Classical Stamps

It is not easy to say when the "classical" periode of Nepal ends.
I take the end of the rule of the Ranas and and the restoration the king´s
powers around 1948/50.
In 1907 a stamp series in a new design,printed in England,was issued:

Siva Mahadeva and the Himalaya;
Exist on white paper (peace printings) and on greyish paper (war printings from 1917 on).

 

Missing the 1930 series of eight stamps,here the 1935 series,
again printed in England:

The two series can easily be distinguished from each other by the
(devangari) numbers in the lower corners:
the 1907 issue reads 19 64
the 1935 issue reads 19 92,
and of course by the different inscription of the bottom line.

 

Perhaps you could tell,why you consider some stamps as forgeries and
what the differences to original stamps are ?

 

Hallo Don,
I had the same idea,but I must have been wrong.
Checking the members list,C.DeVon was aged 53,
while RuStamps is aged 60.
So it cannot be the same user,or can he ?

Werner

 

I hope you are correct and it is always the same person,Don !
Because otherwise more than one of this kind of guys would be around.

 

Issued June 1st 1941 (8 P.),April 1942 (2 P.,4 P.),April 1946 others.
On my scan the stamps are in the order: 2,4,16 & 8 Paisa.
This set was printed by Gurkha Patra Press in Katmandu.
(part I of 2)

 

(part II of 2)

 

So by your reference, the MANY instances where a dealer obtained original plates like Transvaal, Samoa etc and made "reprints" for sale to collectors that is fine?
A non postal entity reprint with original dies to fool collectors is a FORGERY plain and simple. "Neudruck" doesn't make it legal for postage unless so authorized by the postal authorities. Many unofficial reprints can be recognized by minor differences made to the original dies, so how is this a reprint of the original and not an outright forgery? Just because your catalog calls it a "reprint" does not make such unauthorized issue valid. This view is held by the FFE, Lynn's and many other authorities.

 

An imperforated bloc of 4 of the 2 P.-value.
Note the laid paper.

 

This might be better than yours on the left?


or something like this



This might pass for a nice scan


Maybe something more modern

 

A printing error:
2 P. (left stamp) green instead of brown.
The right stamp is the regular 4 P.
As the Gurkha Patra Press printings are rather primitive and not sharp,the
difference is difficult to spot.The values are not expressed in numbers,what would be difficult enough (the lower corners show the year in nepalese
numbers),but are written in words.
From the clearer british prints here an example:

upper stamp top (sidelines of the stamps) line: two Paisas
lower stamp: four Paisas

 

The Siva Mahadeva design was used a last time for the top-value (1 Rupee)
of the definitive series,issued Oct.1st,1949:

 

One of my favourite countries is Mauritius.No collector can have a complete
collection of the early stamps,as all "Post Office" stamps are in Museums or
public collections.
The early issues till 1859,showing Queen Victoria,were all locally printed
in Mauritius.

The second series of two 1 & 2 P.,now inscribed "POST PAID",was issued
in May 1848.
Earliast prints,what show diagonal and vertical background-lines are
rare and very expensive.
Later prints,from more and more worn plates,what show diagonal lines only,
or hardly any lines at all,are more affordable.

 

So one can see what the stamp actually looks like

 

issued in August 1859
The 2 P.-value of the previous issue was re-engraved by Jules Lapriot in 1859.
Mine is an intermediate print,what means from the slightly worn plate.
However,when I received it from an auction,I realized,that the stamp showed
bluish paper,what is found on late prints from the badly damaged plate.
Catalogues however had listed mine on white paper only.So I thought
it might be a forgerie.So I gave it to the RPS for expertising.
The result: the stamp is genuine.The first the RPS had received on bluish
paper.

 

issued 1858
The stamps in the design "Britannia" were printed in England.
No face-value shown,this one is 4 Pence.
Same stamp overprinted with FOUR PENCE in an arc at the top,was issued in
1854 (!)

 

Bigger is not always better !
The stamp was issued 1859 as a 9 P. - stamp.
In November 1862 the stamp was sold as a 1 P. - stamp for inland-use only.
Such stamps are always obliterated with "oval bars B53"-cancel and are priced roughly at 50% of a stamp used as 9 P..