Great Britain : On Steiner Pages.

The second stamp is from the 2020 Christmas set, featuring glass stained windows from different churches:

https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/e...?issue=22924

Thanks Jill,
I knew I could rely on you.

Rod,

That first stamp: checking when the London Olympics were would have given you a limited set of years. But this is one example that includes the year of issue: the design is a whopping big "2012."

NSK
Now I see it.....my goodness, a mandelbrot

Picasso would have been proud......

Inspired by Don,
See Anne Boleyn (Henry Vlll second wife) come to life, also the great Queen Elizabeth 1st.

Cinderellas.
London International Stamp Exhibition May 1950

Library
Numeral Cancellation of the British Commonwealth ~ Heins
Produced by Robson Lowe 1979

Stumped.
Any ID advice please?
Typo : Naye Paise

Rod,

Have a look here.

EDIT TO ADD: Looks like they're at the beginning of the Oman section in Scott, at least as of the date of my old Scotts.

Postmaster
Thanks for putting me out of my misery.
I knew I had them, but search as I may, (Over an hour)
do you think I could find them?

I checked Ajman, Fujeira, Bahrain, Aden,
I typed "Naye paise" NP, Anna... nothing came up.

Sheesh!

So there it was Oman (Muscat)
and there they were ! my previous stamps, I must have mounted them without scanning.

So.... How did you find them

I Googled "india revenue stamp elizabeth overprint".

I included "revenue" since the stamp said "revenue" on it, and I thought it might be a revenue. And "India" because that was the first thing that popped into my head for Anna values.

This was the result:

I first went to the last image shown, since I could see it was Elizabeth Anna overprints. As it turns out, the image took me to the same page as the first Google result -- the GB Overprints Society page.

I'll also note for DuckDuckGo users, it's also on the first page of DDG results for that search string.

Right Thanks
Readers may note, in my set just shown the 2.5Anna is from the 1958 set, the remainders 1960 set.

@PostmasterGS

Interesting hit.

These, only, have an indirect link to India. The post in the Gulf region was processed by the British Empire. India's influence in the region also meant the post offices in the region were administrated by the Indian post office. After Indian independence, as the text states, administration of the Arabian post offices in the Gulf reverted to London. The GPO issued British stamps with overprints for use in the region.

Kuwait is a bit of a strange one. It asked the British to organise the post in the country. At times, there was a shortage of stamps overprinted for use there and the general issue was used. Bahrain always had its own overprints.

@Rod,

Use, certainly, was not limited to Muscat. Many catalogues put them there. In Great Britain, they tend to be referred to as British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia.
Like many of the overprints on British stamps, fine used are considerably more expensive than mint.

Similar stamps exist with overprints "KUWAIT," "BAHRAIN," and "QATAR." They also exist on King George VI, as he reigned when India became independent.

NSK
Thanks for outlining how these items were used, I never really understood that. I was aware of all the Opts, even though completely forgetting Oman.
Saved your post.




Not forgetting AJMAN stamps, similarly overprinted............

Those are fakes.

See Trucial States.
http://www.gbos.org.uk/index.php/Country_List/43