Cover to London - probable forgery and a life lesson!
Sept 1, 2018 21:05:55 GMT
theamateurphilatelist, Beryllium Guy, and 1 more like this
Post by jamesw on Sept 1, 2018 21:05:55 GMT
This is an example of how you should REALLY look at what you're buying. Drove about an hour today to a dealer to unload a bunch of stuff - covers and stamps.
In return I picked up some nice tobacco stamps (shown elsewhere) and and interesting British stampless cover (shown elsewhere) and this.
I purchased this cover because I had never seen this sort of stampless post mark before. I thought my Boggs would explain it to me.
Once I got it home and scanned it, I realized, this 'rubber stamp' postage was actually drawn in pencil!
I'm putting this thread under Canada, because the dealer did have other covers addressed to James Templeton London U.C., but really I think this could have come from anywhere.
The dealer did have this marked as 1857, though there are no dates on the envelope. To be fair, he told me this cover, and all the other stampless he had were part of his father's collection. Dad was also a dealer. So I'm sure he's not pulling a fast one on me.
But I should have noticed the denomination - cents. Canada didn't start using decimal currency until 1859. But this could have come from the US, right? It does sort of look like a Confederate provisional (though it's not).
So there you go. Buyer beware. I could take it back, but it's a two hour round trip! I may email him and let him know, but I think I may keep it as en example of philatelic chicanery! Who knows what it's story is.
In return I picked up some nice tobacco stamps (shown elsewhere) and and interesting British stampless cover (shown elsewhere) and this.
I purchased this cover because I had never seen this sort of stampless post mark before. I thought my Boggs would explain it to me.
Once I got it home and scanned it, I realized, this 'rubber stamp' postage was actually drawn in pencil!
I'm putting this thread under Canada, because the dealer did have other covers addressed to James Templeton London U.C., but really I think this could have come from anywhere.
The dealer did have this marked as 1857, though there are no dates on the envelope. To be fair, he told me this cover, and all the other stampless he had were part of his father's collection. Dad was also a dealer. So I'm sure he's not pulling a fast one on me.
But I should have noticed the denomination - cents. Canada didn't start using decimal currency until 1859. But this could have come from the US, right? It does sort of look like a Confederate provisional (though it's not).
So there you go. Buyer beware. I could take it back, but it's a two hour round trip! I may email him and let him know, but I think I may keep it as en example of philatelic chicanery! Who knows what it's story is.
