Space Fillers. Damaged Classics.

The stamps we cannot afford, so we exist with examples that have "character"

Ceylon:
The engine turning is exquisite, and I like the long hair on QV

The sixpenny shows a "re-entry" on the word "postage"

My £1 kangaroo, previously owned by somebody on a high starch / low carb diet.

Ryan

That's a curious cancellation Ryan.
Any ideas? Gold transport?

Believe it of not, I have a few I keep with such damage.
A 1 pound roo certainly qualifies.

That damage is surely from removal of stamp with an inferior hinge,
one that "grabs", or, hinge wetted by tongue and moisture has
adhered to the stamp and page together.
I find this lots on "circuit sheets" darned annoying.

Damaged Roo $250

Given your fondness for Australian cancellations, you're probably already familiar with this fine website - they have some info on the NSW Stock Exchange cancellations in this posting.

http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/300.shtml

Ryan

A fine website indeed,
thank you for your directions.
It is always comforting to see websites display mutilated cut squares
and the importance of keeping minute shards alive for study.
Soaking is not always the best route for collecting.

This is where things get ugly, ...real ugly.

Yet the engraver was in a class of his own
Chapeau! Louis-Eugène Mouchon 1843 1914

This set is so expensive, I have not ever seen the high values.

I don't have any high priced items, so I was really disappointed to find this and see it was damaged.
Paul

You can see by the perfs Paul,
that stamp has been shuffled in who knows how many "duplicates" bags, and finally has its moment in the sun when you shared

I mentioned in another post, of seeing a guy sitting in front of me at an auction that had a large book, probably inch and a half thick, just on the British "seahorse"

Your example is still good for study.
(I wonder what specific usage, if any, it was produced for?)
certainly a British classic.

rod-

Your nibbled-on Hermes is still pretty neat. Scott says that this, and a few others of this issue, are known to exist as forgeries. Klaseboer says that Fournier forged the higher values.

Your version of ebay currently has a forged 2-drachma starting at AU$100 and a forged 10-drachma starting at AU$400. No bids yet...we'll see.

Here's the absolute worst stamp in my collection. Three missing corners and one atrocious corner repair. It was my Mum's though, so it stays!

That's a beauty Jubilee, nothing to be ashamed about
(I am glad you cannot see my collection)
Every Roo existing is the absolute tribute to persistance against the odds (in design)
How they ever passed it is remarkable,
We are forever left with one of the pinnacles of design.

You should advertise that as a bullet hole -- I'm sure it would command a premium

A good one Kirk
"As found in the breast pocket of Doc Holliday"

Further promoting the beauty of ordinary stamps
We give you SG106 from NSW
Providence supplied with a little gem of a torn corner
which helps us identify that this stamp is "Plate 1"
with stamps in close proximity.

That's a gorgeous colour

That's what I was thinking Jubilee,
one of the classic blues, but not quite to the strength of the
crown jewel of philately, the 2d Mauritius, that's ones gorgeous.

Prussian blue aka
Milori Blue
Iron Blue
Berlin Blue

Colour index PB27
Iron(3) hexacyanoferrate (2) :)