Travancore Anchel On SS Overprint

hi all,

not my area but are poor overprint quality common?
any views?

thanks..

Yes, poor overprints are much more common than poor printing. Usually it seems not very important how an overprint comes out.


Peter

Spot the inverted "S's"

Yes: the Travancore authorities didn't much care what was for Government use. This is an example of SG 033, the 1926-30 3 Chuckram



They did eventually get their act together with Official stamps. This cover



has SG 0100a and SG O105, and it shows that, once they gave up on the On S S overprints, the Travancore authorities did actually make an effort. Of course, in the mayhem of amalgamation with neighbouring Cochin State, integration with newly independent India, and the adoption of Indian currency, in the late 1940s, things got out of hand again



This cover of SG O2 is relatively free of faults, but all sorts of things leaked out to collectors at that time, like this block of SG O11cd



imperf between within the block. Curiously enough, these things are quite common mint ... but just try to find them properly used on cover!