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CMJ · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 19:35:21 pm

PeterS wrote:

Nice block Chris!

And feel free to bore us with blocks of GB, especially if they are of similar quality.

Oh, "quality" is so subjective. I don't have any mint GB blocks (I wish). How about this block of four 1d reds from plate 62 ?

Chris.

huanga · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 22:09:51 pm

Block of the Cook islands. SG113. 113a. 113b. Being the;
L/H strip narrow B in Jubilee. R/H strip narrow K in King.

Block of New Zealand. SG821 With the apostrophe flaw sitting between
the New and Zealand.

Block of New Zealand. SG 456 being Christchurch domain fete.

Block of GB. SG 798 being the cathedrals with the lower left stamp having the missing green.

Huanga

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 22:29:40 pm

Added this to my Rarity page today - USA 1955 $5 Black, Alexander Hamilton Top Value .. a better centred block would be impossible to find, and yet these are still very cheap stamps I feel for something now 55 years old.

Glen

PeterS · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 08:44:25 am

I see the USA was still using Line Perf machines in 1955.

tonymacg · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 18:18:17 pm

Blocks are always nice, but there's something particularly appealing about blocks of Poonch ...

This 1 Anna (SG 13)

and 4 Anna (SG 15)

are just from the printings on ribbed wove bÃ¢tonné paper - nothing to get too agitated about - but lovely to look at.

(And yes, the pencil lines were ruled to help the printer place the die used to print the stamps.)

This block of the 1 Anna on blue-green wove bÃ¢tonné paper (SG 50)

is even more common, but still impressive in a multiple like this

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 00:35:10 am

Bought this lovely looking (to me anyway) item in an estate today.

Complete 1981 Registered parcel label from Stockholm to Paddington NSW.

Weight was over 10 kilos, so Air parcel franking was enormous.

Marginal booklet pane of 4 of the superb 50 Kr Slania Falcon stamp.

What I assume is a full pane/block of 10 of 20 Kr Ducks ... straight edge top and base.

5 x 10 Kr Map.

14 x 5 Kr Wigsforss inc 3 stips 4.

Now Australia catalogues all these things on parcel piece, and the collector following for them is large.

If this had 4 x $10 Paintings, 10 x $5 paintings, 5 x $4 paintings, and 17 x $2 Paintings etc on a complete tidy parcel tag, it would certainly be a $300 piece.

Is there any premium on these in Sweden does anyone know?

Glen

uncadonego · **Posted:** Thu May 19, 2011 03:51:54 am

Nothing of great value, in fact it just came out yesterday. I really like this sheet though, so I wanted to show you some detail.

uncadonego · **Posted:** Thu May 19, 2011 03:52:38 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Thu May 19, 2011 03:53:11 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Thu May 19, 2011 03:54:05 am

How'd you like to have to deliver mail in this weather?

skilo54 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 02:56:26 am

I don't know UncaD, looks like a fine day to me!

We have some nice issues coming out this month, some really nice designs!

½ cent Nathan Hale block of 50 and 10, Madrid N.Y. Box cancel:

Anyone have a wand they could wave over this to make it a couple Downey Head blocks?

Have a Good One,

Skilo54

huanga · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 15:20:44 pm

Another block with a flaw. I seem to have collected them at sometime in the past. This is New Zealand. SG761 and the flaw is on the upper right block. Right leg.

Interesting. On the above image the flaw appears as if it could be some fluff. Its not, and the stamp has not been damaged. It must have been dirt on the roller?

Huanga.

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 15:26:44 pm

Added this eye-catching block to my Rarity page this week!

Glen

huanga · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 21:08:04 pm

Federated malay States. SG61 The tiger in two colours that seemed to have been paired when the designer was 'Anchor deep in Tiger'. For those too innocent to understand that. Anchor and Tiger are beers!

Huanga.

PeterS · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 08:09:43 am

I would say printed in one colour on coloured paper, to give a 2 colour appearance.

amfhf1 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:59:35 pm

The precancel ? on this makes it interesting I have a single with a partial similiar cancell some where but the block shows it off well here.

amfhf1 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 13:28:33 pm

huanga · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 15:47:28 pm

GB/SG305.

Huanga.

huanga · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 18:57:02 pm

Rarotonga SG49a In my Sg catalogue it comes under the Cooks.

Huanga.

huanga · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 19:02:25 pm

Rarotonga SG51b.

Rarotonga SG57

These have been stored away for years and it looks like I have gotten them out, or most of them out in time!! Damm!!!

Huanga.

huanga · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 19:35:42 pm

Rarotonga SG71 & 71a The latter being the double derrick flaw. The two on this block are; Bottom left and dead centre.

Rarotonga SG93 No W/Mk.

From the looks of both these blocks I may have gotten they out of storage in time.

