Bottom of the Box

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Since January 2014 I have been digging stamps out of a 12"x12"x6" box.   It has been an almost full-time job sorting, identifying, inventorying, and dispersing these stamps into the proper albums, storage sleeves and sending duplicates to partners (Ms. crazyquilter and Mr. Ebbo.).   As of this morning and running through the routine of sorting, identifying, inventorying and dispersing over 17,000 stamps the box is empty.  Except for a couple of hundred (or three or five) Italy Parcel Post halves and about 2,000 early South Africa (of which I intend to take a more leisurely approach) and forty some odd stamps that my foggy brain has refused to recognize.  Thus, in order to put this ordeal to bed I am asking fellow Stamp Bear boarders to push me into the right direction in identifying these pieces of paper.
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BOTTOM OF THE BOX - Group One (of three)
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If you happen to know the Country, date/year of issue, and Scott number of any of these stamps I will be grateful if you let me know.  If need be, I can make an individual scan of a specific stamp if it will be easier to identify.  (I know there are a few of them I should know right off the bat, but I have been suffering from fuzzy brain syndrome.)
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Thanq in advance.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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BOTTOM OF THE BOX - Group Two (of three)
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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BOTTOM OF THE BOX - Group Three (of three)
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[khj]

We'll work backwords, starting from the last picture (GROUP THREE):

r1s1 = Yugoslavia #2L35(1919) or #2L35a, check the perforations to finalize ID
r1s2 = Italy #J10(1870)
r1s3 = Hyderabad #O32(1911)
r1s4 = Latvia issued in 1919, Scott mentioned but not listed, I did not check for reprint/counterfeit
r1s5 = Finland #79(1911) or #79b, check perforation to finalize ID
r1s6 = Finland #71(1901)
r1s7 = Czechoslovakia #266(1945), I didn't check which printing
r1s8 = Turkey #10?(1865), color changeling?

r2s1 = Spanish, but not sure which territory
r2s2 = Chateau de Malmaison cinderella (1944), will not be listed in Scott (VERY VERY NICE!)
r2s3 = Bulgaria #130(1Jul1918)
r2s4 = Armenia #285(1921), I did not check for counterfeit
r2s5 = Bulgaria #53(20Apr1901), I did not check for forgery
r2s6 = Hyderabad 4(1871), I did not check perforation nor color shades
???r2s7 = should be Bulgarian, but I cannot find it

r3s1 = Ubangi-Shari #1(1915)
r3s2 = Ubangi-Shari #44(1924)
r3s3 = Danzig #147(1923)
r3s4 = Oman #65(1Apr1957)
r3s5 = Ryukyu Islands #54(15Oct1958)

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[khj]

GROUP TWO

r1s1 = Armenia #284(1921), I did not check for counterfeit
r1s2 = Armenia #282(1921), I did not check for counterfeit
r1s3 = Armenia #278(1921), I did not check for counterfeit
r1s4 = Armenia #300(1922)
r1s5 = Yugoslavia #RA12A(4Oct1954)
r1s6 = Ukraine #5(Jul1918), I didn't check for forgery

r2s1 = Iran #248(1902), I did not check for non-originals
r2s2 = Armenia #292(1921), I did not check for counterfeit
r2s3 = Czechoslovakia #J3(1918)
r2s4 = French Colonies #J25(1945)
r2s5 = Netherlands #J44(1912)
r2s6 = Sweden #J1(1874) or #J12(1880), check perforation for final ID

I have to go out and run an errand. If anybody wants to the do the last row, also GROUP ONE, any that I missed, or corrections to the ones I did, feel free to!

Warn you all ahead of time, in GROUP ONE, a couple of the stamps will not be listed in Scott.

[Philatarium]

Jun 10, 2015 14:15:48 GMT -5 Gordon Lee said:

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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BOTTOM OF THE BOX - Group Two (of three)
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

I can't supply a specific catalog number because I think it's going to depend on the watermark and perf, but the fourth one from the left on the bottom row (r3s4, I think, using Kim's nomenclature) is Manchukuo, the 1935-37 China mail series.   

I may be missing something (like a subsequent inexpensive variety) but it looks like that one has a nice catalog value.

[Butterfly]

OK, the only ones I know immediately in group one are r2s1 and r2s2. Switzerland UPU allegory, year 1900, Scott #98 and 99, unless re-engraved with the numbers lined rather than solid, then they would be 101 and 102.

[khj]

Butterfly is correct about the Switzerland. Didn't we recently have a thread here on that? Or maybe it was elsewhere.

Philatarium is correct about the Manchukuo. Indeed, either way it does have a minor premium.

