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Posted 01/22/2011   1:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add jhlovell to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This is Edward VII I am sure, but I know nothing more about the embossed stamp. I believe it would have been an envelope stamp, but does anyone know a catalog number or relative value?

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Posted 01/22/2011   1:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nigelc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is King George V Edward VII envelope cut-out (cut square) from an envelope issued in 1904 in 1905. This die was issued on four types of envelope. Collect British Postal Stationery lists the complete envelopes starting at £2.00 used so I'm afraid again there's not much value in this cut-out, say 10p or 20p at most.

Edit: Sorry - the dangers of "cut and paste"!.
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Edited by nigelc - 01/22/2011 1:56 pm
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Posted 01/22/2011   1:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jhlovell to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Nigelc. That one had me fooled. I thought with the hairline it was Edward VII for sure. You have been a great help. Wasn't Edward VII still king in 1904-5??
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Posted 01/22/2011   2:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nigelc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I like these old cut-outs - they have lots of character. Unfortunately, they've not been popular here in Britain for many years.

I was surprised to see that Scott lists cut-outs (cut squares) for quite a lot of US postal stationery items so I guess it's still popular to collect them in the US.

For anyone interested in British postal stationery I strongly recommend a recent catalogue, Collect British Postal Stationery by Alan Huggins abd Colin Baker, "published by G. B. Philatelic Pulications Ltd on behalf of the Great Britain Philatelic Society - The Postal Stationery Society." It's a beautifully produced book.

All the best,
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Posted 01/22/2011   2:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jhlovell to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks again for all the help Nigelc. Wish I could reciprocate. Will see if I can purchase the book that you mentioned. As far as cut squares in the U.S. most people now go after the whole envelope, but it used to be just the cut square. The ones that I have came with other things I bought, so I was not actively looking for a cut square. If I were to buy any envelope stamps now, I would try hard for the "entire". Thanks again
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