anglobob
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Post by anglobob on Jun 14, 2023 14:04:23 GMT
British Guiana, SG216, issued in 1897 with East Coast Railway TPO cancellation.  |
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guyana1230
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What I collect: GUYANA, Surinam, British Commonwealth, Aland, Denmark Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, USA, Scout Posts, Cinderellas
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Post by guyana1230 on Jun 14, 2023 20:05:04 GMT
Love that cancellation anglobob, I only have a partial East Coast Railway TPO cancellation. |
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hdm1950
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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 Jun 1, 2024 1:01:37 GMT
This 1853 4 cent was listed as a Scott 11 but I suspect it may be Scott 10 due to the fine white line above the value tab. It is cut close but the nice Demerara DEC 29 1854 cancel makes up for that in my eyes.  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jun 1, 2024 3:32:59 GMT
This 1853 4 cent was listed as a Scott 11 but I suspect it may be Scott 10 due to the fine white line above the value tab. It is cut close but the nice Demerara DEC 29 1854 cancel makes up for that in my eyes. What a cracking stamp! Agree Scott 10 I had a double take, so used to seeing DEMERAR on the 1c Magenta.  |
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doug534
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Post by doug534 on Jun 7, 2024 22:15:47 GMT
This is a collection of British Guiana cancellations that my father may have been actively adding to up until his death in 1957. He was a stamp dealer as well as a collector, and I can't help but wonder if he had contacts in the country. His stamp materials, which I am just in process of going through after almost 70 years, contained a lot of British Guiana stamps.
I've added the images of my dad's five pages with his annotations and the cancelled British Guiana stamps in the forum entry that follows this one.
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doug534
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Post by doug534 on Jun 7, 2024 22:28:43 GMT
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 2, 2024 8:17:26 GMT
doug534Further to your father's absolutely fabulous list of Postmarks, he had Morwhanna as "unlisted" It must have been updated from his reference, I found it in my 112 BG Town postmarks. (Morawhanna 1892)
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 21, 2024 22:28:05 GMT
KITTY VILLAGE in 1913  |
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doug534
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Post by doug534 on Jul 24, 2024 20:21:35 GMT
A packet of several hundred stamps mailed to my dad by one of his suppliers in 1958 contained issues from British Guiana, shown here, and half a dozen other West Indies localities. The stamps were loose inside the brown paper British mailing envelope in which they had been sent. Most of the stamps showed browning (sulfuretting) of the paper that is mentioned in other threads. Those other threads also discuss using hydrogen peroxide to "clean" the stamps. I probably won't go that route, but wonder how much such discoloration reduces the value of a "25-cent" stamp versus a more valuable stamp. The 60-cent "shooting logs over the falls" pictured here (Scott #257, color: brown), if graded "very fine," has a Scott CV (used) of $9.50. If the only factor degrading the stamp was sulfuretting, would the value drop by half?  |
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Post by paul1 on Jul 24, 2024 20:35:41 GMT
hi doug534 - sorry, not the slightest clue as to the extent of drop in value if the stamp is stained brown - what makes you suggest a 50% drop in value? Your stamp in question here looks to have perforation problems. I suspect that those folk who want high quality 'very fine' stamps probably simply wouldn't buy something that was brown to any degree. Couple of years back SG valued a used example at about £9.50
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 24, 2024 20:54:40 GMT
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Most of the stamps showed browning (sulfuretting) Hi Doug, Opinion: I would disagree here, the stamps look familiar, when stored badly, dirt, dust and grime the tips of the teeth are worn from jostling about in bags or boxes. Not a good look.
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Jul 24, 2024 21:19:07 GMT
doug534 . I have to agree with Rod 222 here . The browning is just grubbiness and dirt acquired in their life in the mail and poor storage since, the resale value in that condition is almost nil …. The appearance of your BritishGuiana would be enhanced with washing with a drop of dishwashing liquid in the water , If they were mine I would actually have them in a saucepan and simmer gently for a few minutes . I promise you they are robust enough to take such drastic treatment ! You would be amazed at the colour of the water afterwards. Try it , as they are common stamps , you have nothing to lose. On the other hand “Sulphuretting” is a chemical change which was caused by sulphur gases in the atmospheres contaminated by use of coal fires and gas lighting. It is reversible to a degree using Hydrogen peroxide. This is not the case in your stained stamps.
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doug534
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Post by doug534 on Jul 24, 2024 21:30:19 GMT
I suspect the condition of these British Guiana issues is the result of a mix of the collection and soaking methods used, storage at the supplier's end while stamps were being accumulated, and then perhaps the 70 years in storage here in the U.S. I believe besides buying from commercial wholesale dealers my dad bought used stamps in bulk from individuals that responded to ads he placed in West Indies newspapers. This supplier I believe lived in St. Lucia, from where he accumulated the stamps, but he had apparently mailed the package after moving to London. I suspect he was a teenager and accumulated the stamps to sell to my dad for pocket money. Or he may have just been poor and seeking any means to earn some money. Who knows where the covers came from, and how they were handled to remove the stamps. The majority of the stamps from the packet appear a bit battered. I wonder about that "origination" side of philatelic collections and the lives of the individuals involved.
I just "washed" the stamps in very hot water with two drops of dishwashing detergent. Mild manual agitation of the flat-bottomed dish the stamps were being washed in, but no rubbing except the small amount among the stamps themselves. Three or four minutes in the hot water with detergent, then two hot water rinses. I'll post a picture for comparison purposes once the stamps are out of the drying press.
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