Lundy Puffins - Littleton Stamp CO - Anyone Experienced?

Something a little more frivolous than the Spanish stamp. This was in the stack of pages that the lady has has tucked away, too. She, like her father who had the other stamps I've been asking about, started, and did, most of her collecting in the 60's - 70's. However, she collected mostly art and painting stamps. I ask her where she found this (and the other) and she said that was so long ago and she didn't remember.

Does anyone have experience with these things and would be willing to share where I might find information on them? This is also in plastic and backed so I don't know what the back of the Littleton card looks like.

Everything anyone would ever want to know. (Wink.)

http://mw.micronation.org/wiki/New_...dom_of_Lundy

Local post, some may call them cinderellas. I have a few courtesy of some members here.

The appear in several threads here on the forum.

https://goscf.com/t/11084&SearchTerms=lundy

https://goscf.com/t/11056&SearchTerms=lundy

https://goscf.com/t/3707&SearchTerms=lundy

KGB & jamesw - Thank you for the links. Yes, James, I thought about putting them in Cinderellas, but only after I had posted it here. Was sort of hoping someone in power would move it, but I suppose they 'could' be considered legit, maybe, perhaps. (Nah).

I ran across the history of Lundy and the Puffins some months back and found it quite interesting. I had no idea the Lady had these stamps, though. I was wondering if anyone knew how to determine if they were the real deal, though. That is what I'm mostly looking for help with. However, I really appreciate the links - I'll save them this time.

What you have is real. There is even a specialized catalog for Lundy issues (Labbe).

khj - Thank you. I still have a hard time analysing these stamps, whether they are cinderellas or 'serious business'. I'm glad there are a few around that still don't mind helping out some of us slower folk. :-)

khj - Oh yes, I'll see if I can find that catalog. Thanks again.

I have a Labbe catalogue if you need any info just holler.

Londonbus1 - Thank you for the offer! As a matter of fact, I am curious about something. It seems that I'm having a hard time finding when the 2 Puffin fell into the scheme of things. Not one of the 'original' 5, but before 1937. It is almost like it 'just happened' and didn't get documented - OR, I really missed something along the way. (which seems to happen much more often as I get older)

The 2 Puffin value was issued in 1939, Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson.
There exists the same value in 6 different colours, yours is in Slate and quite common. The other colours Black, Red, Blue, Greenish Blue and Maroon are proofs and very scarce.
The same design in values of 3 Puffins {Black] and 4 Puffins [Maroon] were also issued.

Londonbus1 - Thank you. I suppose that might have been somewhere else, but I just hadn't run across it or recognized it yet.

I wonder how it was that Littleton published the text and mentioning that Harman was then just a common subject of King George, but left room for the 2 Puffin. King George died in 1936 (or was it 1937?). I guess I will have to open the protective plastic and see if I can determine what is under the stamp on the card. Thank you for the information!

A quick ebay search actually shows that these are pretty common. I have been looking into stuff like this lately, for example, these, Rattlesnake Island, and Molossia postage stamps. Interesting stuff.

usernameunavailable - Yes, there are a lot of them on ebay, I must admit. What seems to be lacking, though, is the fact that they are all after the fact of 'King Harman'. I did see the brown 9 Puffin, which is valued more for one than a 4 of 18, 14, 20, 10, or ... Puffins. Having curiosa is one thing, having real curiosa is another.

However, I do agree that they are topically interesting - I have topical collections and I like being the first on my block with all 10 colors of the magic Jack in the Box ring. >;>