 #271 |
Can you help me with this one? And approximate value, if there is any?
Posted by Anders Åstrand on 14 Apr 99 |
ANSWERS:
271 - This is a charity label to raise money for the reconstruction of
health resorts for Polish post & telegraph workers. Frequently
seen on early post-WWII covers. Little or no value off cover. | |
 #272 |
A scan of a Hong Kong forgery: Who was the artist and who did the forger work for. I have not been able to find anything out about this stamp. It is not listed in any of the Hong Kong forgery books I have seen. Posted by Norman Brown on 21 Apr 99 |
 #273 |
Cape of Good Hope 1892 2 1/2d olive green. Here it is the
cancellation that puzzles me: Cape Colony/ Ocean Post Office(?).
What/where was this office?
Posted by Robert J. B. Wilson on 26 Apr 99 |
ANSWERS:
‘Cape Colony/Ocean Post Office’ | |
 #274 |
India 1882 1/2A overprinted "ON L S F" rather crudely, but overprint
appears to be underneath cancellation. I have several of these
overprints and the relative positions of the letters vary considerably. What is it?
Posted by Robert J. B. Wilson on 26 Apr 99 |
ANSWERS:
#274 - This is a private Indian overprint to prevent theft. "ON L F S" = "On
Local Funds Service". | |
 #275 |
Tasmania 1902 1d. Overprinted 'SHIP LETTER' diagonally. I bought one
of several similar at a stamp show many years ago. What is it?
Posted by Robert J. B. Wilson on 26 Apr 99 |
ANSWERS:
According to R.J. Sutton's "The Stamp Collector's Encyclopedia", the
'SHIP LETTER' overprint was put on stamps for letters "carried either by a
ship maintained by the government or by a privately owned ship operating
under Post Office contract". The book goes on to say that some of the
handstamps were sparingly used during the early 20th century. This appears
to have been only used in Great Britain and the British Commonwealth. | |
 #276 |
I recently found these stamped envelopes that have Norman Rockwell paintings on them.
The stamps are from different times in american history. They also have a 13 cent stamp
on them and a postmark stamp. They seem to have been released in different areas of the
country (i.e. USA) on different dates in 1979. Does anyone know what these are or what the worth is?
Posted by havunepl@gateway.net on 29 Apr 99 |
ANSWERS:
#276
It's hard to tell without an illustration, but many companies in the
USA issue many, many cacheted covers every year. FDC's are the
largest part of these, but there are also many made for a variety of
anniversaries. Yours seem to be from a group that used Norman
Rockwell paintings as cachets for commemorating special dates in
American history, perhaps related to the Bicentennial and events in
the years following. This type of cover is found in my local stamp
shop at 50c each, though undoubtably they cost much more when
originally sold. | |
 #277 |
I'm not sure what this is, the stamp reads 1 mill on the top left and right
corners then read Orange Stamp Inc. Premium, stamp cash value 1 mill.
If you can identify these stamps I would appreciate it.
Posted by GoTrish@aol.com on 29 Apr 99 |
Note:
#277 - I posted this one provisionally, as I don't think that this is a postage item (or fiscal) of any kind.
#277
This is a premium stamp, like the more recognizable S&H "green
stamps". These were given out as premiums based on purchase value,
most often in supermarkets. The buyer saved them, stuck them in
special books, and then redeemed the books for gifts. There were
probably hundreds of different types used at one time in the USA, but
in the last 10 years or so their use seems to have dropped to near
zero. The only place I know that gives out "stamps" now is Subway (a
sandwich-shop chain). The value, one mill, is a thousandth of a
dollar. | |
 #278 | |
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I found these four items in a group of unsorted older Austrian stamps. All
are printed on card stock, apparently they were stamped postal cards. (The
backs of each show evidence of writing.) All four are of the 2 kreuzer
denomination. The third and fourth bear resemblance to Scott numbers 41 and
27 respectively, but the first two to not match anything I could find in
Scott. Any suggestions?
Posted by Doug Klein on 10 May 99 | |
ANSWERS:
no.3. seems to resemble Yvert #40 (1883) and no.4 resembles
Yvert #32 (1867-80). I cannot find any stamps with the colour/face value
combination such as on nos 1 and 2. This is probably due to the fact that
these are not stamps but cut squares. These did not necessarily have the
same colours as normal stamps, I think.
278 - There is no reason for a postal stationery indicium to match a
postage stamp. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.
The first three are cutouts from Austrian postal stationery postcards; the
fourth one could be the same from Hungary (they were both using the same currency
at this period), although it seems to have an Austrian postmark. The postcards
from which they were cut are illustrated in the Michel Ganzsachen-Katalog Europa
West (for Austria) and Europa Ost (for Hungary) if you can get hold of these.
I only have the East Europe one to hand, which illustrates your fourth stamp on
the first issue of Hungarian postcards, 1869-71. I think I can make out "69" at
the bottom of the postmark on yours. These certainly had a 2 kr yellow stamp with
a border just like that on the upper and right margins of your specimen. The
postcard itself was issued with German or Hungarian text. Perhaps the Austrian
postcards were identical, maybe with brown stamps instead of yellow. | |
 #279 |
I did not find this mexican stamp in my catalogue. What is it?
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 13 May 99 |
ANSWERS:
This is a Mexican revenue stamp.
This is a Mexico Renta Imperior Revenue stamp of 1920 without the talon. Used in the state of Vera Cruz. | |
 #280 |
I could not find this stamp in my catalogue, neither in the normal section for the Philippines nor in the
small chapter for the Aguinaldo insurgents. What is it?
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 13 May 99 |
Answers:
It seems to be MICHEL# 2 from the Aguinaldo issues of the Philippines.
The stamp was issued in 1898-1899 by the Aguinaldo Revolutionary
Government | |
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