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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2022 17:57:41 GMT
[Posted by former member @clueless]Hi, As you can see I’m clueless and well .. I’m quiet clueless which at the moment happens to include my knowledge of stamps and how to use this forum haha so if this isn’t the right place to ask my question please feel free to tell where to go 😊 I’m wondering if anyone is able to I guess explain or offer any insight into this stamp for me? I’m only a stamp beginner so I have no idea if this is something that’s common or if it is actually unusual .. but it’s the first one I’ve come across anyhow - the vertical lines + the writing on the back ?  
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Mar 24, 2022 18:01:44 GMT
Can you give us a clue @clueless ?
You post here under Australia predecimal…. Ok I see your pictures now …
George V kings head, 2d. The lines on the front are just part of a regular roller postmark . The date part must have been on the envelope and the bars just obliterate the stamp for use. I guess the stamp may have been on a parcel or stuck on sideways to catch the bars this way.
I don’t understand the printing on the back however.
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kasvik
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What I collect: Cancels mostly, especially Sweden Gävle and Lidingö, Switzerland Geneva, Germany Pforzheim
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Post by kasvik on Mar 24, 2022 18:17:25 GMT
Hi, As you can see I’m clueless and well .. I’m quiet clueless which at the moment happens to include my knowledge of stamps and how to use this forum haha so if this isn’t the right place to ask my question please feel free to tell where to go 😊 I’m wondering if anyone is able to I guess explain or offer any insight into this stamp for me? I’m only a stamp beginner so I have no idea if this is something that’s common or if it is actually unusual .. but it’s the first one I’ve come across anyhow - the vertical lines + the writing on the back ? This looks to me like an expertizing signature, an authentication. A signature isn't as good as a certficiate, but typically cheaper. There is explanatory commentary and a list at www.filatelia.fi/experts/index.html Is the stamp expensive enough to justify it? |
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Mr. H
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What I collect: US, Netherlands, Whatever suits my fancy.
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Post by Mr. H on Mar 24, 2022 21:45:53 GMT
Appears to me to be Scott #27 or 27a (depending upon the actual color). My 2020 Scott catalog values it at $2.75, but in its present condition it really doesn't have any value.
If it is an expertizing mark, it may have been considered more valuable at the time.
It might be an owner's mark.
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