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Hello, I don't find a forum that's fitting to my question better than this one. These stamps are quite interesting to me, but I don't know anything about them. Are there any that can really be called "stamps" with a catalogue number? Or only cinderellas?  *** Moved by Staff to the CINDERELLA forum. *** |
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The yellow label is a real stamp, probably used as a revenue stamp. The two "green shield" stamps are savings stamps and it looks like they are English.
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The big blue "stamp" is an Italian cinderella issued for the 1906 International Milan Fair.
Next to it, there is what it seems to be a 1939/45 Finish cinderella. |
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thank you both, that was good help. For me, the probably revenue stamp is most interesting. So it is a Great Britain stamp "used as" a revenue stamp by a certain company? I don't know much about revenue stamps, but I thought that also the country issues them? |
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British stamps can be used for "postage" or "revenue". In this case, it formed part of a receipt (presumably of payment). |
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Stamperix, if you read the stamp it says "postage & revenue" right above the "two pence". Most older British definitives will say that.
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The "Green Shield" are indeed British, from the early 60's. Many shops had them, you got some stamps for the items you purchased, put the stamps in a booklet & then traded the booklets for goods in their catalogue...Even our local Polish Delicatessen in Ealing had them. |
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wow thanks for all your anwers, now I know everything I wanted to know. I also searched in the internet but didn't find what the stamps are, only for some a price, which is not what I needed to know :). |
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I kmow Ealing's a sprawling suburb, but I don't suppose you happened to know one of my uinversity friends, a chap called Richard Sakwa? Born early '50s. |
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Cirsus, you're correct about the Finnish label. It is a WW2 propaganda label for the Finnish war effort. They were aligned with the Axis forces, of course. It's not a rare label, but certainly not seen too often. |
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thank you both, that was good help. For me, the probably revenue stamp is most interesting. So it is a Great Britain stamp "used as" a revenue stamp by a certain company? I don't know much about revenue stamps, but I thought that also the country issues them? Referred to as a "Commercial Overprint" There is an online reference to these if I recall here you go http://www.gbos.org.uk/index.php/Ov...t_Revenues/2Doulton would no doubt be the Porcelain manufacturer. |
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I don't suppose you happened to know one of my uinversity friends, a chap called Richard Sakwa? Same era but no, not one of my acquaintances. |
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The big blue "stamp" is an Italian Cinderella issued for the 1906 International Milan Fair. Yes, I do have a blue like this one and a red + another rd on a post card. The same year they also have a philatelic exposition in Milan, the stamps in 4 colors are less beautiful |
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thank you all again. I didn't expect such detailed information. Are these "Commercial Overprints" something worth to keep or just something you can find anywhere? |
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If you read a bit around on this forum you might find that revenue stamps are in high regard! I would keep it.
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Ok, thank you. Revenues stamps is something I really have to learn about. I just read a bit here in the forum and on Wikipedia and understood for the first time what it's all about. I also have another interesting revenue stamp, but I will ask another time in the Back of Book forum. |
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| Edited by stamperix - 04/26/2017 10:45 am |
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