Mix Lot Of World Stamps

sorry Rod, can you be more specific, which stamp do you want enlarged, am new to this, sorry Gerry.
can you tell me page and stamp thanking you.

This one Gerry,



You have some nice stamps amongst your scans.

I think it wise for you to keep your stamps on piece
at least for 4-5 years until you know enough to
make a decison on which ones to soak.

Stamps on piece are ugly and unpopular, but
if you keep the faith, it may payoff, by retaining a valuable
postmark etc.

Some of yours look like they have been mounted by
sellotape if so, bad news, it stains the stamps.

Your Australian colonial stamps are spiffing.

sorry rod here it is. by the way after futher inspection it does not seem to be a stamp but a cut-out from a post card i'll post pic of back and front. gerry

I see!
thanks for your time.
very nice, don't recall seeing this one before
Postcard cutouts are OK !

Postmarked London July 6th 1894

When postcards were first issued in Great Britain on 1 October 1870 they could only
be used internally, since no agreements existed with overseas countries for their
exchange. It was not until the formation of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 that the
international use of postcards was permitted between member countries.

The Australian Colonies did not join the U.P.U. until 1 October 1891, but prior to this,
on 1 January 1889, the British Post Office entered into an agreement with the
Colonies to permit the exchange of postcards. On that date a two-tier postcard rate
was established-2d by the long sea route (through the Mediterranean), of 3d via
Brindisi (i.e., overland across France and Italy, a quicker route). Prior to 1 January
1889, postcards could not be sent from the United Kingdom to the Australian
Colonies, or in the other direction.

no problem rod glad to help and thank you for info on postcards. I gave lots of them away recently dating from 1800s to about 1920s, but the man I gave them to will enjoy them more than me.

Love the wolf hound stamp.
I may be becoming obsessed with the Cape of Good Hope triangle, though.
My Scott's catalogue (2002) doesn't have very good images of this stamp. But my guess (chime in anyone, please) is, because of the wavy line around the picture, it is an earlier issue. 1853 (on bluish paper) or 1855-58 (white paper). The later version has a straight line.
I think I see a hinge peeking out at the top, which means this is probably part of an album page, not an envelope. If that were the case, I'd have no hesitation of soaking it off. If it has an anchor watermark, it is the earlier issue, 1853.
My 2002 catalogue gives that a value of $150 for blue or $110 for a deep blue on lightly blued paper - I'd say its a regular blue. The 1855 issue on white paper is $45.
Hard for me to tell from the scan if this paper has a blue tint or not.
I'm sure others can come up with for current prices.
Either way, nice.

ok james explain how to soak off paper and i'll check if there is a watermark on it. seems important to you to know.lol
p.s I think I had another red one of these i'll have to check in my shed again.

Oh, gerry, if I only had a shed like yours!

Soak the stamp in warm water, until it comes off the paper. If it's just a hinge, it shouldn't take long at all.
Dry the stamp between some sheets of paper towel or blotter paper (do not use newspaper, the ink will stain your treasure) with some books on top, so it won't curl.
Others may have further soaking advice.

I won't be able to sleep tonight with all the anticipation!

you can take pills for that lol, i'll give it a go as the saying goes.

As a matter of course, I always collect and isolate
the 1922 Irish overprints
(The provisional Government of ireland)

Overprinted by Dollard and again Thom in Dublin in 1922

These are a collecting discipline, and some valuable
and rare examples of overprints are to be had.

When I find the Stanley Gibbons or Australian
Stamp News article explaining these, I will check my stock.
At the moment I am still ignorant of the subtle differences.

thank you rod for your advice on these, all information is helpful. gerry

ok james this is for you, I soaked off paper and took scan of front and back, to be honest I held it in the light and all I can see is a faint mark of something, hope this helps you.
p.s thank you interest and your advice on soaking. gerry

Ahh, that's nice. Anybody got a ciggy?

sorry james I don't smoke lol.

And neither should he! creates an ugly smell on stamps... :)
I prefer the postal cards uncut, but each collector to themselves. And welcome to SCF. Barb