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This is more a question out of curiosity, but does anyone have an EKU for Great Britain Scott #33 plate 71? Thanks!!  |
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I don't know the EKU but as these stamps had the plate number included in the design from 1st April 1864 you have a pretty early usage! Does the Gibbons QV specialised catalogue give earliest known usage dates? Hopefully we will have a member who has this book and can let us know  |
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| Edited by Bobby De La Rue - 04/21/2018 01:28 am |
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My copy of the QV Specialised doesn't give this information, although it's by no means current. Is this philatelic, given the "71" postmark? But then, why put the stamp on upside down? |
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The 71 in the obliterator is the handstamp identifier of the London Inland Section. It's just a coincidence that it matches the plate number of the stamp. As for the stamp being upside down, who can say? It might be the obliterator.  |
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| Edited by Bobby De La Rue - 04/21/2018 03:54 am |
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Coincidence? Well, I thought so at first, but collectors were focused on these stamps, and their being used, eg the abstraction and use of the copies of Plate 77 from the original sheet, so I wouldn't rule it out. |
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Certainly possible Geoff I'd imagine you'd have to ask at the counter though. Going off the illustrations in Parmenter's work I thought my stamp above had an 86 numeral but it is in fact a 98  |
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Yeah, the upsidedownness of the stamp was interesting but not as much as the 71 cancel matching the plate number. I appreciate the London Inland Section info. |
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