 #411 |
I picked up this Polish item at the Gonzaga flea market while visiting
Stefano (using up my frequent flyer miles, thanks KLM!), just before
returning to his house where his wife Rita presented us a delicious lunch
(thanks Rita!). Any info on the stamp would be appreciated.
Posted by Casper Boks on 24 March 00 |
ANSWERS:
This is a Polish Red Cross stamp. My Polish is not what it should be, the words for PCK would be something like Polski
Czerwoni Krzyz. Something close to that. It pictures the very beautiful town
hall of Wroclaw in Silesia (Breslau, Germany until 1945).
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 #412 |
This must be from Romania, but it's not in the Scott catalogue.
Does anyone know where it is listed?
Is it a postage stamp? Thanks.
Posted by Ben Greenberg on 31 March 00 |
ANSWERS:
Must be pre-WWII. It shows the University of King Carol II at Cernauti.
The king was deposed around 1947.
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 #413 |
This item came with a Fiji lot. Is it indeed Fijian? In what way was it
used? Any info is appreciated.
Posted by Casper Boks on 31 March 00 |
ANSWERS:
#413 I think this is from India, 1935, and is a charity label.
I have a similar stamp which i believe is an Indian stamp, hence the value
is mentioned in A(nna).
It probably is a fund raising stamp for their majesties silver jubilee fund.
#413 Silver Jubilee. Yes this is Indian charity label to commemorate the
25th anniversary of George V as King/Emperor in 1935. In 1995 someone
appealed for information on these in India Post - were they sold in POs?
Were they printed at Nasik? Were they lithoed? How many in a sheet? As far
as I can find, it was never answered. If anyone has any details if they pass
them on to me I will send them to India Post as well.
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 #414 |
This german service stamp has an overprint, maybe you see it, maybe you don't, anyway it's
"C.G.H.S." printed upside down. What does it mean? Why was it overprinted. I was unable to find
any mention of it in Michel.
I was overwhelmed by your prompt response! Thank you folks! Posted by Stefano Adinolfi on 7 April 00 |
ANSWERS:
It is from Upper Silesia, Scott O46. The C.G.H.S. overprint is inverted and misplaced such that the "C" is missing (the "C" is actually there, it's just split off). These overprints come in so many varieties that most "errors" have no price premium.
This is an official stamp for Upper Silesia, #O46 in my old Scotts catalog, #15 in Michel 1920-21, there was a plebiscite, then it was divided up between Germany and Poland.
Oberschlesien... Come in all sorts of overprint varieties. invert, double, sideways, etc
C.G.H.S. overprint= Commission de Gouvernement Haute Silesie (Upper Silesia)
Following world War 1 a plebisite was held for several regions
including Upper Silesia,and this stamp is one for the Upper Silesia
region. (between Germay & Poland) Listed in the l995
Scott catalogue as O-46, value 15 cents.
The catalogue states the overprint can be found horizontal,vertical
reading up or down, inverted, double, and double with one inverted,
but does not give values for the varieties.
CGHS means: "Commission du Gouvernement Haute Silesie".
Suggest try looking under Upper Silesia plebiscite issues - the CGHS was the
initials for the plebiscite commission, I believe. It may be Scott Upper
Silesia O46. A footnote in Scott states that the overprint is found both
horizontal and vertical, reading up or down, and also exists on most values
inverted, double and double, one inverted.
This stamp is a stamp issued in "Haute Silésie" (Oberschlesien, in
German). It is a "dienstmarken "stamp (service)
The value is 0.5 DM, with no extra value if the overprint in upside down.
Question 414 with the "C.G.H.S" overprint is an official stamp from
plebiscite Ober-Schlesien.
Take another look in your Michel catalogue and you will find it.
The overprint can appear in many different ways, upside down, sideways,
double etc.
The overprint can be found in the catalog listings for Upper Silesia,
a plebiscite area after WW I.
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 #415 |
Any assistance in identifying this Swiss local would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Posted by Mark Eiler on 14 April 00 |
ANSWERS:
This is Bern, the striding bear is their symbol... I can't read what it says at top, usually Kanton (or Canton) Bern...a tax stamp I think.
This is a fiscal stamp for Switzerland canton Bern from 1880-1881 Forbin nr. 24.
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 #416 |
I wonder if you could help me identify stamps that scan is enclosed.
