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Chinese Flying Geese Stamp. Help With ID

 
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Posted 11/18/2018   10:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add maverickx to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello,
Is this a rare chinese flying geese cancel and overprint? Is it early 50's? Any info is appreciated! Thanks for your time.

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Posted 11/18/2018   11:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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Sc#1042 1951 A103 $5 surcharge P12.5 without gum red-brown opt

If it is $112 used $13

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Edited by rod222 - 11/18/2018 11:34 pm
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Posted 11/18/2018   11:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add maverickx to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you very much,Rod!
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Posted 11/18/2018   11:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

My query at large is , a stamp "without gum as issued" is evidenced quite clearly on the back as clean. What gum did they use then? Or is it a CTO perhaps?

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Posted 11/20/2018   01:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hy-brasil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
From what I've found, anything and everything was used. Mucilage (famous brand on this side was LePage's) varied in strength by brand and seemed to be popular from tropical places. A fair number of packages from Taiwan used library paste (again different compositions and strengths) so you'd get warping of stamps (if you were lucky) from uneven glue application especially if carried via sea mail. But that stuff would probably make an airmail cover overweight.

If on an air cover like the geese and soaked off right away, I think you had the best chance of getting a stamp undamaged. Long term, no gum stamps on cover could just fall off or be stuck forever. Seems to be true for the later 1966-67 Geese regulars that were also no gum as issued.
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Edited by hy-brasil - 11/20/2018 01:53 am
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Posted 11/20/2018   04:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for tackling a tough question HB, saved.
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