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Just arrived in the mail Scott 231 4600 of them for my research. Im like a kid on Christmas morning lol , ill break them up the broken hat types broken frame lines ,broken plates, Different plate types date cancels fancy cancels, All so had Scott 230 and and a 237 mixed in cross your fingers there is a Scott 245 in one of these packets.

 

Just got this cancel and thought it was different. I have thought about starting a military cancel collection. I would just like to take a moment to thank all the veterans out there for their service and for the sacrifices they made while doing so. It is greatly appreciated.

 

Hi all, I discovered that I have, amongst other stuff, quite a few US Presidents stamps, so I have decided to put them together as a group. This one arrived last week in another lot, and I wondered if you could help me identify it please.
I think it's a 1917 Franklin - is it helpful to have the state cancel ?, and sadly it has a tear.
thanks

 

that's great, thanks heaps

 

Id say a 462 if it perf ten, An experimental precancel would fit that type, In verted precancel makes it interesting.

 

Just got this in. I bought the whole lot just to get this one. Looks to be a Birthday cancel.

 

Thanks Gunny I will do that. My guess is the 38 is collected for some charity maybe?

 

Same type of cancels exists for a number of cities.Among these also
Braunau am Inn,Hitler´s birthplace.
Problem with such cancels is,that there are many faked ones.
Quite easy to understand,as mint,hinged stamps cost only a fraction
of cancelled stamps.
There are plenty offers for this stamp in mint,never hinged or cancelled
condition.But very few for mint,hinged ones.
The gum of this stamps exists with two directions of "Riffelungen".
I don´t know how the german "Riffelung" has to be translated
as a philatelic term: maybe fluting or riffle or striation or
corrugation or,or ?
The "Riffelung" on this stamp can be either horizontal or vertical.
The vertical one is about double as expensive as the horizontal one
in mint,three times in used condition.The "Riffelung" is still visible on
stamps without gum.
The "Riffelung" is applied by spiked rollers to break the gum.It is
done,to prevent the rolling of stamps or sheets,so that they stay flat.

 

Thank you for the information. I will have to look more closely at these in the future. I bought it to go with this one.

 

Did you know ?
To undermine German confidence in the Nazi Government during WWll, and to encourage belief that Heinrich Himmler was preparing secretly to assume power immediately Hitler was overthrown, the Allies forged a German stamp bearing Himmler’s portrait in place of Hitler’s.

Exactly how the stamp was used has never been explained, and the full story is now hidden under the Official Secrets Act.

Some examples of the stamp are known, affixed to cards and letters alongside genuine Hitler ones, but all are cancelled with forged postmarks, and have fictitious addresses and messages.

The Himmler stamp forged in 1943, possibly in London, duplicated the frame and inscription of the 1941-42 6 pfennig violet issue which was in circulation until the end of the war.

Two versions are known, Himmler A and Himmler B, lines and shading different on both, A being the better.

Both versions were printed in sheets of 20, with plain margins, and the perforations are as on the genuine stamp, gauged 14.

A mint specimen of Himmler A is worth double that of Himmler B, and used copies—especially on covers—are worth considerably more.

 

I did not know any of that. Thanks for sharing - very interesting. I seem to remember a forged Hitler stamp that had the outline of a skull in the portrait. Anyone else seen or heard of this?