It is Turkmenistan probably from the period between World Wars. Turkmenistan
- under Russian occupation since 1869. In 1916 there was Turkmens revolt
against Russia but in 1920 Soviet Union Bolsheviks took control of the
country until recently. Stamps are probably from the 1916 - 1920 period of
time.
Thank you in advance.
Posted by Marek on 14 April 00 |
ANSWERS:
# 416 Turkestan - It is a bogus stamp (one of a large set) supposed to be of Turkestan
Republic 1921.
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 #417 |
An orange 5 ml EEF Transjordan stamp that has a
violet overprint which reads the value tenth of the piaster/1 which I
couldn't locate in Scott or SG, because it is /1 and not 5/10ths or
2 1/2/10ths indicated in the catalogues.
I hope that you can help me to identify this stamp.
Posted by Neven Madian on 26 April 00 |
 #418 |
Maybe you can help me? I have a Mini sheet from the Polish Red Cross it has
6 stamps on it. I can not find it in any stamp book I have, do you know the
Mini sheet it is dated 1/11/1945. The sheet is mint. Take a look at the whole mini sheet (a new browser window will pop up) Posted by Glenn Webber on 26 April 00 |
ANSWERS:
This mini sheet is from a Displaced persons' camp in Germany that the US liberated at the end of World War 2.
It had mainly Polish inmates. Your stamp was issued 1 Aug 1945 (5 month after
liberation). It shows the Polish (white ) eagle in shield with legend "Polish
political prisoners out of gratitude" generally printed on grayish paper. Issued both
perf and more rare imperforated.
These were issued as singles and, as you have, in souvenir sheets.
There are 15 souvenir sheets differing for the
arrangements of the stamp value on the sheet (and some are imperf. and 4
are single stamp souvenir sheets in different colours).
Your s/s is block #5; 45,000 were issued, value today about $22.00.
If you had all these as singles their value would be about $4.00 each.
(In case you have the rarest of these s/s, it's
the one with the values in this order 25 pf. blue, 50 pf. red, 10 pf. yellow
25 pf. green -- value "1.10 + 3.90" watermarked, white paper -- 500 printed,
value today is $110). As I said not all the souvenir sheets consisted of 6 stamps.
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 #419 |
This appears to be a Philipine souvenir sheet with one stamp overprinted
"SNV". I can't find it in the Scott catalog.
Posted by Tricia Richmond on 26 April 00 |
ANSWERS:
I believe 419 overprint SNV stands for "Specimen, No Value" or equivalent. I
have a number of Philippines Kennedy issues both with this overprint and
not.
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 #420 |
Any info on this stamp will be appreciated.
Posted by Giorgio de Cerce on 15 May 00 |
ANSWERS:
In a danish book about Stamps from all countries (Alverdens Frimaerkelande) by Kyllings Filatek,
you can read that Kingdom of Sedang was made about 1880 by a man from France name David de Mayrena,
who under an expedition to river Mekong came to Sedang. In 1888 came the first stamp. And in 1934
started publication, and until 1989 there were 49 issues. Sedang is member of ICIS.
This stamp is a fantasy creation (or "cinderella") from the virtual State of Sedang
(it could be an unused but damaged copy of the 1/2 Dollar value of a series of Definitives
with values in Math, Mouk, and Dollars of the 1889 Paris print). The
figure in the middle of the stamp represents the Coat of Arms of Sedang,
common to all the values of this series together with the outer frame lines
and ornaments. There have been two different prints, that I know, the first
I believe should have been from 1888. These are also distinguishable
from the 1889 Paris print by the hand on the right of the Coat of Arms of
Sedang, which should not touch the inner left frame line of the right
vertical rectangular casing (which contains the word "Sedang") and by some
details on the background of the inscriptions "Deh Sedang".
Here is a link to a website I found regarding the fantasy postage stamps
of Sedang:
http://www.wnc.quik.co.nz/rpsnz/content/sedang.htm.
The Sedang stamp shown is from the 1889 second issue. A full catalogue of all Sedang issues from 1888
to 2002 can be seen on the Sedang website,
http://www.sedang.hm.
All Sedang issues are cinderellas, and their recent issues are most attractive. Their philatelic service
is happy to supply used covers as well as mint stamps to anyone who sends a donation.
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