philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Feb 3, 2021 16:30:31 GMT
Excellent information kgvistamps . Thank you oodles.  I’ll definitely be taking a second look at my 2 S, too. This is such a fascinating issue and was quite a workhorse acting as postage, revenues etc. |
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Post by smauggie on Mar 14, 2021 19:09:35 GMT
Here is a stamp to get it started.  |
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Mar 14, 2021 21:00:20 GMT
smauggie , there is actually already a Bermuda section under the North America area of the board.
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 14, 2021 21:39:20 GMT
Here is a stamp to get it started. Hi, Antonio! Thanks for your post. It's a nice stamp! Darrin ( darkormex ) is quite right--there is a Bermuda board already, but it's under North America, because Bermuda is not in the Caribbean. It's out in the Atlantic Ocean, about 900 miles NE of Cuba. I will move your post into a Bermuda thread shortly.  |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 14, 2021 21:45:33 GMT
Hi again, Antonio ( smauggie): Posts moved into an existing thread in the Bermuda board. Hope you will keep the posts coming! |
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Post by smauggie on Mar 15, 2021 0:11:33 GMT
Hi again, Antonio ( smauggie ): Posts moved into an existing thread in the Bermuda board. Hope you will keep the posts coming! Thanks! |
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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 Apr 29, 2023 17:33:17 GMT
Rainy day in Toronto so I decided to visit Bermuda for a bit. I just gave these 2 used six pence a bath to remove some hinge remnants. I have kept them both half hoping that one is the scarce Scott #4 brown lilac and just not a shade difference from the Scott #5 lilac. Looking on line on various sites there are several close in colour to both of mine being described as brown lilac. The value of used and the poor centering of these makes having them certified unrealistic. Opinions are welcome and I will not dispute any comments..   |
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BermudaSailor
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What I collect: British colonies, primary Bermuda
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Post by BermudaSailor on May 1, 2023 16:45:04 GMT
Rainy day in Toronto so I decided to visit Bermuda for a bit. I just gave these 2 used six pence a bath to remove some hinge remnants. I have kept them both half hoping that one is the scarce Scott #4 brown lilac and just not a shade difference from the Scott #5 lilac. Looking on line on various sites there are several close in colour to both of mine being described as brown lilac. The value of used and the poor centering of these makes having them certified unrealistic. While it may be debatable, Stanley Gibbons does a better job describing colors for British Commonwealth stamps. Sc 4 is equivalent to SG6, while Sc5 is equivalent to SG7. Stanley Gibbons describes the color for these two stamps as: 6d Dull Purple for the SG6 and Dull Mauve for the SG7. While one cannot always trust the colors displayed on a computer monitor, the two stamps you displayed look to me as if they are indeed a SG6 and a SG7.
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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 2, 2023 23:12:11 GMT
I was never really happy with my King George V 10 shilling Scott 96 due to what I assume is a revenue cancel. This week I was successful in acquiring a mint very lightly hinged example. My intention was to sell the used example but now that I have the two stamps together it is obvious that they represent the two colour varieties that the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue lists. I am thinking that the mint example is the Scott 96 and the used one is the Scott 96a with the deep emerald. Possibly members kgvistamps or BermudaSailor can confirm this. I know those that go deeper into these stamps would recognize even more varieties. The partial cancel on the used one interests me as well. The cancel does show 26 Front Street. I understand that Front Street is a major street in Hamilton, Bermuda. The top name is a bit more challenging to complete.   |
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kgvistamps
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Post by kgvistamps on Jun 3, 2023 13:43:48 GMT
I was never really happy with my King George V 10 shilling Scott 96 due to what I assume is a revenue cancel. This week I was successful in acquiring a mint very lightly hinged example. My intention was to sell the used example but now that I have the two stamps together it is obvious that they represent the two colour varieties that the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue lists. I am thinking that the mint example is the Scott 96 and the used one is the Scott 96a with the deep emerald. Possibly members kgvistamps or BermudaSailor can confirm this. I know those that go deeper into these stamps would recognize even more varieties. The partial cancel on the used one interests me as well. The cancel does show 26 Front Street. I understand that Front Street is a major street in Hamilton, Bermuda. The top name is a bit more challenging to complete. Assuming that you checked the watermarks on both stamps and they are Multiple Script CA, then it is probably correct that they represent both Scott versions of this stamp. The one on the right was fiscally cancelled and in soaking it off of what was probably cruise ship tickets, the color was altered, particularly in the center. The ink they used was fugitive to prevent cleaning the stamps for reuse. So an unused copy would not have the center appear so washed out. But the frame color appears to be fairly correct. These stamps were used heavily for fiscal purposes. The cancel you see is from Harnett & Richardson / Agents / 26 Front Street, Hamilton, Bermuda. They used a three line handstamp to cancel the tickets to prove the head tax was paid. This information is from Myles Glazer's book on the Bermuda KGV High Value issues. |
