Help with ID of Great Britain stamps.

Discussion in 'World Stamps' started by kacyds, Feb 11, 2012.

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  1. steve logan Logie Bear (Moderator)

    i have changed the image Tom
    steve logan, Feb 18, 2012
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  2. Tom D Active Member

    much better for this blind ol man
    Tom D, Feb 18, 2012
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  3. Tom D Active Member

    OK Steve,
    1) I also can not find it in my Scott cat 2009 vol 3
    BUT!!!!!

    her is what I dug up
    MS1501M.jpeg

    Issued 03 May 1990
    SG # MS 1501
    Scott 1296a
    1990 Stamp World mint sheet
    Tom D, Feb 18, 2012
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  4. steve logan Logie Bear (Moderator)

    thanks Tom i have found it now, it came under machins, and is very small on the page, but for anyone who wants to know it is MH1193f she attachment below
    Many thanks again Tom
    souvenir sheet.jpg
    steve logan, Feb 18, 2012
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  5. Tom D Active Member

    machins, what is that? I also was not looking for that one, or was I? I am confused:confused:
    Tom D, Feb 18, 2012
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  6. steve logan Logie Bear (Moderator)

    the stamp shown is not the one we were looking for but that was the first stamp in the set, the souvinir sheet was the one i posted above, and there was no image on scotts for the sheet lol

    Machins are GB stamps where you only see the Queens head and value, i will pull up some detail on them and start on a new thread

    steve
    steve logan, Feb 18, 2012
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  7. Tom D Active Member

    ok though I was going nuts
    Tom D, Feb 18, 2012
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  8. Tom D Active Member

    bb.jpeg

    Ok question for any body
    They say there are 3 plates of this stamp. I can not figure out which one is which?
    Tom D, Feb 18, 2012
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  9. steve logan Logie Bear (Moderator)

    mmmmm a tricky one there Tom, i will have a look about
    steve logan, Feb 18, 2012
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  10. Tom D Active Member

    never said it would be easy
    Tom D, Feb 18, 2012
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  11. Philactica Active Member

    Hi Tom,

    This 1d stamp is not Scott 88 but 89 - enlarge the stamp and count the full dots in the top corner, it is SG 174 though.

    This is the problem of getting wrong information in detailed descriptions.

    Erich
    Philactica, Feb 18, 2012
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  12. Philactica Active Member

    Scott #1296a
    Philactica, Feb 18, 2012
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  13. Jay Well-Known Member

    I always loved the "seahorses" design on the selvage!
    Jay, Feb 18, 2012
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  14. Tom D Active Member

    Thank Erich you are right.

    BUT I quoted the wrong stamp:(

    This is the one I should be giving information on
    GBhelp.jpeg

    Sorry kacyds about the error
    Tom D, Feb 19, 2012
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  15. Philactica Active Member

    Collecting Plates would probably entail collecting the corner blocks of 4 in which the Plate numbers would be in the margin.

    Under normal circumstances only one run is made of a stamp, though there may be 3, 4 or six sheets per print, each with a plate number not to be confused with sheet numbers which was a process of the past.

    Two printing firms were used and this may have resulted in two plates.

    My guess is the same plate was used by both printers, were one for some reason printed an additional volume.
    Philactica, Feb 19, 2012
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  16. Tom D Active Member

    One had a little darker gray but the other two were the same. Which by what you are saying there most likely only 2 not three plates. Thank you for the information
    Tom D, Feb 19, 2012
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  17. kacyds Well-Known Member

    Steve you sent me the dvd a while back, thanks. I was talking about the album that I put my stamps in. It doesnt have the Channel Island pages.
    kacyds, Feb 22, 2012
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