A Few More To Identify

I came across a few more I am having trouble with.

Stamp #1 has a nice cancel, but not sure of the Asian country?

Stamp #2 is confusing. Thought it was French, or one of the previously occupied French territories, but can't work it out.

Stamp #3 is Albanian - 1914 - Scott #47, but the overprint is so off center I was wondering if it might be worth more as a result or is it worth less because the overprint is so misaligned?

Cheers to all... Marc...

The rhino w/ python is French Equatorial Africa, Scott #166 (1946)

Cheers for chiming in Tom on that one. I see it now in Scott.

The first is Manchukuo. I'm not sure the Albania overprint is far-enough off to be anything more than curious...one of our "odd" experts will have to weigh in.



[edit: The five-pointed star shape at the top center is the orchid crest, a dead giveaway for Manchukuo.]

Cheers Cjd. It looks like it could be Manchukuo Scott #93. 1936-1937

Oooooh. Instant jealousy
The Albanian stamp

SG39 1914 (2nd april) Type 4 surcharge

5 para on 5 quint chestnut and yellow
(min value to others, mouthwatering to moi)

Your father had an excellent eye for stamps Marc.

BTW that is Castriota Skanderberg
"The Dragon of Albania"
stamp printed govt printing office Turin.


Also....Others may disagree, but in my experience, it is
quite rare to get Manchukuo stamps cancelled, especially
with nearly a SON like yours. A nice stamp also.

Interesting you mention that, Rod...I just picked up a card of Manchukuo blocks last week...



I'll only show a couple (unless there is a particular one that catches your eye).





[edit: I should have mentioned that I think the block of 6 is a Chang Chun Manchurian local overprint...could anyone confirm that?]

Heh! nice one.

The overprint holds interest.
Manchukuo used the Japanese dating system,
so we have the Showa era from (lets say) 1925.
That makes your cancellation of the red 1 fen
as 5th january 1945
but your 1y violet looks like 45

Would you say these were "pin perforated"?

The overprints are or can be very complex.
An example I had resulted in this response

Manchuria would use 1945 instead of the Japanese system...(I would think.)

Well that makes the postmark on the cusp of the
changeover. I wonder what date the cancellers changed?
The Manchukuo postmark date format are Japanese from 1932 to
the end of WW2 (at a point when cancellers were changed)

I think it is Valentine's Day, 1946. Probably not a big deal in Manchuria right about then (or now?).

Thanks Rod. I think my dad got lucky sometimes :)

Do you think the off center overprint surcharge on the Albanian stamp adds any value to it possibly?

What is interesting is that all 3 of the Manchukuo stamps that were uncovered through my digging in the bulk envelopes he had all had cancels on them. See here:



Also, this Norwegian stamp is a bit curious. Beautiful deep blue rich colors. It is a 1959 Scott #371 and minimal value, but the cancel is very light and then you have this red imprint on the lower right corner. It was laid on so hard that it pushed the paper out on the back and it is a bit raised. I am not sure if it is part of the cancel or something else possibly? Scott doesn't mention anything about any overprints or surcharges on this issue:

This is the stamp Tony translated for me Collin,
so that should answer in part, your overprint,
they look similar.

My interpretation only Marc,
the offset or misplaced overprint lessens the value.
for want of a better phrase, "does not look ship shape" :)

With your Norwegian query, without specialist knowledge
you would need to isolate that part of the stamp
and offer a high resolution scanned image of the red printing,
to us old fellas with less than 20/20 sight, it just looks like
a splodge.

Nice scan, Rod. (Sorry for hijacking the thread, Marc, but I'm going to touch on your stamp, if that helps.)

I think Marc's postmark on the 10f might be June 25, 1941, if the first large number is an 8. On my 1f block, the first large number is a 5, which I think might make it 1938 (measured from Pu-Yi assuming power in 1933).

No worries Collin, hijack away :)

Rod - I scanned the corner front and back at 1,200 DPI, but it still doesn't show much I am afraid. More splotch :)