 #381 |
I hope perhaps some viewers can identify this, I have no idea about this.
Posted by Ian Young on 3 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
A stamp from Faridkot, an old indian state in Punjab:
issued in 1878/86, nr. 3 in Michel catalogue for Asia.
This is a revenue stamp from the Feudatory State of Faridkot in the Punjab Agency of India, which issued postage stamps from 1879-85, so this is probably in that time period.
[After 1886 through 1900, Faridkot continued to issue stamps as a Convention state in the British Empire]
#381 This is a lithographic reprint of an unissued half anna stamp of Faridkot
(Indian States). Your image is rotated - your "top" is really the right
side; the inscription within the central square reads "nim anna" (half anna)
from right to left, with the dots above and below the Urdu characters. It
was churned out by the Faridkot authorities in 1888 by the thousand; it is
very common and totally worthless, and also occurs in fancy colours such as
red, green and black. "Postmarked" copies ("F" in a circle of bars) are, of
course, equally bogus.
This is a reprint for the Indian feudatory State Faridkot. They were
printed in various colours imperforated as well as perforated. I know
them in green, black, blue and orange-red and they seem to be quite common.
#381 Faridkot. They were lithoed on at least 3 stones. One stone had the
entire 3rd column from the left inverted; a second stone had the stamp in
position 3/8 inverted; so tete beche pairs can be found. These 2 stones were
used to produce perforated stamps. A third stone, with no errors,was used to
produce the imperforates. They can be found in black, 2 shades of green, 4
shades of blue, 4 shades of red and 3 shades of yellow/orange. They tend to
be on a white wove paper but can also be found on a yellowish wove.
I don't know if it's considered bad form to plug one's own articles, but if
anyone wants details on these and the other reprints and forgeries of
Faridkot (or even the genuine ones!) they could try my article Everything
You Wanted To Know About Faridkot But Were Afraid To Ask in India Post Feb
2000. If Santa didn't bring you a copy I'm happy to send a photocopy to
anyone who lets me have their Snailmail address. | |
 #382 |
I hope perhaps some viewers can identify this, I have no idea about this.
Posted by Ian Young on 3 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
#382 Air Mail is from United Kingdom. It is found also in pink.
#382
The answer is given in "The Stanley Gibbons Book of Stamps and Stamp
Collecting", 2nd edition, 1990, page 113, which I quote:
This is an air mail essay type "Mercury" which was sold at the London
International Stamp Exhibition in 1923. And is an example of "what
might have been" as Great Britain as one of the few countries in the
world have never produced any airmail stamps. | |
 #383 |
Any help with this one? Is it a single stamp or
part of a series?
Posted by Tim Streed on 3 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
#383 is a french parcel post (Colis Postaux) from 1926.
This is a French railroad parcel post stamp. It is from 1926. In the Cérès 1986 catalog,
if the stamp is red, it is #64 for declared value, if it is lilac, it is for "intéréts à la livraison"...
whatever that is!!
This is a French Colis postaux of 1926, Yvert nr. 64, and is one in a
series of 11 stamps. The number 5 on the top of the stamp indicated
how many times a tax of 50 centimes had to be paid. In this case 5 * 5
centimes = 2 Fr. 50 cent.
This is a French stamp for "Colis Postaux" (i.e. Railway Packets). There are a whole bunch of them, but not all issued at the same time.
Some were meant for delivery at home, some for insurance, some for payment on delivery, etc. | |
 #384 |
What is this? It is not in Yvert. I have a long set made up of 18 values from
1 to 90 cents.
Posted by Casper Boks on 14 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
This is a Postal Note Stamp from US, they supplemented the regular postal money order service
for fractions of the dollar...The only set was issued in 1945, there are 18 to the set, 1¢ to 90¢.
All are black, they were discontinued in 1951. In the Scotts US Specialized catalog, this is #PN12,
more valuable unpostmarked (the lower values are the reverse situation).
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 #385 |
I could not find this in Yvert. Can anyone tell me something
about it?
Posted by Casper Boks on 14 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
#383: I found in MICHEL a non-issued airmail stamp from 1920, which looks
similar to the scan. The MICHEL-No. is "III", price is for a mint stamp is 100 DM
and 40 DM for a hinged item.
