Great Britain : On Steiner Pages.

Is your Velvet Soap postcard actually an Australian product?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Postcar...162588116462

http://www.pental.com.au/about-us/our-history/

Indeed it is, possibly produced under licence from Lever UK

When I was searching Lever, I arrived at the Pental site, then dismissed it.
Didn't bother scrolling.
What a day for item ID !

PS: I recall that "Velvet" soap, was it not that smelly bar of Yellow hue?
We used to employ it in the Navy to remove sweat stains on our shirt collars
(Our Navy issue bag of needles and threads, was always called our "housewife" )

Thanks Jill.

What a "Tour de force" of London Pmks, brought to our attention by Nigel,
Philatelists extraordinaire.........
Downloadable by *.pdf
Huge thanks Nigel.

Sundry Postmarks, a few LKU (Last Known Use)

BODMIN Cornwall is close to home, partly a guess, but the few cancels of Cornwall gives this strike a high chance of being a success.

The phrase, "gone" or "going Bodmin", relates to this and actually means, "going mad" or "simple". Indeed, if you describe someone as being, "a bit Bodmin", you are saying that they are not in full control of their mental faculty!

Poor Philatelic husbandry.

Lovely full gum ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL stamp, has been mounted in a SHOWGUARD mount, that was too small for it.
Result all the perforation teeth down one side have been bent and creased.

Only repair is to soak and re-press, bending dry teeth often has them break off.

Not the first time I have met with this.

LONDON Fancy Geometric Cancels.

Still attempting to crack the code, it is a bit like reading the Rosetta stone.
Seems to be Type ll 3rd C-B

Sc#112 1.5d QV 1887 (Code BL)

Postmark :
Killer part of Duplex hammer, 3-2-2-3 Numeral 122 Pointy ends
Sc# 89 (16 dots) CDS portion will read BRIDGNORTH ( No "E") Unusual.



Revenue: 1855 Draft payable on demand.
1d Lilac Watermark Anchor with Stock

A draft is any document requiring payment on demand (eg: A Cheque)
which was taxed at a flat rate of 1d by an act of 1853
The tax could be paid either by an embossed revenue stamp, or an adhesive.

Scarce Cancels exist : precancelled

Barefoot # 2 (Note: I believe these have fugitive ink, no soaking)

Festival of Britain. (Cinderellas)
Sold today $6.62

HMS Rodney. (Bismarck saga)
Cinderellas. Sold yesterday $5.26

Sc#O73 Perforation teeth saved (soaked) , now no gum.

Type l Overprint (Middle arms of the "M" reach bottom.)



Perfin Queries:
Unknown (Pmk LONDON FS [Foreign section])



Guess: Great Western Railway.



Guess : Kodak.

Hi Rod,

Here are some perfin IDs:

CG - 7,9 - Croydon Gas Co.

Three other firms used dies with the same pin counts but all did so at later dates.

GWR - 10,14,12 - Great Western Railway

The railway used lots of different GWR dies including several with this pin count.

K - 16 - Kynoch Ltd, Lyon Works, Birmingham

although the firm had been renamed as ICI (Metals) Ltd by the date of this stamp. This perfin was used from 1905 to 1965.

There were lots of different perfins with just a single letter K including a couple from Kodak.

The Kynoch Ltd one is the only one in my catalogue with 16 pins.

Hi Nigel,
Bravo! thanks a bunch.

1951
Festival of Britain Poster Stamps
Flying Saucers
Emett's Nellie
Skylon et al.

Fund for the Blind

Postmarks.
Sc#89 (16 pearls) 1881, Hooded London EC.

New Code discovered, and Last Known use 24th September 1891

Code X over O

PERFIN (Guess) W&S = Waterlow and Sons (Stamp Printers)



Other known use from the database

Postmarks on Printed Matter
(Unsure if these are listed in the Database)

Handstamps at district, branch, and suburban offices.
Curt Furnau type 157 (double lines) Code SX
It is thought the number (here 31) may correspond to the duplex cancellers.

Sc#111 halfpenny QV

Lots of firms used a W&S perfin but only two used one with this pin count:

- Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London EC2

- Waifs and Strays Society