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Posted 05/19/2018   04:12 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add lookout to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I hoping it's right side up.
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Posted 05/19/2018   04:19 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'd take a guess at Saudi Arabia, of unknown purpose.
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Posted 05/19/2018   2:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nigelc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is the right way but I can't read it.

Maybe it's a letter seal of some kind?

It reminds me of the early Turkish telegraph seals (just because of the combination of colour and script).
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Posted 05/19/2018   3:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Nigel,
you are correct.

This is a Turkish Telegraph Seal
Catalogue #10
1924-1928
31mm


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Posted 05/19/2018   4:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lookout to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like everyone is right so far.

http://www.gb-precancels.org/Telegr...tml?curr=GBP

I don't think size is the same though. The only way I can come close to 31mm is to measure it diagonally and that doesn't sound right. I'm new at this. How is it measured?
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Posted 05/19/2018   5:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nigelc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi lookout,

What are the dimensions of your stamp?

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Posted 05/19/2018   5:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lookout to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
About 26mm x 18m overall but I'm not sure what to measure.
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Posted 05/19/2018   5:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice Link!

You measure (according to the link) the stamp overall,
eg: width from perf tip to tip. (horizontally)

I note differing sizes, so my prev post may be incorrect.

According to the script on your example, it marries to Catalogue #16

Consider: Your telegraph is possibly line perforated, so measurements are not going to be constant.


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Edited by rod222 - 05/19/2018 5:49 pm
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Posted 05/20/2018   01:36 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lookout to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your help everyone.
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Posted 05/20/2018   01:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mdroth to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting. My catalog has 4 pages of telegraph labels, but this stamp isn't listed among them.

Which catalog are you looking at Rod?
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Posted 05/20/2018   02:58 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
Which catalog are you looking at Rod?


Michael,
turns out was the same as above, gb precancels.org

http://www.gb-precancels.org/Telegr...tml?curr=GBP

I used it ages ago to ID an Turkish Army censor seal
Looks like the site has been upgraded since my last visit.

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