cjd
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Post by cjd on Mar 25, 2015 3:17:09 GMT
This is a plain vanilla 1898 telegraph, created by overprinting an 1897 postal stamp. I believe this should be H9 in Hiscocks. This stamp is found in a few varieties...a brighter overprint color, a T with serifs angled out at the ends of the top bar, and an accent on the second "e" about 1.5mm above the "e" (instead of riding right near the top of the "e"). I show none of the varieties on my example:  |
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Post by butterfly on Jan 19, 2018 1:15:57 GMT
 While on the subject of dual usage stamps, here is one I just found. A Guatamala Scott #61 overprinted to convert it into a telegraph stamp. Scott then mentions that some copies sold as this issue are telegraph stamps with the "telegraph" erased. Perhaps this one even was used postally? I do have Guatamala stamps with purple cancels.  |
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Post by cjd on Jan 19, 2018 5:13:45 GMT
Obviously, I have no actual idea, but...if it has the telegraph overprint, and a purple cancel, my first thought is "telegraph" usage. But again, I can't be more clear that I have no actual knowledge of usage.
What I can say is that the stamp is centered a little low, but I would have bought it.
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