385 - 1922 Unreleased "Flugpost" overprint, listed in Michel's Austria
Specialized.
#385 AIRPORT Stamp 1922 - not released - Nr 332 with overprint "Flugpost"
Value 675 Austrian Shilling.
Michel Cat. lists this stamp as issued in 1922 (Cat. No. III) valued at DM 100.
Your Flugpost stamp is from Austria. It´s from 1922 and official, but was not issued.
You will find it in MICHEL (Western Europe II) after # 320. The cat.
value in 1992/93 was 85 German Marks for MNH.
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 #386 |
I could not find this in Yvert. Can anyone tell me something
about it? The overprint reads something like "Badhersburgs /
Bestsinngstng /
26 Juli 1920".
Posted by Casper Boks on 14 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
Your stamp #384 could be an Austrian local issue from 1920. A possible inscription I found is
"Radkersburgs Befreiungstag 26.Juli 1920". "Befreiungstag" means liberation day.
I found it in my "MICHEL Österreich Spezial 1993". There is no price given for
the whole set of 33 stamps, all with overprint on Austrian definitive issues.
There is a note, that from most of all the local issues forgeries exist.
Unfortunately I could not read exactly from the scan.
386 - 1920 Austrian private overprint from Radkersburg, also listed in Michel's
Austria Specialized.
#386 - LOCAL ISSUE - Radkersburg Overprint of Nr.271 (50 H Blue)
"Radkersburg / Befreinugstag 26 juli 1920",
Value starting from 120 Austrian Shilling.
# 386 is from Austria. The imprinted text reads: Radkersburgs / Befreiungstag / 26. Juli 1920
It is a local issue for the liberation of Radkersburg and was issued on
26th July 1920.
You will find it in MICHEL Western Europe II - Austria - Local issues.
It is part of a set, consisting of 33 stamps. The set doesnßt has a cat
value. (-.-)
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 #387 |
Can anybody identify this old italian stamp?
[The stamp belongs to the set prepared by De La Rue Ltd., either printed in London or in Turin... but this stamp shouldn't have received that overprint. Other old italian stamps have a similar overprint, but this one looks quite more rough as if it was handprinted. I haven't found any mention of this combination stamp-overprint in my catalogues. (Stefano)] Posted by Vanni Masala on 16 December 99 |
ANSWERS:I think this stamp is a sort of fantasy creation probably dotated of a fake overprint after the stamp had made its duty (never heard of official proofs of the ovpt. on this value, eventually made on already used stamps for economy), because of some more reasons such as:
Paolo Bagaglia (24 Feb 00) | |
 #388 |
This stamp puzzles me. It is Parma 5 cents, 1852 issue, #1 in every catalogue,
but it is printed on white paper instead of yellow. And at first I thought
it was a copy of #2, 10 cents on white paper. The scan is small, I'll get a bigger
one as soon as possible, but I think that the face value is visible. Any hint?
What is it, a fake, someone trying to make up his own variety, or did the original
yellow colour simply fade?
Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 16 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
The stamp 388 is faded. I have a stamp exactly like it,and it is also
starting to fade.
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 #389 |
This appears to be similar to some early Chinese stamps, but the
lotus blossom motif would suggest that it may actually be Japanese.
Any help identifying it would be appreciated.
Posted by Greg McHugh on 16 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
Unidentified stamp #389 is a Japanese Tobacco Duty tax stamp, perforated it is part of the 3rd Issue,
maybe 2nd (I have a 1965 Catalog, very hard to read) I believe this is a 2 Sen value: 1883.
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 #390 |
Can you help on this stamp. There are three to the set. It appears to be
Greek but is not in Vlastos. What is it's purpose. Thank you.
Posted by Stan Ginsberg on 17 December 99 |
ANSWERS:
I think your stamp is listed by some italian catalogue, I must check it out but
I've read somewhere of an airmail service between Italy and Turkey via Greece for which
a set of semi-official stamps was issued. I guess your stamp belongs to that set.
390 - 1926 Greece, one of a set of three stamps issued for Brindisi-Athens-
Constantinople air line, but never issued. Listed in Sanabria as S1-3 at 75c
for the set (but likely worth much more by now).
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