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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 3, 2023 15:38:40 GMT
I was never really happy with my King George V 10 shilling Scott 96 due to what I assume is a revenue cancel. This week I was successful in acquiring a mint very lightly hinged example. My intention was to sell the used example but now that I have the two stamps together it is obvious that they represent the two colour varieties that the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue lists. I am thinking that the mint example is the Scott 96 and the used one is the Scott 96a with the deep emerald. Assuming that you checked the watermarks on both stamps and they are Multiple Script CA, then it is probably correct that they represent both Scott versions of this stamp. The one on the right was fiscally cancelled and in soaking it off of what was probably cruise ship tickets, the color was altered, particularly in the center. The ink they used was fugitive to prevent cleaning the stamps for reuse. So an unused copy would not have the center appear so washed out. But the frame color appears to be fairly correct. These stamps were used heavily for fiscal purposes. The cancel you see is from Harnett & Richardson / Agents / 26 Front Street, Hamilton, Bermuda. They used a three line handstamp to cancel the tickets to prove the head tax was paid. This information is from Myles Glazer's book on the Bermuda KGV High Value issues. Thanks kgvistamps ! I knew I could depend on you. Seeing the watermark on the mint copy was a challenge but I eventually got it in the correct light to see it and I have a high level of trust in the auction house I bought it from. I did try a little fluid on the back but was cautious as I did not want to do damage. On the used one the watermark is quite visible. Before scanning it I did a soak for maybe 30 seconds to remove a hinge remnant and as you say the ink is quite fugitive. It was faded before and even more so after just that short time. It was never a great example with the corner pull and crease but I will keep it as a space filler for now. The history of the cancel was consistent with some reading I had done on these higher values. Thanks again. Hugh |
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Sept 20, 2023 14:03:30 GMT
Just stopping by to share a pic of one almost perfect stamp - a thing of beauty! I especially love that it’s not a Hamilton cancel, but St Georges post office which is much smaller.  |
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Post by nick2302 on Sept 20, 2023 15:55:00 GMT
A SOTN on a nice looking stamp. Two wins Philatelia!!! Congrats.
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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 Sept 25, 2023 21:25:10 GMT
The mint stamp on the left is new to my collection. All three are perforated 14. The mint one I believe is Scott 127a orange and grey. The middle stamp appears more yellow so may be Scott 127b issued in 1947. The post mark from 1949 would tend to back that up. I suspect the third stamp on the far right would be a used Scott 127a. These shades like many others are always a challenge.  |
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BermudaSailor
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Post by BermudaSailor on Dec 19, 2023 17:26:48 GMT
"I was never really happy with my King George V 10 shilling Scott 96 due to what I assume is a revenue cancel. This week I was successful in acquiring a mint very lightly hinged example. My intention was to sell the used example but now that I have the two stamps together it is obvious that they represent the two colour varieties that the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue lists. I am thinking that the mint example is the Scott 96 and the used one is the Scott 96a with the deep emerald.
Possibly members kgvistamps or BermudaSailor can confirm this. I know those that go deeper into these stamps would recognize even more varieties. The partial cancel on the used one interests me as well. The cancel does show 26 Front Street. I understand that Front Street is a major street in Hamilton, Bermuda. The top name is a bit more challenging to complete."
With apologies to HDM50 for not responding sooner. I have been out of the country for several months and am only now catching up with all things philatelic. I agree with you with respect to the two stamps, they do indeed appear to be a Sc 96 and 96a (SG 92 and 92g). Of course looking at a computer monitor always makes things a bit more difficult. As for the fiscal cancel it was canceled by the firm Harnet and Richardson. Harnet & Richardson were shipping agents, whose offices were located on Front Street. They represented a number of passenger liners over the years. Prior to the age of flight, all passenger traffic to and from Bermuda was by ship. In 1919, the Bermuda House of Assembly enacted a "head" tax, to support the Allied war effort, whereby, effective January 1, 1920, each person leaving Bermuda was required to pay 5/. The "head" tax rate was subsequently increased to 10/ per person on January1, 1923, and has been increased several time since. The payment of this "head" tax was evidenced by a fixing a stamp to the passenger's ticket and canceling it. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 22, 2024 4:03:41 GMT
Sc# 461>  Sc# 469>  Sc# 510>  Sc# 532>  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 28, 2024 20:59:47 GMT
The last of today's arrivals, the full set of 1953 Bermuda pictorial issues:  I was surprised to see that this set had not yet been posted here, though it hits so many popular themes that we have seen many stamps from that series in the topical threads. |
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anilkhemlani
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Post by anilkhemlani on Jul 3, 2024 16:44:01 GMT
sharing these Bermuda stamps. I have a few more, need to go through all the old albums to dig them out  |
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I’ll definitely be taking a second look at my 2 S, too. This is such a fascinating issue and was quite a workhorse acting as postage, revenues etc. 
