I Really Like Overprints

Poor Guatemala whoever scheduled the stamp values they needed had problems..usually they ran out of the common 1 and 2 centavo stamps and overprinted the higher values down to 1 and 2 centavos..here they seem to have gone the other way and overprinted the 1 centavo to make it a 25 centavo !

I love overprints - my current project is Haiti [highly recommended]:

Yes, Haiti may have Guatemala beat..they have so many !!

I like overprints too......

...on Cinderellas that turn them into stamps !



.....or on stamps that turn them into Cinderellas !



I also like them on cheap Cinderellas that turn them into expensive Cinderellas !



..and also on expensive Cinderellas that turn them into cheapies




And last but not least, I love them on Cinderella reproductions of classical stamps that make them more expensive than the original !



Well, at least I tried !

Londonbus1

You mean Lundy is not a real country?

Great presentation!

Weren't the KGVI stamps overprinted with graphite?

Phil

Great line of stamps I am going to have to pull my dups it looks like some variations exist on the 2 and the 5

As far as I know, the bars were done with ordinary black ink rollers. Bars were of varying widths and of varying spaces between. The possibilities are endless........but a great collecting sideline.

Graphite was used under the gum of some early QEII Definitives as a means of making Electronic sorting easier. One and two bars exist.

Londonbus1

How about a classic overprint on a stamp which did not previously exist !??

Now there's a good thread topic !



One of my favourites [oh why did I sell it ].
1935 British Forces in Egypt Letter stamp in Ultramarine with the overprint in Red. The stamp was previously issued in Carmine and Green with no overprint.
The 'new' colour has a more regal look for such an occasion !

Londonbus1

Here are some overprints I picked up yesterday:
Hungary 1920 overprints (on overprints):


A closer look at the high value:



A few early New Caledonia:





(the damaged one is a tag along)

I must like overprints, too!

Now to look closer to see if any of them are genuine.

Long Live Overprints...many of the Hungary governments and occupations were fake overprints..don't ask me which are real or not !!

Londonbus1....

Picking up on Londonbus's suggestion of stamps that only exist with overprints, this Cochin SG 122



of 1949 only properly exists as a postage stamp with the surcharge. A few copies leaked out without the surcharge



They're mentioned (and priced) in a footnote in Gibbons.

And some nice overprints and surcharges on a Travancore government cover:



(The 1941 4 Chuckrams, perf 11, with the 1943 8 Cash surcharges, also perf 11. (And don't be misled by the date in the cancellations: '12 THU 20' is equivalent to 28 October 1944 CE.)

Haven't any scans or photos (yet), but I've been busy with Turkey in the 1915 - 1919 time frame, and there are many varieties, overprints on surcharges, many series with similar overprints. I'm finding it a real challange. Hungary is reltively simple by comparison, Persia however, is also a challange. How many are genuine is a factor, as counterfiets abound in all three cases.