A Stamp Collection - Help Needed-Samoa!

Thanks for the 'Late Fee' info Rod.

So much going on here this week, I'm still trying to take it all in.

The `Federata Demokratike` (3 imperforate) etc. are Albanian, no catalogue here now, but right after II. ww, bw. 1945-48....somewhere...

Hey Londonbus1, are there any Central Asia in there? Or Middle East?

Albania is around SG444
Mr. Jeff lovell had an error on SCF
a while back (no currency value printed)

Wadmalatz and Rod.....thanks for the solution.

Katchem_ash....Will let you know about the Middle East/Central Asia.

A few more questions.

Are there any plating experts here ?
This could be SG7Wi but is most likely SG8Wi.
Either way, a nice pair and probably not seen too often.



The item below is a Bank Transfer form in Pounds sterling for the amount of £100,000. The high value KGVI foreign Bill is cancelled by a 'Guaranty Trust Company of New York' strike. The Revenue stamp is in super condition. From March 4th, 1954.
So my question is, what is the catalogue value of the HV Rev ?
Is it worth more on a piece like this ?





The document below is from the Registrar of the Chancery of Lancaster, 25th August, 1887. The perfinned receipt stamp, top right, is cancelled by two different Chancery Office strikes, one a receipt cancel.

has anyone seen a label like this ?
And would there be any value to a document such as this.
The perfin is for the County of Lancaster, Manchester District.







Londonbus1

Edit: Edited to say how amazing it is what one can see after scanning and posting. I would like to apologize for the blurriness of the £50 revenue close-up and also for the description. I stated it was in excellent condition and that's how I saw it with the naked eye. But once posted up here [and I hadn't checked it closely before], I saw that there were 4 toned perf tips on the left side.
The wonders of modern technology !

The following bits were found inside a small folder containing a weird and wonderful lot of Cinderellas.

The first lot is unknown. I found a small note in the sleeve which read;

"Can find no information on these but was offered £50 by Glass Slipper auctions in 1993"

Does anyone have any info on them? My brief searches have drawn a blank so far.



The following are Harrison & Sons sample stamps.
Does anyone know a value for them or seen them for sale somewhere ??





Of the design in red [above] there is also a used copy. In correspondence with Chris Chatfield [Cinderella author] it is presumed that it was used together with a red definitive of the day and was cancelled by mistake. Sadly it is not 'on piece', Mr.Chatfield noted, or it would have quite a value.

The two items below were overprinted by Australia House in London.
Has anyone seen them before and know more about them ? Does anyone have a value ? Or are they listed in a specialized Australian Catalogue ?
They were used as receipt stamps.





Thanks all.

If better scans are required for anything, just holler and I'll come running.

Londonbus1

The 50 pound foreign bill
If barefoot #185 Purple / purple brown
catalogued at 65 pounds, 1989
It is the top value issue of KG6
key type
typo
wmk multiple orb IR
perf 14x15 (1 pound to 50 pounds)

Thanks Rod.

Info noted.

You're a gem.

The Lancaster Chancery Court Label
is 1875
Barefoot #10
printed on pale green wove paper
rough perf 12
CV 5 pounds 1989

Both examples on piece worth more?


Interesting Notes:

LANCASTER CHANCERY COURT
In 1351 the Duke of lancaster aquired powers so great that a seperate system of
Justice was established in the Palatinate Lancaster (i.e. Lancashire, but not in other
land owned by the Dukes of Lancaster in London or other parts of the country). Under
Court of Chancery of Lancaster Acts of 1850, 1854 and 1890, the system of justice in
simplified and broadly brought in line with the rest of the country though retained its
special character.

Usual cancels: Circular datestamp and perfin as illustrated.

I do not recall ever seeing the CA overprint.
Given the nature of the overprint (Theft Prevention)
It may perhaps be found in Perfin Literature,
it is a close cousin.
(Yep...grasping at straws :)

Harrisons:
Seen them both before, but..
was 2007
and I am a bad one for lifting scans of intersting
cinderellas from Auction Catalogues.
So that is where I have possibly sighted them.
I have no idea of reserves. Sorry.

If not, I would have sworn they were from your good self,
you always post great pics of Harrison and De La Rue.

Thanks again for the info Rod.
Most kind.

I can tell you from notes left on the packet these were found it that these were purchased at auction for £45 [KGVI FB] and £12.50 [Lancaster].
This guy seemed to buy anything he liked and didn't collect an area or topic.
And yet he had a great interest in everything.

Londonbus1

No question here, just an example of what came up during the turning of pages !

Notes and reminders all together with stamps.

I`ve been looking for the first stamp (Ondonga, tribal tax (?)) on the internet, only references to closed auctions and no picture... here found something, and it has SG number!
http://www.stanleygibbons.com/stanl...371/SG496477
So it`s maybe listed in Stanley Gibbons under SWA revenues...
Ondonga, other possibilities: Ovambo (or Ambo-people), Amboland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovambo_people