I had this Trans-Jordan, but I don't know what the overstrike is. The cancellation is in the top left, but the two lines and the arabic has me baffled. Any help would be greatly appreciated. - Jeff
Original stamps were issued in 1952 during Kiong Abdullah's reign. They commemorate the Unification of Jordan and Arab Palestine.
Overprinted in 1953 with two horizontal bars either ½mm or 1½mm apart, the latter having less value. These were issued during the first year of King Hussein. Political maybe,
Yes, it appears to have been printed in the same colour as the frame. The value shown in SG has the frame and central inscription in red- brown.
SG also lists varieties with the bars 2mm apart and with "traces of a third bar" both from the setting with the bars 1¼mm apart and notes that in the same setting there's a stamp with bars 1½mm apart although it doesn't list it.
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Posted 04/01/2011 10:15 am
