Mark
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Post by Mark on Sept 10, 2020 17:58:06 GMT
Today I was able to sort through some more stamps that had arrived earlier this week and I picked out some that caught my eye for one reason or another. The diamond shaped stamp is from Tannu Tuva acording to Colnect which is a place I've never heard of and doesn't feature in my SG Stamps of the World catalogue. Looking online it's no surprise either as the country was only ever recognised as such by 2 others being the Soviet Union and Mongolia during a very short period between 1924-26 (according to Wikipedia). The other stamps I've chosen either because of various reasons such as postmark, perforations or lack thereof or just the detail evident such as on the Canada stamp. I think I saw on a Exploring Stamps video recently that if a stamp is marked "Specimen" it's because that one was used as a template to spot forgeries or errors. Cheers, Mark  |
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cjoprey
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Scanning stamps for my website...
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What I collect: Belgium (predominantly), British Commonwealth (older ones), WW (whatever comes my way...)
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Post by cjoprey on Sept 10, 2020 18:52:06 GMT
Nice stamps Mark! My 1987 copy of the Philatelic Atlas has this to say on Tannu-Tuva:  |
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on Sept 11, 2020 1:50:59 GMT
"SPECIMEN" overprints or perfins were used by Universal Postal Union (UPU) members to show the members their latest issues. Not all issues were treated in this manner. I suppose when they had symposium's, they would take the latest in folders to hand out to other nations.
In later years, a con job to get more money from collectors, such as Tuvalu & Kiribati, like yours. They are neat though, I kept all my Tuvalu SPECIMEN and OFFICIAL overprints when I had a standing order account with them way back in the 80's.
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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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 Sept 12, 2020 5:02:46 GMT
Today I was able to sort through some more stamps that had arrived earlier this week and I picked out some that caught my eye for one reason or another. The diamond shaped stamp is from Tannu Tuva acording to Colnect which is a place I've never heard of and doesn't feature in my SG Stamps of the World catalogue. Many years ago the topic of Tuvan stamps came up somewhere on TSF so I immediately jumped off track and posted about Tuvan throat singing. Have a look at this old post if you want some of that nonsense (and it could lead you to quantum mechanics too, if that floats your boat). Hooray for Tuvan throat singing! Ryan |
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Mark
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Post by Mark on Sept 16, 2020 19:05:47 GMT
Thanks for that Ryan, very amusing. Hooray indeed!
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