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They seem to be plate numbers. It looks like the letter is printed in the dark color (bird) and the numeral is printed in the background color. So, two printing plates perhaps?

Robert

Thanks Robert. Yes, it looks like seperate printings.
Plate numbers, as you suggest, makes sense, rather than unique serial numbers for each sheet. I find it unlikely that the first sheets (serial number 1) of the printings should end up on my desk.

Nada. I had been expecting an auction lot from Kelleher I paid for in mid-Feb so sent a follow up email today and it was shipped today.

Some stamp packets.

Robert

Be very careful, Angore - Keller is a killer! (Or did you mean Kelleher?)

Oops. I fixed my original post.

Glad they arrived BLAAMAND
I'm not sure re the A1 but I am sure one of our down under gang will

My NB 2d arrived this morning


New Brunswick, Province of Canada, Pence issue 3pence, Unitrade # 2d mustard yellow, numerical cancel 8 with RF 7 (Chatam, N.B.)

I'm not sure if this would also for qualify for "Stamps on Stamps" but these came this morning attached to mail from the Royal Philatelic Society of London, featuring their logo on Belgian first class stamps. The current RPSL President, Patrick Maselis, is Belgian.

The edges of the stamps aren't not too easy to see against the white background, even with a bit of Photoshop tinkering. The date of the cancel has me a bit puzzled, suggesting as it does a 7 week delay in delivery, but I'm sure there is a good reason for it. Water-staining indicates typical British weather: heavy rain...

Added five more card proofs to the revenue area of that collection. Here they are:

Scott 92P4





Scott R99P4





Scott 101P4






Scott R134P4






Scott 141P4

A Cinderella today from 1939.

Dennis

My purchased of 5 additional Vario-G Binders/Slip cases and also received a 2018 Scott Classic from an eBay purchase a few days ago.

The other day I got a couple of lovely albums of French stamps for a song - not loads of stamps, and those that were there are mainly mid-period and pretty common but somebody had lovingly made pages by hand and they look so great I'm going to keep them and try to fill in the spaces. To buy one of the albums new would have cost more than I paid for these two albums and a whole load of off paper kiloware from the same seller.

Well done. I love black pages, and sometimes buy them, but they're (a) much more expensive than white quadrille, and (b) very unforgiving if you make mistakes!

My first '25A on cover'. It's place holder quality, but I'm glad to have it.
This dovetails with the thread talking about writing on covers...