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Posted 03/18/2026   05:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add pisti1978 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Good morning, I found this stamp overprinted Oil Rivers, but it has an additional overprint haly penny in purple, but I can't classify it. Does anyone know if that type of overprint exists? Regards Simone
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Posted 03/18/2026   06:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Check the relevant page on the website of the GB Overprints Society in below link.

https://gbos.org.uk/postal-agencies/oil-rivers/

Your basic stamp looks fake, It appears as if the (odd) blue colour is printed on the stamp and does not extend to the perforation tips.
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Edited by NSK - 03/18/2026 06:56 am
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Posted 03/18/2026   10:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rdavid to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Bottom perfs don't seem to match others. Reperfed?
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Posted 03/18/2026   3:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The Oil Rivers overprint creates SG#4.

The "half penny" surcharge exists in eight types. If genuine, this one would be closest to Type 7, which does appear on SG#4, as a blue overprint, creating SG#22, and as a violet overprint, creating SG#24. (Also found in vermilion and carmine, but those couldn't apply.)

Catalogue values are in the stratosphere for both 22 and 24. Personally, I don't like this one, but don't take my word for it.

If anyone has a different interpretation, don't hesitate to pipe up.
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