Ceylon

Not much information is known about this, we presume to overcome the problem of small coinage War years.
Owner "Stampgal"

Unproven: but I think one could cut down the centre to pay part denomination, 3c or 2c.




Similar stamp image, this time presumably (a) Aerogramme, and (b) there were no impressions for a 35c stamp.

It's ugly, but it has its own story.

I am suggesting this, a rare postmark.  : "POSTE RESTANTE"

Any members with Poste Restante on Ceylon, I would welcome.
(Or any suggestions other than that)

Ooops, Gaff time, that would be a receiving mark. (Possibly my home town Perth    )

Ceylon :

Money Order & Savings Bank Cancellations~Postmarks  MO&SB's

The purpose of MO&SBs

(Money Order and Savings Bank Cancels)

So what was the exact purpose of these MO&SB cancellers? According to Ray Stanton,
'The larger post offices had already begun to transact Savings Bank business
before 1893 and gradually more and more offices became similarly authorised, but it
appears that at many of these offices this datestamp was used from time to time as a mail
canceller ... there is a greater than average use on registered mail from covers seen, which
might indicate that such usage occurred because it was the nearest cancel to hand, maybe
on the office counter, when the transaction took place. However there are many covers
and cards for which no such explanation exists.'

As well as being used for Money Order business and Registration at the offices of
Pusselawa, Ratnapura and Kurunegala the MO&SB is known used as the postmaster's
chop . At Pusselawa it is also found as a receiving mark . It is noted as a transit mark at
Chilaw in 1896 . It was used for all mails at Magalla, in the south, near Galle, between
1930 and 1960 where no separate medium Single Circle (mSC) is recorded after 27
March 1929 and is thus quite common . At Neboda the MO&SB+(3) was used for
ordinary mail from 1943 . At Naula, Central District, the MO&SB+ is seen far more
frequently than the mSC(l) . The office at the northern town of Puttur only had an
MO&SB+ which was used from 1928 to 1966—with absolutely no sign of the usual
mSC! .

It appears that MO&SBs were at times used as a general back-office canceller, at some
offices more than others, and this was decided by an individual postmaster's fancy rather
than any diktat from the GPO. Many of the strikes are only known on individual stamps,
which make it impossible to decide the purpose of use. Only covers and documents, as
hard as they are to come by, give lie to the purpose of each canceller.
MO&SBs come in many shapes and sizes. There are 28 known small Single Circles (or
thimbles) (sSMO&SBs). Ray Stanton notes, 'Until the numeral obliterators fell away from
use, late 1892 to early 1893, it was rare to find any datestamp on a Ceylon postage stamp;
how long before 1890 the MOSBs were issued is anybody's guess.'

David Horry
Gibbons Stamp Monthly 2010

My only example, in my collection. Apologies poor scan, taken years ago on old scanner.

Look forward to working on my Ceylon in the coming years,
they have some nice issues.
Yours looks like it has been repaired top left edge Admin?

 
Stamp in old discussion Digitally measured

I had a small collection of Ceylon when I was age 10 - thanks to my Uncle Ernie.
But now, not much, unless this is of interest. Set of 1947 on cover

Thanks LB1......I shall look and show some oldies from Ceylon to complement your nice post !!
René

CEYLON.

I could post Ceylon all day as I seem to be finding them in every corner of this collection !! 

I posted this one because I want to know from Beryllium Guy if this stamp is sporting a 'Company Chop' ? Or to be more specific, are they called 'Chops' in Ceylon too ? 

SG#58 according to the album placing but I need to check for SG#70b & 70c to be certain.

De La Rue in Recess. Perf 12½. 
Wmk: Crown CC Round or Oval.

Thanks for the tag, Michael!  So, we're back on the "company chops" again, eh?  I know it's become one of your favorite things!

I looked in the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue, which explicitly mentions the company chops for stamps of Hong Kong and Straits Settlements, but there is no mention of the company chops in the section on Ceylon.  That said, I think that the marking clearly looks like a company chop, so I would call it that, anyway!

Inauguration of New Constitution issue of 1947, shown previously as Specimen types.
Here is a set of Plate Blocks from this very nice series.

Fifty Cent Stamp Duty

Ok guys and gals, I need HELP, below is a scan of two QV 4c wmk 'Crown CC' from 1872 or thereabouts. My SG Cat lists a variety of perfs for this stamps in grey but I cannot find anything about a shade of blue. Does anyone have any information on it please?

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Ceylon 4c wmk Crown CC 1872

the one on the left in the above image is the listed variant and is a pale faded, grey as you rightly point out

on the right however it is blue, my scanner is not calibrated, nor the software so with real hesitation I could see it being listed as slate

a thought occurs as I trype this, scan it with blues from a later issue


right, here we are, some before and after:-

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oops it is the centre stamp in this row.

Gavin (feebletodix ), great idea on the scanning. It makes for a nice image, and gives a good idea on the range of colors under consideration.

I am also baffled by what you have found. The Scott Catalogue lists only gray and lilac rose as the color options for a Crown over CC watermark, but yours is clearly blue. I have to agree with salentin , that it must be a color changeling. The puzzling part for me is that the image of the blue example seems much more distinct than that of the gray one. It is the gray one that looks faded, actually, so between the two, I would have expected the gray one to be the changeling!