Estero - Italian General Offices Abroad - Show And Tell

My digital (virtual) pages for Estero, reference to Sassone cat.
I have no clue wich cancellations are real and wich are fake - but I enjoy them all the same

Selection of Estero stamps used in Alexandria.



Again, I have no clue which cancellations are authentic - at least I believe the one on fragment is good.
Any opinions from any knowledgeable in Italian stamps would be appreciated.

Lovely work Blaamand, on a subject for me, not seen before.



Could / would you expand on what you do?

Thanks Rod



In short my stamps are actually stored in stock books / Vario pages. However I like the look of 'proper' albums, hence I scan some classical stamps and add them to custom made digital pages that I create using Powerpoint. This was an idea inspired by the outstanding work of Michael at DC stamps and in a thread by keijo at SCB.

More on that particular subject here:
https://goscf.com/t/42545

Thanks Blaamand,
I had thought so, digital wizardry.
You must miss the tactile feel, and look of genuine pages, however.?

I guess you are right Rod - I admit nothing beats the 'tactile feel, and look of genuine pages'. However - if I should choose switching to genuine pages - I am quite sure I would miss the freedom of not needing hinges or mounts even more! And I would miss the freedom to easily shift position of the stamps, which is simply a joy on Vario pages.

I am actually very pleased by the look of stamps on the black Vario pages - details and colors seem to me better on Vario than on paper - and missing perfs etc gets very visible. Maybe too visible at times...So I am a happy un-hinged kind of guy. And the digital pages (for some of my classical stuff) compensate for not having 'proper'pages.

Hi,
I want to buy a lot of Italian stamps with "Estero" overprint.
I didn't understand what the false overprint curve looked like.
In the middle stamp the overprint curve is identical to the middle frame curve. Is this a genuine overprint?

Sometimes the overprint can sit on the oval perfectly.Nothing unusual.
The setting of the overprints could be a bit above the bottom of the oval in the upper portion of the sheet;and sitting on the bottom line of the oval in the lower portion of the same sheet.

The overprint on the right stamp shows that it does not have the same radius as the middle frame. Is it forged overprint?

This Sperati of the "ESTERO" is quite good:

https://www.sperati.org/Estero/Estero.htm

The right overprint is just sitting higher than the first overprint.All 3 have identical tangents.

Thanks Richard Frajola.
The stamps are not in my possession and the pictures are copied from the sales site.
4 more stamps from the total lot of 13. I need your advice on the originality of the overprint.

I am not an expert on these. However, for unused examples, the best way to tell is to confirm is by looking at the back. The genuine have impressed ridges from the striking of the overprint device.

Very interesting thread, inasmuch as it introduces me to an area of classical stamps of which I was entirely unaware. Will be on the lookout from now on. And I agree with Blaamand about the freedom that stockbooks allow, also about the visual appeal of their black pages.