Inherited Many Pre- And Post-Decimal Aus/Nz Stamps. However I Am Curious About These Early British

G'Day

New collector

The large bags of George V, Elizabeth II, and various 1920-1970 Australian and New Zealand stamps are probably of little value. However please see photos of the early British stamps - particularly the pink oval stamp or seal which I cannot find any information on. The remainder appear to be mostly two-colour Jubilee.

Regards
Shawn

The oval piece is a cutout from 1857 postal stationary.

Thank you rogdcam! I was unaware of the postal stationary branch of philatelics. Currently going down that rabbit hole. Found examples of what I was looking for.
Cheers
Shawn

The stamp top left and the one next to the pink oval are cut-outs as well. The oval has been cut-to-shape. Cut-outs used to have a following, now, few people collect them. Cutting these oval imprints to shape devalues them considerably. But the value tends to be extremely low to start with.

The other stamps, except for the second stamp in the top row are from the so-called 'Jubilee' issue and the subsequent Edward VII permanent series based on the 'Jubilees.' The one other stamp is the 1881 'Penny Lilac' this exists with either 14 or 16 full dots in each corner. The former is the original, latter is the more valuable.

At top right is the original vermilion 1/2d 'Jubilee.' The colour was changed to blue-green in 1900. That is the one below it.

I am afraid there is no monetary value to your stamps. The stamps would be considered 'space fillers.'

Edit: The 'Penny Lilac' was not part of the 'Jubilee' issue, but served as 1d value when the 'Jubilees' were current.

Hi NSK,
Thank you for your reply! Apologies for the delay as I live remotely. That's basically everything I need to know, thank you!
It amazes me that these are practically worthless... but also sweet because I can buy more. It's an old Roland Hill album, inscribed Jan 1899 inside. I'd like to complete the album, as it is mostly empty

Regards
Shawn

Hi Shawn,

There are a 1/- stamp from the Jubilee series (positions r2 c3) and 10d from the same (positions r4 c1). These, both have value. Even cancelled they have value.

However, you stamps do not have neat cancellations. Also, the stamps themselves look like they have been in the wars. That is what makes even those have little monetary value.

British stamps were printed in very large quantities. They were used for postage and revenue collection. Both the Post Office and the Inland Revenue were very concerned with re-use. So, they applied heavy cancellations. The majority of stamps are unattractive to many collectors.

Collectors like clean, fresh stamps with light, legible cancellations. Catalogue editors price accordingly.

So, whereas some of the stamps in your collection can be valuable, the heavy cancellations and general appearance of those stamps considerably devalues them.

Yes, you could buy more. Expect to get the quality you pay for. And be aware for seller asking a lot for stamps of low quality. Their argument they are offered at a discount to the catalogue price - that is the standard - should always be considered against that background. A space filler attracts 1-5%, a nice, clean example of a rarer stamp may attract 20-50%.