Huanga.

tonymacg · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 19:55:46 pm

A couple of Indore blocks, to prove that I don't really hate Indore stamps ... :lol:

SG 30, the 1927-37 1 Rupee

SG 35b, the ONE ANNA surcharge inverted, and showing evidence of the printer's vain attempts to rub out the inverted surcharge

tooler · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 02:16:12 am

Mexico, A block of 24 Sc. #1875 Wildlife Conservation.

tooler · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 02:31:16 am

Scott #1438 US block of 6 (Prevent Drug Abuse) As you can see the right stamp of the pair below has a small area with ink omitted, probably caused by matter on the plate during printing. Never seen another.

tooler · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 02:56:53 am

US Scott# 832 block of 4 $1 Woodrow Wilson. With first day cover.

tooler · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 03:00:28 am

US Sc. #1445 Christmas 1971 block of 20. Partridge in a pear tree.

Sharon Scott · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 03:11:12 am

Block are one of my passion here are a couple of my older ones

Sharon Scott · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 04:02:15 am

Couple of more block with perforation errors

Sharon Scott · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 04:12:05 am

Great pictures on this thread. I learn something new every time I browse through this program. One day I hope to have 1/4 of the knowledge of some of these members

Last picture for today an oldeee but goodeee

librarianc · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 04:51:03 am

Very nice, Sharon!!

John A

CMJ · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 22:17:32 pm

A recent addition to my collection was this one:

1852 1d red (plate 147), block of 8, cancelled with London Inland Office 22 Numerals.

Chris.

Rebel T K · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 22:40:10 pm

One of my favorites is the New Zealand 1971 50c Pictorial with the missing light green headland as shown on the single.

Rebel T K · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 00:34:16 am

While I'm at it,I better add my favourite..1/2d light green New Zealand 1906 Christchurch Exhibition.

Rebel T K · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 00:37:31 am

And just to round up my posts to 100...the New Zealand 1925 1/2d Green Dunedin Exhibition block with miss-placed Perfs.

stallzer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:45:07 am

US Scott's #210, Block of 15 from 1883. MUH

amfhf1 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:39:37 pm

Sri Lanka, they might have shipped half the country with this piece.

compoundperf · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 17:41:42 pm

Well looks like we have had a bit of a stall here , so I will give it a kick along :lol:

Some Queenslanders .

compoundperf · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 17:44:18 pm

And a couple more for good luck ,

Regards

C . P .

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 18:21:00 pm

Since Domburd reminded me to fish out my Bamra scans elsewhere, here is one of the complete Setting IIId of the 1890 ¼ Anna

showing the mixture of lower case 'p' (SG 9) and upper case 'P' (SG 26) in 'Postage', and the elephant's trunk holding a log (yes: that's what it is) in just about every conceivable horizontal position

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 18:30:14 pm

And while I'm doing type-set stamps, how about this sheet of Duttia SG 28, the 1912 ½ Anna perf 13½ x imperf (I think Gibbons' description of it as 'black/dull green' is wrong.)

Those are not cancellations, by the way, but control handstamps that were supposed to be applied to all Duttia stamps before they were sold.

Feebletodix · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 18:35:39 pm

Good day to you all

A fine example of exuberance from the US of A.

Regards

Feebletodix

huanga · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 18:36:36 pm

Tasmania SG156a

Australia SG694

I cropped this on short to form square.

huanga.

compoundperf · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 19:49:47 pm

Well that got things going , some nice stuff there :wink:

Here`s a ACSC V134

C . P .

davetee · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 21:59:09 pm

Here's mine...a block of Queen Victoria SG172 stamps

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 22:15:54 pm

Let me match a Victorian block with (what was once) a Victorian Indian block:

Patiala SG O7a - the rather suspiciously common inverted Service overprint of 1885

compoundperf · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 00:11:03 am

Tony I don`t know if two pair equal`s a block

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 00:43:49 am

If someone can translate what this is all about, I would appreciate it very much.
All I know is that it is some kind of receipt from a post office and the stamps are official stamps used during the German hyperinflation period.

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 00:45:03 am

compoundperf wrote:

:lol:

Tony I don`t know if two pair equal`s a block

They were a block ... once

compoundperf · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 03:07:07 am

If someone can translate what this is all about, I would appreciate it very much.
All I know is that it is some kind of receipt from a post office and the stamps are official stamps used during the German hyperinflation period.

No sorry can`t help there Crosscrescent but unless you clear it up I think you might owe the German government a heap of money .

well must go to bed before I get into trouble :lol:

Regards

C . P .

P.S. Oh at least there blocks :lol:

Kainnikanada · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 04:08:19 am

While living in New Farm, Brisbane in the early 1980's I sent a parcel (in one of Australia Post's new packaging product (box)) from the local post office. These are the high value stamps they had at the time - 45 x 18s and a token 15 thrown in for a total of $8.25:

Too large to scan at once, so the images don't quite match.


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