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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 2, 2013 22:20:37 GMT
1938 SG 397  SG 397a (pale purple)  Telegraph punch?  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 2, 2013 22:39:42 GMT
Nice. Here are examples of definitives from the three prior generations:    |
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Aug 2, 2013 22:45:43 GMT
Post by Perfs14 on Aug 2, 2013 22:45:43 GMT
Beautiful!  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 3, 2013 2:35:25 GMT
A KEVII used in Kandy, with an inverted date slug:  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 3, 2013 3:44:53 GMT
Another attractive definitive, this time a 50c KGV:  and a couple of the pictorials:   and not even the best looking of them. |
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Ceylon
Aug 3, 2013 3:46:56 GMT
Post by Perfs14 on Aug 3, 2013 3:46:56 GMT
Those pictorials are stunning. |
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Post by cjd on Aug 3, 2013 3:49:03 GMT
I'm serious about them not being the best...the elephants crossing the river and the ancient reservoir are even better...more scanning to do...
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Ceylon
Aug 3, 2013 3:51:34 GMT
Post by Perfs14 on Aug 3, 2013 3:51:34 GMT
Yes the elephants crossing the river is a classic stamp. One of my favourites and I used it to win a 'beauty' contest (how could it lose?) on another forum. |
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Post by cjd on Aug 3, 2013 4:15:31 GMT
Here is the KGV version of the elephants:  The vignette is based on a photograph from 1929, which I grabbed from another forum sometime in the years past. I should of kept track of where, and who.  |
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Aug 3, 2013 4:37:31 GMT
Post by rod222 on Aug 3, 2013 4:37:31 GMT
SG0023 (1861) T0001 01d qv [0m1] deep blue [p14-15.5] [wmk large star] Beautiful example of the rose engine work.  |
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Aug 3, 2013 6:33:02 GMT
Post by roos on Aug 3, 2013 6:33:02 GMT
What great stamps from Ceylon, I really like the showing of the different shades in colour.
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Ceylon
Aug 3, 2013 9:36:41 GMT
Post by Perfs14 on Aug 3, 2013 9:36:41 GMT
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 3, 2013 11:10:51 GMT
Here is the KGV version of the elephants: The vignette is based on a photograph from 1929, which I grabbed from another forum sometime in the years past. I should of kept track of where, and who. I recall posting a similar image to SCF in 2010... I have the original photograph somewhere. Anyway, a scan of the photograph is below. The photograph was taken at Kraal Town, Ceylon, at 9:00 am on March 13 1929. The event was the culmination of a kraal of 40 elephants. Some 2,000 native bearers, under several mahouts organised by Nugawella Dissawa, were involved in the roundup of elephants.  |
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Post by cjd on Aug 3, 2013 13:20:41 GMT
That would almost certainly answer the where, and the who. I recognize the corner mounts.
For years I saved images and tried to capture some information in the file name. That lost a lot of information. I've taken to sometimes saving threads or parts of threads that I want to remember as pdf files, which keeps everything together much better.
Thanks!
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 18, 2013 11:09:47 GMT
 Ceylon 1938 6¢ black & blue SG388 'confetti flaw' |
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 18, 2013 12:18:56 GMT
 Ceylon 1912 2c brown-orange SG307 plate number 4 plug |
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 20, 2013 6:35:15 GMT
As philatelic as they come...  1¢ Die II 2¢ Die I 5¢ Die I 6¢ Die II 2¢ War Stamp Die I 3¢ War Stamp Die II |
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 20, 2013 6:46:32 GMT
Here is an interesting pair  Ceylon 1935 2¢ black & carmine SG368 Frame plate A2 The stamps are perf 13½ x 14... unlisted in Stanley Gibbons. |
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Ceylon
Aug 20, 2013 6:53:33 GMT
Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2013 6:53:33 GMT
Are you sure P13.5 is not P14?
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Ceylon
Aug 20, 2013 6:59:20 GMT
Post by perfs12 on Aug 20, 2013 6:59:20 GMT
It measures exactly 13.5 on the Instanta gauge. A bit of a puzzle.  |
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Aug 20, 2013 7:03:20 GMT
Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2013 7:03:20 GMT
We need an image whizz, Phil used to be good at that, cutting off one side of the stamp, and aligning it with another side, in your case top. to indicate reperfing etc. You may have that very exclusive "cruise" |
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Ceylon
Aug 20, 2013 7:05:57 GMT
Post by perfs12 on Aug 20, 2013 7:05:57 GMT
I'm inflating my beach ball in anticipation...
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Post by Ryan on Aug 20, 2013 9:45:23 GMT
I did a quick & sloppy twiddle, cropping the horizontal perforation and rotating it to place it alongside the vertical. It is different, about one perf tooth in 29, which is about what you would expect for this (exact 13.5 and 14 would give 27 holes in one direction equalling 28 in the other).  Ryan |
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Aug 20, 2013 10:47:09 GMT
Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2013 10:47:09 GMT
Well done Ryan. Perfs, So now what? do you write to Stanley Gibbons? Ryan, if your method in comparing perfs is reasonably straight forward, can you, would you, please post in "Stamp collecting tools" or whatever board we use, I would find that extremely helpful. Thanks |
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 20, 2013 12:59:50 GMT
Many thanks Ryan and Rod. I will write to Stanley Gibbons. Last time I wrote it took nearly a year for a reply. In the meantime I will make inquiries over at the Ceylon Study Circle. Alex |
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Ceylon
Aug 20, 2013 14:33:00 GMT
Post by Ryan on Aug 20, 2013 14:33:00 GMT
Ryan, if your method in comparing perfs is reasonably straight forward, can you, would you, please post in "Stamp collecting tools" or whatever board we use, I would find that extremely helpful. OK, will do. Ryan [**edit** - you can find this tutorial in the thread entitled " Using image editing software to check perforations"] |
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 20, 2013 15:51:41 GMT
Perfs, So now what? do you write to Stanley Gibbons? Wouldn't a more effective way to get the attention of Stanley Gibbons, Scott, etc., be to first submit the stamp to an expert committee as a perf. variety to have them certify your finding? |
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Post by perfs12 on Aug 21, 2013 0:42:29 GMT
Stanley Gibbons may know whether the variety exists. It may not be that rare, like the recently re-discovered Barbados 1927 1d carmine Tercentenary of Settlement perf 12 x 12½ variety. First reported to Stanley Gibbons by Dr J Jolliffe in 1940, and subsequently forgotten until revived by Dr Neil Tucker in 2012.
If Stanley Gibbons don't know, then I will seek a certificate.
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Ceylon
Aug 21, 2013 1:40:17 GMT
Post by Perfs14 on Aug 21, 2013 1:40:17 GMT
Assuming that SG don't know and you get a certificate, what happens next?
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Post by rod222 on Aug 21, 2013 1:57:33 GMT
Then the stamp shall be a rarity, and the market would set the value.
Hopefully it would be listed in Gibbons, in the next printing.
Hard nosed Ceylon collectors would fight over it, one would assume.
It's the repayment of hours and hours of checking perforations on normal stamps.
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