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I came across this in my Britain and Colonies Collection...any idea as to its value?   it appears to be Mint/OG |
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Having the imprint show through the back side just one of the stamps seems odd. I also note that from the image the imprints are different lengths, but this might be due to the camera angle. Do you have a way to accurately measure the imprint lengths and compare them?
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KGB, I am not sure. Do you now what that other marking at the lower left of invert stamp?
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I looked up the inverted overprint on Fiji stamps and it looks like some of them at least bring a high price tag. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIGI-SG13...141429077099Sale: 15 Fiji: 1915-19 ''WAR STAMP'' 1d. carmine, variety overprint inverted, unmounted mint, marginal from the left of the sheet, fine. S.G. 139c, cat. £700. R.P.S. certificate (2002). Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Edited by KGB - 12/30/2015 7:17 pm |
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Don, I was hoping you wouldn't ask that question! Hahaha!
I can't figure that part out. |
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So..I have an item that I should have certified then? If yes, with who, I am state side. |
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oh... and after examinination with mag, it would appear that the initials on backside lower left are "G.W.K.?" cant make out the last one.
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The marking on the back of the stamp looks like an expertising mark, suggesting that some dealer in the past has considered it to be genuine. These are usually continental European dealers, but I dont recognise the initials B.W.K.F. You're best to get it expertise again if you want total confidence, but I would buy it with expertising marks. |
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without a certificate the stamp is worth zilch.
There are plenty of forgeries of these around, inverted, double, missing in pair with normal, even overprinted on reverse.
The marking on the reverse is an owners mark and would have been applied a long time ago,
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If it is an owner's mark, then the chance of the stamp being genuine looks at least a little more promising. |
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Posted 12/30/2015 6:51 pm
