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  1. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    Michel Germany does not list such "stamps".
    But they are listed in Michel Deutschland-Spezial volume I at the very
    end of the catalogue.
    There they also mention two books:
    "Gezähnte Kriegspropaganda",handbook and catalogue
    by Joachim Hosang
    and
    "Forged Stamps of Two World Wars" by L.N.& M.Williams,London.

    By the way the "Himmler Stamps" are listed in the Michel-Spezial
    for € 1200.- (type I) and € 400.- (type II),for mint,n.h.
    Exist also imperforated,from proof-sheets.
    No price for used ones,as all known cancelled ones,without
    any doubt,are cancel-forgeries.
    But still some people pay a lot of money to get fooled.
     
    Werner Salentin, Oct 15, 2020
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  2. BettyBoop

    BettyBoop Active Member

    thanks Werner - a bit of fascinating WWll history anyway.
     
    BettyBoop, Oct 15, 2020
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  3. RichardBabcock

    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

    IMG_20201015_0001.jpg IMG_20201015_0002.jpg A new addition to my collection.
     
    RichardBabcock, Oct 15, 2020
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  4. Gunny

    Gunny Retired Jarhead Moderator

    This should keep me busy for a while. Decided to start working on a Chile collection. So, I ordered a lot of miscellaneous stamps, partial collections, etc. Several hundred stamps and about a dozen sheets. Included general postage, revenue, air mail, postage due, etc. Should be fun.

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    Gunny, Oct 17, 2020
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  5. RichardBabcock

    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

    Nice
     
    RichardBabcock, Oct 17, 2020
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  6. anglobob

    anglobob Moderator Moderator

    A slogan cancel from Kenya,Uganda and Tanganyika from 1959,exhorting people to post Christmas mail early.A similar cancellation is still used in England today.
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    anglobob, Nov 25, 2020
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  7. RichardBabcock

    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

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    RichardBabcock, Nov 26, 2020
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    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

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    RichardBabcock, Nov 26, 2020
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  9. RichardBabcock

    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

    Just arrived today, Fancy cancel, smeared ink, bent F IMG_20201126_0006.jpg IMG_20201126_0004.jpg
     
    RichardBabcock, Nov 26, 2020
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  10. anglobob

    anglobob Moderator Moderator

    A couple of covers from Barbados.The bottom cover has George VI issue from 1950 and the current Queen Elizabeth issue from 1954.
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    anglobob, Nov 27, 2020
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  11. RichardBabcock

    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

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    RichardBabcock, Nov 27, 2020
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  12. RichardBabcock

    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

    IMG_20201127_0007.jpg Smallest grill, not sure witch grill it is but nice Fancy cancel.
     
    RichardBabcock, Nov 27, 2020
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    RichardBabcock Well-Known Member

    IMG_20210216_0006.jpg Scott 300 Perfect centering Gem
     
    RichardBabcock, Feb 16, 2021
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  14. Bj Slusarczyk

    Bj Slusarczyk New Member

    FR-MERC50c.jpg I received this purchase recently It's a France Mercury 50 centimes Pair, MiNr3 with a German Occupation overprint Dunkerque - Coudekerque Nordfrankreich.
     
    Bj Slusarczyk, Feb 17, 2021
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  15. DonSellos

    DonSellos Moderator Moderator

    Doesn't look like an overprint to me, a box cancel instead, possibly a slogan cancel? Maybe Werner will see it and give us a translation.

    Don
     
    DonSellos, Feb 18, 2021
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  16. Hochstrasse

    Hochstrasse Moderator Moderator

    The cancel says "besetztes Gebiet Nordfrankreich" which translated means occupied area North France. I concur about it being a box slogan.
     
    Hochstrasse, Feb 18, 2021
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  17. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    Best Answer
    This could be a occupation stamp for Dünkirchen (Dunkerque,Dunkirk) from 1940.(10+10 C.,Mi.no.7,priced € 2500.- for mint n.h.)
    Could be,because all stamps without a "solid" certificate have to be considered as forgeries.
    There are two types of overprint:
    Type I,rounded frame (as shown),produced in Dünkirchen
    Type II rectangular frame,produced in Coudekerque-Branche
    Of the above type of overprint about 20 different exist all in pairs.
    A few more were overprinted in type II.
    There are also about 20 large size commemoratives with overprint
    Type II.All are expensive in the reign of a few hundred to about
    one-thousand Euros for the "more common" ones.
    The stamps were issued by the german military commander Dünkirchen.
    However the french population was allowed to let overprint all still
    valid stamps of France in their possesion.
    So all in all more than 200 different stamps are known.
    In my opinion very much a philatelic inspired issue !
     
    Werner Salentin, Feb 18, 2021
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  18. DonSellos

    DonSellos Moderator Moderator

    Bj Slusarczyk, the original poster, and Werner are correct. This is an overprint. I dug out my old (1982) Michel catalog and this box hand stamp is shown in two types, Type l with rounded top left and top right corners (the type posted above) and Type ll with squared corners. Below is a scan of the page listing these overprints. The stamp in question is number 7, type l.

    Don

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    DonSellos, Feb 18, 2021
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  19. Hochstrasse

    Hochstrasse Moderator Moderator

    Hi Don,
    Just like your scan from the 1982 Michel my 2004 Specialized Michael shows the same thing. What Werner is saying about the amount of forgeries that abound in this particular issue and a certification of authenticity being paramount would be the primary concern. I do see differences between the catalog and the stamps shown with the overprint.
     
    Hochstrasse, Feb 18, 2021
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  20. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    After having seen Don Sellos´scan of the Michel page,I have scanned
    the actual pages of the Michel Deutschland Junior 2020:
    a a0001.jpg
    a b.jpg
    a c0001.jpg a d0001.jpg
    a f0001.jpg
    These pages are not from the Michel Spezial,but from the simplified
    Junior-Catalogue !
    I bought the Michel-Junior 2020 last year.I needed it to get an oversight of the new issues,I had missed during our time in Paraguay.
    It was then € 9.95.
    The 2022 issue is € 15.-.Quite some rise within two years !
    But still cheaper than the general catalogue "Germany",what is € 59.80.
    But that´s still a bargain compared to Germany Specialised ( in two
    volumes) what is € 184.- !
     
    Werner Salentin, Feb 19, 2021
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