Hamburg 1866 Essays

New page added to my collection .

more likely private reprints of the Postal Stationery cliches,

Pagoda

That's a very attractive-looking page.

Considering the values match the postal stationery values (missing only the 1-1/2 schilling originally issued in red), I think Pagoda is on to something.

Sorry ---folks the postal stationary was in different colors or different shades .The design that was approved for postage is the 1 1/2s rose ,that is listed in the stamp catalogs as SCOTT #25 ,if I had that stamp above it would be called a proof .

I didn't take Pagoda's post to say that he thought you had postal stationery cutouts. I don't think you have postal stationery cutouts.

Klaseboer says he has seen full sheets of the same six values, and wonders if they are modern.

I agree it is a pretty page and it goes without saying that I wouldn't mind owning them. I just don't know what they are.

A seller who described his using very similar language to how you describe yours thought his 23 stamps were a scarce set.

Maybe someone who is reading along has more information.

I am 100% sure, make that 101% sure that they the work of Julius Goldner of Hamburg in the late 1890's,

Pagoda

From the web about Heligoland, Goldner reprints of cut squares,

There are numerous so-called Heligoland cut-squares in the philatelic marketplace. A large number of these are reprints or forgeries. They were intentionally manufactured as cut-squares and were never part of full postal stationery envelopes or postal cards.

Just substitute the word Hamburg for Heligoland

Pagoda

For readers to understand what he is talking about ,here are some of Julius reprints of the Heligoland stationary stamps that he made .