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Looking For Information On These Old Togo Stamps

 
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Posted 05/21/2018   8:18 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Stardust to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello, I am wondering if anyone has any information on these old Togo stamps and what their value might be?





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Posted 05/21/2018   10:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Noocassel to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
They are German colonial issues for their African colony of Togo. Issued from 1900 up to the First world war during which all German colonies were lost to the opposition. This type of stamp is called a Yacht after the picture. The design was used for most if not all of Germanies colonies just the name varying. The selling price according to the Stanley Gibbons price is not more than a few dollars,though i'm only looking at the simplified version of the catalogue which doesn't look at varieties. They are interesting and you can spend a lot of time collecting "yachts" from all the German colonies. The ship on the stamps is meant to be Kaiser Bills imperial yacht. I believe it's now the oldest luxury yacht still serving as a luxury yacht.
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Posted 05/22/2018   12:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hy-brasil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You also might have two different issues there, based on the dates. The later issue has a watermark with lozenges/diamond shapes. No rare cancels here; Lome was the capital and the biggest city there, though it's always nice to have a SOTN cancel like on the 20pf.
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Posted 05/22/2018   08:11 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Willwood42 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
So is the cancel date format for these stamps mm/dd/yy? If the first 10 pf red does have the lozenge watermark, my old 2006 Scott catalog indicates a value of $90 if cancel is authentic.
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Posted 05/22/2018   09:02 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As far as I know, day/month/year is the date format used in most countries, except the USA.
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Posted 05/22/2018   10:07 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Climber Steve to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
First stamp appears to have a bent corner perf (upper left) which, if true, would greatly lessen any value.
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Posted 05/22/2018   10:12 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add PostmasterGS to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Judging by the cancel dates, all of these are likely the unwatermarked variety, so their value is no more than a couple Euro each.
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Posted 05/22/2018   11:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hy-brasil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I stand corrected. PostmasterGS is correct, the 10pf watermarked wasn't issued until 1914. My apologies.
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