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Post by rod222 on Jan 22, 2016 7:07:04 GMT
Unless proven otherwise, best attitude to adopt with these stamps Assume all as forgeries. The central ornament / vignette, is an Elephant's trunk, holding a scroll. stick. Issued without gum Became obsolete December 31st 1894  |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 22, 2016 7:21:27 GMT
"Unknown" solved Bamra : Mutilated Stationery / Cut Square. Note : error "Fendatory State"  |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 22, 2016 7:28:05 GMT
Bamra Stamps on 2010 India Souvenir Sheet.  Bamra Letter Seal (Conch) Date unkown Ebay CV $8  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 16:49:30 GMT
The major issue in the first Bamra stamps are the reprints which although official, far outnumber the originals   Left SG6 original , right reprint The main general feature is the 4th Oriya letter with the open end (some are almost closed) and long protrusion. The ribbons vary in direction Two SG8's - note the spelling on the left SG8b   Forgeries sometimes have the wrong value Oriya letters |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 22, 2016 19:56:05 GMT
@falshung
Thank you Nelson,
you are a font of knowledge.
Ribbons? have I misinterpreted the ornament?
I wonder where I read Elephant's trunk and scroll?
Stanley Gibbons : Central ornament Elephant's trunk holding a stick.
Your lower stamps are SG8b and SG8c (inverted "e" in postage Row 8 stamp 4)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 22:59:48 GMT
I imagine Gibbons may know something as they paid 10pounds for a supply of them in 1890 after hearing of them in a German publication. Moens was not as fortunate & later did not acquire the full series and his catalog reflected this. There were a lot of rumblings in that period that perhaps they were printed primarily for collectors. The India Philatelic Society in 1900 described them as "Plain with a few lines of letters and a kind of scroll ornament" So perhaps we can say that it is a "ribbon like scroll ornament with an elephant going in different directions holding a stick"
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