GB: Commercial Opt : Harrods

is this stamp common or rare anyone got any information on this one. gerry.

GB
Commercial Opt
Rare but not valuable.
desirable for someone like me who collects them
so I just collect your scan instead :)

not a scan i'm afraid just a bad pic sorry and thank you rod. lol

now that I have identified it,
a simple search (text string-"commercial")
on SCF would have you here
https://goscf.com/t/13136

Illustrating how important a good thread title is.

You should consider changing your thread title to:

GB : Commercial Opt : Harrods

for future students of GB opts.

thank you again rod. will do.

There is a great page on the Harrods Overprint at

http://www.cosgb.org/cosgbv2n11.htm

Key Points :

• Second largest non-governmental usage of commercial overprints after prudential
• Usage began around 1920
6 Varieties including horizontal and vertical formats

Drew

Ooooh! nice one Drew

Well done Gerry
Now, when anyone on the planet who Googles for
"commercial opt" your post hopefully will show up,
and more people will be drawn to SCF.

Good, intelligent thread topics help everyone.

thank you guys for your help and knowlege on this subject. gerry

Their home page is great too and also covers some of the Commonwealth countries, and a few European as well as GB.

The url is http://www.cosgb.org/


Sure is well looking into.

Chimo

Bujutsu

thank you bujutsu will do.
thank you again bujutsu just looked through that and it's full of information for someone like me, really good stuff. gerry

Glad I was able to help Gerry

The internet has really opened up a whole new world for me and I can assume that it has for you as well <G>

Chimo

Bujutsu

yeah it has, I only have the internet just over a year now and it's changed my life, how did I ever live without it, don't know if I could now. lol

Gentlemen

Seems that as a newby I broke a few rules last night, so I'm trying again, please accept my apologies.

I'm a British commercial overprint collector, I'm interested in sharing infomation about this interesting corner of British Stamp collecting ( or at least I think it is) There isn't much information avaiable I'm afraid although I do have a few friends around the world who share this interest, Bujutsu has mentioned 1 interesting site above and there is a further link to a newer regularly updated online Blog at that site.

I am constantly amazed how many commercial overprint varities there are from gas companies, to insurance banks brewers newspapers you name it. My interest is in finding out about the original company what they did and if they still exist, only recently I contacted a british company who I had found 2 QV overprints from who were still in buisness supplying mica to the electrical trade. I had quite a e-mail conversation with the owner.

Paul



Have you been collecting commercial overprints for long ?

hi paul
i'm new to stamp collecting myself, I only recently found my collection in my shed, it belonged to my father.
at the moment I trying to see what I have really, so i'm posting stamps and asking lots of questions,the stamp in question is just one of many overprints that I have, some are army official, harrods etc.
p.s sorry for late reply. gerry

I found this British commercial overprint in an old collection I was sorting this evening. It seems that Paul Walser & Co were in the business of hats and millinery.