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All Forums Category: General Philatelic Discussions (Non Country Specific) Forum: Main Stamp Collecting Forum

Britain I.r.official O/P.

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Posted 06/25/2012 09:16 am

Here's an IR Official doing it's job. OHMS cover with 1d lilac from the Inland Revenue, with Hereford duplex to Ross.

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Posted 10/17/2014 04:12 am

Sorry to bump this thread.

I've bought a lot from a auction house that went out of business. There were some nice rare stamps, but also some fakes, and a few stamps that had to be determined. One of those is a 1 shilling stamp 1883 with a i.r. official overprint. I really can't find anything about this one, maybe one of you could help me out. Is this real?

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Germany

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Posted 10/17/2014 07:49 am

The overprint does seem to be "real" with a reservation about the size of the I.R. but that may be due to the camera angle.

Many fakes do exist so it is worth getting more opinions.

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Posted 10/17/2014 08:11 am

Thnks for the reply. Yes I photographed it at an angle. This one should be better:

Is this 1883 overprint also mentioned in the Scott catalog?

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Posted 10/17/2014 10:31 am

I'd say the overprint is genuine. The stamp is a SG O7 printed in 1885 and that would be a Scott #O7 also. An unoverprinted stamp is a Scott #107.

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