King George Red With Noticeable Error Is It Common Or Special ?

I have many more cancels and old stamps at home will post more when I get back

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Bobby, I'm not sure that it is Enfield - the rays under the 8 don't match in position or angle. Would still like to see a clearer scan to decide.

You are correct Bobby - Rated S for scarce.

Hi fairdinkumstamps,

May I ask what you are comparing Mr Stampede's suggested 189 with? Freeman's example used in his book is heavily overinked.

Here's mine:



This type of cancel was superceded in the sequence at number 374. I'm sure we can agree that the first (or last) two digits of Mr Stampede's example are a 1 and an 8. This leaves us with 181, 281 and 180 to 189.

Distortions do occur depending on the force and/or angle of the strike.

Hi Mr Stampede,

Please see the posts by fairdinkumstamps and me above for the NSW material.

Stampede,
I would not brag about deleting posts and breaking the threads in other forums. It is bad form. For that reason there are safeguard in place to prevent users from trashing the forum by going back and deleting their posts here. Another thing that causes problems for a forum is excessive drama. We have better things to do than police users who make a lot more work for us, the Moderators here are volunteers.

When you post, simply ask yourself if the post is going to create drama. Nothing wrong with generating educational debate, just curb the emotional crap. This thread has been on the edge of locking for days; it has remained open only because it has some educational value.


You are not off to a good start here.
Don

Too many personal attacks has made me come to say this site is not worth my time.

How do you remove yourself from this site or get removed ?

No problem, you have now been banned from more than one forum. Enjoy the silence.
Don

I have no idea what you are referring to. Regardless of what the forum is, deleting images just to get back at members is not only bad sport but very juvenile.



I am not a troll, nor am I on the other forum a troll, I too was targeted but unlike you I approached the problem intelligently now there is no more problem, there is always debate but that is part of what forums are about.

I have never picked on a newbie, not only do I help them as is shown many times on this forum but others as well, I also supply them with stamps or if necessary stock books.

And how could I find you, I didn't even know you existed or on another forum until I read from this forum that you were also on another forum so I did a little research and that's how I found you on another forum.

You have not yet responded to my recent post when I asked you to quote me on any comment I have made where I had broken a promise, and I am going to hold you at your word.



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If you have a fortune in stamps they will be the guys to confirm that claim, it's a small group of professional collectors and one is an auctioneer (Status International).

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My common stamp, read the rarity status on the certificate.

Bobby, Yours is a great example of the strike.

Check underneath the 1 and 8 on yours (and Hugh Freeman's example) and you will see that starting from the ray touching the base of the 1, there are three more until you pass the 8. Then look at the example shown on the 1d shield from Mr. Stampede and notice that starting from the ray touching the base of the 1, there are just two more until you pass the 8.

Below are the stamp in question and your fine example.

It's an interesting difference and it would have been nice to see a clearer scan.

Well done fairdinkumstamps, brilliant comparison

Now I'm wondering if the device was recut &/or suffered damage some time between 1888 and 1897? The spacing between the numerals seems similar and some of the rays still correspond, ie: the two at the top left of the '1'

To my eyes at least, the only other feasible numbers would be 183 or 188, both of which were replaced by 3R16 types, which the 189 was not.