hinged with a very high CV. It appears all bidders were like me and were cautious with the closing bid being at less than 10% of the listed CV. Sc. 20 is supposed to be on thick paper and Sc. 26 is thin paper. As I prepared to mount the stamp and looked at it closely it was obviously on thin paper which I do not have. Sc. 31 is on thin paper but with 12 1/2 X 13 perforation. I needed that as well. Perforations on these stamps are always a bit ragged but upon checking I am pretty certain that what I have bought is the Sc. 31. All is good but I have let the seller know their error. I suggested a minor adjustment on the selling price but I am fine if they do not agree. NOTE: The seller issued me a 18.00 US partial refund for the listing error. Great customer service.  |
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Alt 156 = £
