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I'd like to see this thread become a collection of first stamps issued by countries. I'll begin with the U.S. 5c Franklin from July 1, 1847  EDIT 7/18: Jamesw's recent post had me thinking that many of us likely don't have too many #1s of the regular issue so why don't we expand the thread to include the "back of book" first issuances as well (e.g., first air mail, special delivery, postage due, etc.). |
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| Edited by tomiseksj - 07/18/2013 07:18 am |
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Canada: Scott/Unitrade #13d red, beaver, issued: Apr. 23, 1851. |
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Stamporator, that "beaver" is a beauty! Two questions. I see the word "York" in the selvedge, what was the meaning? And second, that scratch going through the OST of POSTAGE and through the border, is that a variety?
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Hi Petert4522, The printers of the Canadian Pence Issue were 'Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson of New York'. I expect the 'York' that you see is from that. The only listed variations of this stamp are re-entries. This looks like it make be a scratch, and with the position known (i.e margin with 'York', one plate of 200 subjects), it could be easily compared to other printings to see if it is a constant scratch. I do not know! Edit:After providing the prior comment to Petert4522, it made me look at other Scott #1 beavers. Here is Scott 1TCi, Trial Colour (TC), brown red, with a horizontal Specimen in green. You can see the same scratch that Peter mentioned, and also the line through the beaver from the 'P' in postage down to the lower left. - stamporator -  |
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| Edited by stamporator - 07/16/2013 7:56 pm |
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Ascension #1, stamp of St. Helena with Ascension overprint. 1922  |
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San Marino #1, simple numeral from 1877.  |
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Thailand #1., King Chulalongkorn, of which three types exist. 1883.  |
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Great idea for a thread! Alas, I have no #1s, but I love seeing all these others! |
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Grenada #1, Queen Victoria, 1861.  |
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Spain #1, issued Jan 1, 1850. This one is dated, as far as I have always been able to tell, Jan 3, 1850.  |
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Posted 07/16/2013 7:02 pm
before the "wallpaper" issues
