Some bits and pieces from a recent batch of French semi-postal imperfs. Stamp Day 1966, B400. The Red Cross set for 1967, B409-10. Personalities 1968, B417-20.
Kind of a cool thing. Recently by happenstance more than preference, I have gathered a crop of the generic French Colonies listings. These were issued for French colonies which did not have their own stamps, from 1859 to 1906. Here is a pair of Scott 31, imperfs from the 1870s.
I've looked at it again under good light and I believe it's a burn mark. It also stains the backside while the cancellation does not. Oh well, lesson learned for $4.
Aha! A rare Cohiba cancellation. Found only on French Colony stamps which were re-routed from the African Sub-Continent through Havana during the great Paragraphian Uprising of 1937. Probably forwarded from there to somewhere on 5th Avenue in NYC is my best guess.
Redux... Here are that pair along with another Fr.Col. 31. First, Scott describes the issue as green on greenish. The greenish paper is not as appearant on the single, but production qualities for the Peace and Commerce stamps are all over the place. Next is the back with a tighter frame. The spot seems much more like a stain now, not a burn mark. I can imagine a loose drop of writing ink causing the blemish. Thank you all for your interest.
But now for something completely different. France B66-67, The Victory of Samothrace, 1937. On the Louvre's commemorative card. This is a key semi-postal set and I was really happy to find it. Note that the stamps are not inscribed with a surcharge. I gather that the set could only be purchased at the Louvre with the card for Fr2.50. You could keep the stamps mint or have them canceled on the card. My Maury includes the stamps on the card in its listing. The card is also gummed in the back.
Hi Phil, Thanks for the images. They are pretty low res though, and make it hard to get any real clarity out of them. That said, I'm more convinced by the back photos that this is not a burn mark. I would more likely expect this is an ink stain. It's too specifically round to be a burn mark, save for perhaps a solder iron, but unless that's entirely coincidental, it is very unlikely that specific burn would be present. To be that blackened at the face, and only a trace coming through to the back, I'm 99% certain that it's not a burn mark. I suppose not that it matters a great deal, but the balance of probability is, this is an ink drop.
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Stamp Day 1966, B400.
The Red Cross set for 1967, B409-10.
Personalities 1968, B417-20.
My November Turkey Refuge is now officially open....
Here are that pair along with another Fr.Col. 31. First, Scott describes the issue as green on greenish. The greenish paper is not as appearant on the single, but production qualities for the Peace and Commerce stamps are all over the place. Next is the back with a tighter frame. The spot seems much more like a stain now, not a burn mark. I can imagine a loose drop of writing ink causing the blemish. Thank you all for your interest.
This is a key semi-postal set and I was really happy to find it.
Note that the stamps are not inscribed with a surcharge. I gather that the set could only be purchased at the Louvre with the card for Fr2.50. You could keep the stamps mint or have them canceled on the card. My Maury includes the stamps on the card in its listing. The card is also gummed in the back.
Thanks for the images. They are pretty low res though, and make it hard to get any real clarity out of them.
That said, I'm more convinced by the back photos that this is not a burn mark. I would more likely expect this is an ink stain. It's too specifically round to be a burn mark, save for perhaps a solder iron, but unless that's entirely coincidental, it is very unlikely that specific burn would be present.
To be that blackened at the face, and only a trace coming through to the back, I'm 99% certain that it's not a burn mark.
I suppose not that it matters a great deal, but the balance of probability is, this is an ink drop.
I just couldn't pass this one up.