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Early Cape Of Good Hope Issues; Sc. ????

 
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Posted 05/31/2016   9:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add byrdste to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Can anyone please help me ID these three stamps? I know nothing of this country's stamps. Thank you!





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Posted 06/01/2016   12:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGB to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You can start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posta...of_Good_Hope

I seem to remember reading that these stamps are notorious for being often forged.
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Posted 06/01/2016   01:47 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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The last two seems authentic to my non-expert eyes at least...
Byrdste - these beautiful COGH triangles were issued / printed by several printers so there are lots of differences. For any chance of identification you need to supply high-res scan of both face and reverse, hoping to reveal any watermark.
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They certainly look genuine to me, but in poor condition unfortunately. The first 1d is likely to be from the 1863 printing, only because these are easily the commonest of this denomination. As for value, probably only 10% of catalogue value, so a few 10s of €.

As Jon points out, there are watermark varieties. Normal is upright, but it can be sideways.
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