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Egypt Stamp With Hms Ovpt.

 
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JapRev72
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Posted 09/17/2022   1:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add JapRev72 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Please help me identify this Egypt stamp with HMS ovpt.
I can't find it in Scott catalogue.
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GeoffHa
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It won't be. It's been scrawled on to the stamp, for whatever reason, rather than overprinted.
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floortrader
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Looks bogus to me , should read O.H.H.S. ,then later they had O.H.E.M.S. ......
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NSK
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It looks like someone was either defrauding someone or filling a gap in an album, but was thinking of Indian official overprints. The person who did it even got that wrong.

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JapRev72
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Posted 09/17/2022   4:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JapRev72 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
So It's fantasy handmade ovpt.
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rod222
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The stamp appears to be Sc#39 Type A15 1879
There were no overprinted Official stamps until 1907
(although the CAIRO postmark seems to indicate 1913?)
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Edited by rod222 - 09/17/2022 4:26 pm
rogdcam
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Did they have Sharpies back then?
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JapRev72
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Creative marker monkey!
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rod222
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Interestingly,
O.H.E.M.S is not listed under the acronym finder

Overprint in English: On His Egyptian Majesty's Service

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