Please Help Identify This Stamp?

help identify this stamp with cross? here is a stamp I believe is from switzerland? but cannot be located in any catalog?

Hello edw, you are correct that it's from Switzerland. It looks like a postal stationery cut-out, which explains why it can't be found in a catalogue.

Guess:
Mutilated Stationery Fragment / Cut Square

Weird. I just unpacked some stuff two hours ago that was in storage and there on top was an older Zumstein postal stationery catalog.

This is a cut square from any of 4 envelopes issued between 1868 and 1873. They are distinguishable by format and backflap. Their cat numbers are Briefumschläge 7, 11, 15A, 15B. There are no listings or prices for cut squares.

The bigger earliest albums sometimes had spaces for cut squares, perhaps the reason this still exists.

does this square cut have a specific catalog # any advice or opinion is welcome thanks

Hello iStamp, Cut outs do not have not a catalogue number(thank god).

They are often to incomplete to pinpoint to a certain issue.

Having said that, your cut out is a P8 or P9(thicker paper, postcard) or the U12(thin paper, stationery cover) these numbers are according to the Michel catalogue.

Search parameters used: 1) value of 10 pfenning 2) no E on the end of Pfenning. 3) Cancellation date of 1882 on the cut out.

Kind regards, Johan.

thank you very much

I have one more stamp that I'm not able to id even the country of origin so any help is welcome thanks

That's a postage due stamp issued by the People's Republic of China in 1954. Scott lists it as #J10. It's common.

Thanks a lot Im glad that finally I know the country of origin

the first is Mexico 1923 and my question is regarding the imperforated right side any opinion is welcome

the Columbian is I believe unissued from 1905/1906 and my question is regarding the white line or gap above the 20 numerals any opinion is welcome too thanks

The straight edge on the Mexican stamp is crooked, indicating a scissors cut. This probably occurred when the envelope was open on the right side with a pair of scissors.

Interesting as the discussion is getting, it is drifting a long way off target. Any chance of continuing in a new thread?

Opinion:



Cut by scissors by persons unknown.




This is not a stamp, a cut out from a Stamp Album picture.

thank you all for your opinion and help

I trust your judgment regarding Colombia, but as recommended to me https://www.stampworld.com/en/stamp...ps/1900-1907
Is there some key features I need to look for in order to spot and id cutoff from album picture? Thanks

You are not alone.
Chatting to the fellow next to me, at a stamp auction once, I mentioned in passing that I was a Cinderella collector, and I was going to bid on lot 42.

He whispered to me " Those are cutouts from a stamp magazine"

Creating clangers, is just part of Philately.

1. Lines through stamp images, as shown, generally indicate a stamp copy, that is reproduced to prevent copying by forgers and possibly a requirement of copyright?
Modern stamp images generally have an oblique line through the value tablet.

2. The paper
3. The colour (black and white in this case)
4. The border seen around the cutout was the definite giveaway.

Good Luck.