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Sir L Newman - A Seal?

 
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Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
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Posted 05/15/2014   09:28 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add filipo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This one looks like a cut-square of the letterhead or so, but, it is printed on a laid paper, and has original gum.

So, I suppose that it could be a personal seal which Sir Newman used on his letters...

or?



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Canada
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Posted 05/15/2014   2:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add David Y to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
He is properly referred to as Sir L…(add first name). The last name is not used in direct discourse.
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Posted 05/15/2014   3:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nigelc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe the baronet "Sir Lydston Newman" ?
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Posted 05/15/2014   4:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DonSellos to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
What is its size? It reminds me of a bookplate.


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Posted 05/15/2014   4:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add filipo to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Understood, sir David.

NigelC- it could be! :)

DonSellos - very small - like an usual stamp (Black Penny or so). Booklplates usually have "Ex Libris" written somewhere on them, and they are much bigger, of course. And usually don't have a gum (like this piece).

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United States
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Posted 05/15/2014   5:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Although this has nothing to do with stamps, the earlier comment about bookplates (or book rhymes) prompted me to post this ... I had never heard it before but found it in the introductory page of an old 19th century genealogy of a family:



When I tried to look up the source for this rather ominous "book rhyme" I came up with this:

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Posted 05/15/2014   6:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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