New Shanghai Acquisitions...

Just purchased a nice K9 and K10...

Anyone else collect these?

Please post yours...

Picked this one up a couple weeks
ago... that makes 3 in the collection...

Very nice!

Still don't have any of those or the Guam overprints

One of these days...

I've not seen these before. Very nice!!
Looking at the over print price on all three is exactly double the amount of the original, is this true for all Shanghai China overprints?

I guess it's not polite to ask how much was paid for the three, but how about this... Does anyone know how much the Scott Catalog price is for these or are they even IN the Scott Catalog?

Thank you for sharing, lovely!
SueStamps

Hi, Mike... thank you kindly...

I was looking at some Guams, but also read
there are alot of fake overprints out there...
that's not to say, of course, there aren't
any Shanghai's (or others for that matter)
so, at best, it's a coin toss...

I would reckon anyone can order a rubber
stamp with just about anything, nowadays...
no questions asked...

When my 2 new ones arrive, I'm sending
all 3 to Weiss for a peek...

Randall

Hi, Sue... I paid just under 1 Benjamin Franklin
for all 3...

And, yes... they're listed in Scott every year...
just look in the index in the front of your
Scott for the page number... depending upon the
year, usually between pages 385 and 390...

Randall

They are beautiful!
I really like the look and history of overprint stamps.
Thank you for sharing!
Sue

Sue... you're quite welcomed...

Happy collecting !

Randall

Now (this one) *might-be* a fake...
Arial font versus Times...

And "Cts." versus ¢ sign

http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-K18-4c-2...em1c3c47f7df

disi123...not a FAKE....
Guaranteed genuine.
Look closer...K17-8 different font.

Kevin... I didn't check Scott,
but I see both the 1¢ and 2¢
denominations in Times in many
listings, all (not) "Cts"...
perhaps they were done both ways...

Shanghai 4¢ over 2¢

Times and ¢ ... not Ariel and Cts.

just checked Scott... apparently
there was a 2 stamp series in 1922
of just the 1 and 2 cent done in
Ariel... was not aware of that...
thank you for your mention...

Thanks Guys I am now officially overwhelmed. I inherited a collection from my 95 year old neighbor and most was her dad's. I told her I used to collect as a kid (30 years ago) I received 4 huge boxes (20x20x20) full of stamps from all over and torn off envelopes and still full envelope with stamps. her Dad was the international banker in St. Paul, MN and kept every stamp for her, including what I am assuming military people sending paycheck to the bank.

Now after seeing this post I have to look for cancelations from foreign country's on US stamps. What else do I need to know?????

right now I am in a big sorting mode, just digging through the boxes, and I'll keep breaking it down to colors, then Cents then the photo. and now Perf's, variation in colors. OH MY

But it is fun and finding some really good stuff.

thanks

Diane

Happy hunting Diane; these are not cancellations on US stamps though, but offically santioned overprints for US post offices overseas. All the major European powers maintained such offices in the early 20th century, as did the US.

Lovely overprints. I only have one in my collection, one of the lower values. Regarding the fonts, Arial was designed by Monotype Typography in 1982 and shipped with all versions of Windows. Arial many times a substitute for Helvetica, designed in 1957. All are based on earlier versions of Gothic or Grotesque font families. The image below is from my 1906 American Type Founders catalog.