B. C. O. F. Double Overprint On Cover

Hi revenuecollector

The ACSC is not incorrect, the ACSC does not mention that the 3mm misplaced overprint is on cover, only that a second sheet showed a faint double overprint misplaced 3mm to the right, and that only two of these 3mm overprints in used condition have been seen.

If they were on cover the ACSC would have mentioned it. The cover I have is mentioned on page 7/10 section 6 of the ACSC (2015), so if the 3mm misplaced overprint was on cover, then it would have been mentioned.

The cover I have is rarer than the 3mm overprint because of it being on a cover and only two are known to exist, rather than two used copies of the 3mm stamp existing.

Rob

RevenueCollector:

I concur with Rob. In one paragraph of notes on this topic, ACSC mentions two separate cases - one with the weaker overprint impression shifted 1mm to the left and one less than 1mm left. This falls in line line if you compare thr first two images (from ACSC and Rob) in my post of 27 December. In a second paragraph, it describes the 3mm shift to the right - the third image (from ACSC) in my earlier post. I'm going by memory now (I'm away from home at present) but I think the note on the less-than-1mm shift left cites an example postmarked from the same field post office and same month as Rob's on-cover example.

Frank.

There is also this from my collection, where the offset is lower, rather than higher, not in the ACSC, previously mentioned here: www.stampcommunity.org/topic...OPIC_ID=57628

Hi koalastamps

You have an impressive double overprint, I looked at the internal link, and what I didn't notice before (I must have been blind), the overprint on the right looks like the 3mm misplaced overprint.

Rob

This cover was lot 1547 in Abacus Philatelic Auctions (Melbourne, Australia) Auction 262 last week. Hammer price AUD $575.

Catalogue description was as follows:

THREEPENCE: 3d KGVI with Double Overprint ACSC J3ca tied to social airmail cover to Perth by light 'No 8 AUST BASE PO' cds, minor blemishes & opened a bit roughly, Cat $2250 for used plus a significant premium for being on a non-philatelic cover.