I contacted the seller as soon as I saw the listing this morning, stating the following:
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Good morning,
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but this is not a genuine item. It is a manufactured contrivance. A stamp with a genuine provisional overprint would not have postal cancels. It would instead have manuscript initials and the date of usage.
If you go to the Philatelic Foundation certificate search, you can find pictures of genuine provisionals.
-Dan
The response:
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Hello Dan.. and thank you for your note.
There are actually many examples of "I.R." provisionals (R1153) that have been used as postage - albeit illegally. Some examples on cover show a "Due 2c", as the postmaster or clerk caught the attempted 2c problem.
I have been collecting stamps and covers for decades and have exhibited illegal uses of postage as revenue, revenue as postage, etc.. and so with the duplex cancel being stamped over the "I.R." in this case, it's quite the interesting find. If you go to Siegel Auctions, Eric Jackson, Langs, and others, you will find some examples.
Thanks, again, for sharing your thoughts..
He's completely missing the point. Yes there are illegal usages in both directions. I specialize in them. The provisional overprints that you find used illegally as postage are the officially issued ones.
What you don't see, as Jim states, is a privately issued provisional revenue used with postal cancels.
I'd bet my next paycheck this wouldn't get certed.
Posted 06/15/2018 11:38 am