I am updating my GROUP TWO as follows:

GROUP TWO

r3s1 = Tunis #11(1888) or #12(1899), you will need to do final color ID
r3s2 = Hyderabad #O31(1911)
???r3s3 = Burma?
r3s4 = (Philatarium) Manchukuo #65(1Jan1935) wmk141 or #70(1935) wmk242, you do final wmk ID, nice minor premium either way
r3s5 = Armenia #281(1921), did not check for counterfeit
r3s6 = Georgia #14(1919)
r3s7 = Bulgaria #54(20Apr1901), did not check for forgery

[khj]

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Gordon Lee I'm having trouble reading the text on the stamps listed below. If nobody chimes in to identify them, can you do single scans so I can read the script better?

GROUP 2, row3, stamp3 (looks like a Burmese stamp? with a female monarch)
GROUP 3, row2, stamp7 (looks a Bulgarian stamp?

[khj]

GROUP ONE

r3s1 = Tannu Tuva #1, check for reprints
r3s2 = Portuguese India #244(1911)
r3s3 = Saudi Arabia #159?(1934), denomination is in lower left corner but I can't see it clearly, you need to confirm
r3s4 = Italy #62(1890), too bad it's missing a corrner
r3s5 = Mexico #RA8(1929) or #RA8c, you do final Type ID
r3s6 = Montenegro #91(28Aug1910)

Time for dinner...

[Butterfly]

Group 1
r1s1 = India (1934-47) O48
Time to give the brain cells a rest until tomorrow.

[khj]

OK, here's the rest of GROUP ONE:

r1s1(Butterfly) = Hyderabad #O48(1934)
r1s2 = Turkey #RAC9(1927), don't see this very often!
r1s3 = Crete Revolutionary Government cinderella(1905), will not be listed in Scott (are listed in SG), did not check for forgery
r1s4 = Iran #424(1906), basic stamp looks genuine, but overprint may be questionable
r1s5 = Armenia #303(1922)
r1s6 = Ethiopia #C12(17Jun1931)

r2s1(Butterfly) = Switzerland #98(1900) or #101
r2s2(Butterfly) = Switzerland #99(1900) or #102
r2s3 = Armenia #289(1921), did not check for counterfeit
r2s4 = Crete Revolutionary Government cinderella(1905), will not be listed in Scott (are listed in SG), did not check for forgery
r2s5 = Armenia #287(1921), did not check for counterfeit
r2s3 = Armenia #289(1921), perforated variety, did not check for counterfeit

Thanks for the fun, Gordon Lee! If you can post the scans of those 2 stamps that need better resolution, I'll try to help you ID those.

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[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Mr. khj and Mr. Butterfly
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Thanks to both of you. You fellows make me feel like a total slacker by the way you came up with identifying these obscure little critters so fast. Most of them would have left me scratching my noggin for another year and a half.
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I'll pull those two stamps out and see if I can get a decent scan and see if the text shows any clearer.
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By the way, I am hoping that the Group Three R3S8 is not a changeling, but a pearl gray missing an overprint. (I set it aside a year ago after checking it out, and I don't remember the particulars off the top of my head. I'll look it up again after I get to these others.)
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Also, Mr. khj, what is your definition of "VERY VERY NICE!"? And I agree with you that it tends to be fun -- especially when you come up with a satisfactory identification.
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Again, thank you both so very much.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Here is an individual scan of Group Two R3S3.
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BURMA (maybe)?
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Here is an individual scan of Group Three R2S7.
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BULGARIA?
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[khj]

Wow, the stamp that I thought was Burmese definitely isn't. The text didn't look anything like what I thought when it was itty-bitty -- it looked like Asian script when small, but now...

I don't recognize the stamp. I'm leaning toward some forgery, but because the lettering is so crude, but it will take some time because I don't recognize the original stamp. What's even more odd is that the top of the stamp has been reperforated.

[khj]

Jun 11, 2015 11:35:14 GMT -5 Gordon Lee said:

Also, Mr. khj, what is your definition of "VERY VERY NICE!"?

I think this is only the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen one of the Chateau de Malmaison cinderellas. You only have one out of the set, but it still very nice to run into. I think the set typically retails for $10+.

Also, Philatarium first IDed the Manchukuo stamp.

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[khj]

Well, in case anybody is looking, the stamp that I think is Bulgarian is NOT #1090, even though the description is very similar.

[khj]

Jun 11, 2015 11:41:53 GMT -5 Gordon Lee said:

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Here is an individual scan of Group Two R3S3.
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Well, the image is of "ESPANA". I now realize what was confusing me about the script in the top arc. I was looking at the red, when I should have been looking at the white. It does say CORREOS, so it is a postage stamp. The design is based on the Spain issue of 1870, but the currency is incorrect, as well as the wording, so it must be some other Spanish territory.

[Butterfly]

Is there lettering at the top of the Group Two R3S3? corrios, corride? goeride?
Can't read the bottom either, maybe 40 ct 1870?

EDIT:  Just noticed that the figure is just like that in the 1870 Spain series, #159-73 "espana" stamps used in the Duke de la Torre Regency.