Nepal #11

The following link shows a Nepal #11 pair being offered for sale on ebay with a cat. value of $2700.
Does something appear odd about this offering?
Regards
Mike

http://cgi.ebay.com/Amazing-Pair-St...em33672564fc

For starters they don't look mint. There are some black markings on each stamp.

Not genuine. Very crude. The seller should know better; fishing for fools. You can put this seller on your blacklist.

The forger forgot to wash hands.

Check the sellers feedback - he sold another "amazing pair" of Nepal #11 on April 15th, for $68

That's why they are "amazing".

Thanks for your "amazing" insight into this bogus offering. Stampgal, in the seller's feedback he also sold a single.

...then that would make it truly amazing!!

Like I said, I hate it when sellers go fishing for fools...

With a pathetic image of the stamps like that, it's hard to tell much more about the stamps than the type they're supposed to be - though the faded out telegraphic cancels are still pretty obvious!

Here's something "amazing"(?). There are currently 12 bids on this item. I guess I really shouldn't be surprised.

So it sold for $US41. I suppose that, stretching charity hard, the seller mightn't have known these were telegraphically cancelled. Anyway, the final price is probably near enough to right for the item.

Do you think the stamps are genuine Scott #11 (1917)? The 2009 Scott catalog lists them for $250 used, and that is for telegraph cancels, not postal cancels.

Or are you saying this is a later printing based on that design that was specifically made for telegraph use?

I don't know much about the red-orange printing. But the plentiful black printings are usually very clear except for the doubled impressions.

khj, the image provided is so poor, it's hard to be certain, but I have seen some pretty mediocre printings of the ½ Anna (as of all values for that matter). Of course, with printings on native paper, the quality of the batch of paper can make a huge difference to the quality of the impression.

I wouldn't absolutely discount a later printing specifically for telegraphic use. However, Nepal seems to have been using stamps indiscriminately for postage and telegraphs at this stage, so a dedicated printing for telegraphs seems unlikely on the face of it.

Incidentally, I just hauled out my 1941 Gibbons Red Book, which still included Nepal among the Indian States. It doesn't list the red-orange ½ Anna. Curious.

Thank you for the information, Tony!

k

Tony, I also thank you for shedding a great deal of light on this subject. I never knew about telegraphic usage for these stamps and found some info on the web about this which I will sit down to read later. For your info, the below link talks about Telegraphic Usage (See Page 9 - 05 NFS The Classic Designs - Telegraph Printings - 1917 - 1930)
http://www.nepalstamps.com/my_exhibit_-_frame_9