Bloods Penny On Cover

Got my hands on this one today.

Awesome. I've never seen one in person. Love the 10 1/2 AM time.

Thanks Stampcrow , Received in mail today was nervous , did not ask seller to mail with tracking number... Thank God it made it.

Good news...stamp is #25 on cover..

A stamp dealer (I'm assuming) that put the stamp on upside down. Careless or some bizarre idea of creating a philatelic oddity?

Upside-down stamp was a sign of endearment - note the addressee!

Upside down was a way of saying "head over heels".

One set of definitions:
Right side up = business
Upside down = lovesick, lonesome or I love you
Sideways, head to the right = love & kisses
Sideways, head to the left = I promise not to leave you :-)
Diagonal, towards the right = Won't you marry me?
Diagonal, towards the left = Yes, I will

Another set of definitions:
Stamp Positions & Meaning
Upside down, top left corner = I love you
Crosswise on top left corner = My heart is another's
Centre of envelope, at top = Yes
Center of envelope, at bottom = No
Straight up and down, any position = Goodbye sweetheart
Upside down, top right corner = Write no more
At right angle, top right corner = Do you love me?
At right angle, top left corner = I hate you
Upright top right corner = I desire your friendship
Upright in line with surname = Accept my love
Upside down in line with surname = I am engaged
At right angle in line with the surname = I long to see you
Centered on right edge = Write immediately!

Actually, I remember using the upside down stamp to a girl when I was stationed overseas in 1968. I promptly got a Dear John letter in return.

Art,

Thanks for the information. I have been looking for this for sometime. I was talking with some other collectors and they had not heard about this before. I am a little younger so I have never used it before. Do you know was this a well known thing or just something people grew up knowing?

This 'language of the stamp placement' used to be very well known, today it tends to be people who grew up with snail mail rather than many younger people. There is also a 'language of flowers' which older people tend to know and most younger people do not. You should be careful what flowers you give to someone just in case they know this code and you may be giving an inadvertant message with them:

Carnations:
pink - gratitude
striped - refusal
white - remembrance
Chrysanthemums:
white - truth
red - sharing
yellow - secret admirer
Daffodil - chivalry
Daisy - innocence
Forget-Me-Not - remember me forever
Hyacinth - sincerity
Lavender - distrust
Lilac - first love
Orchid - delicate beauty
Pansy - loving thoughts
Roses:
pink - friendship
red - passionate love
red & white - unity
white - purity
Tulips:
pink - caring
red - declaration of love
white - forgiveness
yellow - hopelessly in love
Violet - faithfulness
Zinnia - thoughts of friends

Bad news... the Scott #25 is ridiculously over-valued in the catalogue.

Agreed....but better than a common #26

Here is something you may find interesting? The language of stamps.

Also, if your really observant you will notice that the bloods penny post stamp is what's called acid-tied. It is tied to the cover and cancelled by means of acid. You can see that discoloration in the middle of the word Blood's that smear is the cancel!

ILS, which brings up an interesting question to me...why did Blood's use an acid tie rather than a customary ink stamped cancelling device? They obviously had a CDS ink stamping device as is evidenced by the stamping on the cover.

ILS,

Thanks so much for the post cards those are great I will have to keep an Eye out for them. I will make a copie of them for my library.

Hope your appointments are going better.

Thanks again.

I_Love_Stamps thanks for sharing this info, very interesting..
Kevin is this #25 type I or Type II ?

thanks all