madbaker
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What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Feb 20, 2019 14:27:59 GMT
Hi there, I received these two stamps in a packet of Austria and I can't figure them out. I've checked through all the Balkan countries I can think of with no success. Any ideas?   |
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Post by feebletodix on Feb 20, 2019 15:06:42 GMT
KPHTH means Crete but I cannot translate the title box except as gibberish - Mroxorine and Kybernexix'
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Feb 20, 2019 15:12:57 GMT
These are the "so-called revolutionary stamps of 1905" mentioned in a note in Scott's listings for Crete. There are no illustrations in Scott but if you enter "Crete revolutionary stamps of 1905" as a search string, images show up which are the same as what you have. And one of the links on that search is to our thread on Crete here on TSF. Ryan |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 15:13:31 GMT
Crete 1905 The top one appears to be a forgery - corner elements don't look right - need a better closeup The other may be a reprint. Difficult to measure but the perf should be exactly 11.5 in a genuine
Many forgeries & reprints exist
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Admin
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Post by Admin on Feb 20, 2019 15:15:41 GMT
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 20, 2019 20:19:21 GMT
My AFA catalog lists those two issues as from Crete, "Therison Post", from 1950.
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madbaker
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What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Feb 21, 2019 1:50:38 GMT
Thanks everyone! Looks like I’m at the start of a fun journey.  I forgot about iswsc. Was a member years ago. Will check that out too. |
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