Classical Stamps

1856/58 whitish paper (1/2 Anna missing)

 

upper: 1856/58 4 Annas (8 As.is missing)
lower: stamp for soldier´s letters,issued May 9th,1860.
The 8 Pies stamp was the first issue by the Crown Colony Government.
The earliar ones had been issued by the East India Company.

 

Are these actual images of India stamps
Are they from bad eBay scan. color looks wrong

 

Mr Salentin For next post so stamps are visible

 

upper stamp: 4 As.in new colour,issued in 1864
lower stamps: previous stamps,now on watermarked paper "Elephant´s Head"
issued 1865. (sorry for the inverted 2 As.!)
missing:8 Pies.,1,4,8 Annas

The 1/2 Anna was reissued in 1873,now with queen´s opened lips.

 

additional values and changed designs,issued Sept.1866,8 As.Jan.1868

 

The early issues of service stamps are rather pricy.This is very much true
for a set of five overprinted revenue stamps,issued 1866 (Sc.nos.O11-O15),
with an cat.value exceeding € 10.000.-.
I can show only one of them and that is no original,but a reprint,or better
official imitation.The overprint slightly differs from that of originals.
Michel values the reprints at 60% of the prices of originals.

A similar defintive,a 6 Annas value,was issued June 28th,1866.

 

Bob,
Gibbons,as well as Scott footnote the "reprints" quite detailed,but give no
prices for them.However my "latest" Gibbons is the 1989 edition.
Michel´s footnote is less detailed,but prices them 40% cheaper than the originals.
Michel for the mint original 4 Annas is € 4500.-.So the reprint would be € 2700.-.
I do not remember,when and where and at what price I got that stamp.
Werner

 

service large letters,issued 1867 (1/2,2 and 8 Annas misssing)

 

Gibbons India Specialized
"So-called reprints of Nos. 015 to 018 are known, but in these the
surcharge differs entirely in the spacing, etc., of the words; they are more
properly described as Government imitations. The imitations of No.
015 have surcharge in black or in green."
Given their description as imitations it would not appear they have much value
Yours may not be a reprint as the word spacing is very different see below


The one you show should have a green overprint as this certified one below (light to dark green depending on wear)
The letters also do not match
The surface wear is also very typical of this issue
Unfortunately that does not leave many options for the one you posted

 

A few other India Classics


1854, Deep Vermilion, 91/2 Arches SG 1a - unissued stamp


1854, Deep Red SG 11; Scott 4 Die I

 

In regard to post #436:
211 BakerStr.,
I have to admit,that I cannot get the point of your post.I don´t know
what you want to say.
Regards
Werner

 

I thought it was clear and others got it
I dont like to be blunt so -ITS A FAKE

 

221Bakerstr. and 221Bakerstr.2 the same person ?
Or just more incarnations of R... ?

But back to Scott O13,or the "reprint" of it.
The differences between originals and reprints
a) the overprint of the reprint is of a darker green than that of the original.
b) the size of SERVICE ang POSTAGE on reprints is a good deal smaller than
on originals.
I doubt that forgeries of the reprints do exist at all.
Firstly,you would need the Revenue Stamp.I am no Revenue Stamps collector,
but my best guess is,that at least in mint condition,they will be anything but
common.
Secondly why should a forgerer produce a reprint ? It would be no more
difficult to make an "original",what are more expensive and more in demand.