One Ugly Stamp

OK Folks.....

You wanted ugly.......well here's my entry. It took me awhile to identify this thing.......anyone care to take a shot at it ?

I'll make it a contest within a contest and send a prize to the first to tell me what country this is from.

I'm going to guess INDIA??
Gussyboy1

Based on the paper I would say it might be a Sripech and Crossed Khukris stamp, Nepal stamp printed on native paper.

Sorry Gussy....MK nailed it....Nepal #29ab, 1917...on native/local paper.

.......have to say, I'm impressed.....honestly thought it would take longer.

I'll have something in the morning mail for you.

Way to go MK

Dianne

It is your fault that I knew this. You started the paper threads. Well I knew jack about stamp paper. So I started to learn and study different stamp paper. I now know more about stamp paper than most people would want to know.

Thanks Tom for pushing my extreme thirst of knowledge about stamps. I knew what this was as soon as I saw it. Why any normal person would retain this information is beyond me.

I still have a lot more to learn outside of US stamps.

Mk....

If I have been instrumental in helping you feed your thirst for knowledge in any way, then I thank you for telling me. Helping others learn is why I choose to post info and answer questions. As for why "normal" people do anything, it is beyond me.......I only know that I choose to remember and I try to encourage other collectors to also because if I had not known about the many different paper types I very easily might have overlooked something very special.........soon to be revealed in my paper study.

Lets face it I don't have an unlimited cash reserve to buy and collect. Taking my stamps out and viewing them brings a certain amount of joy. Thus the only real way to to enjoy this hobby is to start to learn more about the stamps and history that you don't know. However most of all it is free.

I'm afraid though my time will become fractured as we move into the later part of this month. I work hard at two jobs and one of them is farming. No complaints though it is what I chose to do. In addition I coach a girls AAU basketball team. A few weeks back I became in addition to the above a coach of a girls high school varsity basketball program. I'm just hoping it will not cut down on the time spent with stamps and this board.

In any event Tom, yes you have inspired me to learn more, thank you.

I want to thank you for the stamps that came in today. What a generous offering. Kate will have more stamps to have fun matching with the correct countries. She will be getting you out a thank you card soon.

I loved the little handouts that came for the Christmas seals and I did see that the sunflower stamp made the does not soak off with the traditional method.

I will have to go through them later just to see what you all sent.

NR you are a special person in this hobby. BTW we have visited the great state of Nebraska staying in Grand Island.

A very sincere thank you.

Heres one , its been defaced with comedy glasses which is in the same faded ink as some kind of signature or initials.

I wonnder if the comedian wondered if 100 years later his/her handiwork would be entered into a competition , maybe not the ugliest stamp but it made me smile.

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