I have never come across these before and would appreciate any information as to what they might be.
The stamps are hinged to a thin card as shown and have no gum. The watermarks seem to be the first 2 types and are not all the same but this is a bit difficult to check without removing them from the card.
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re: G B Wildings with black lines printed on the FACE ?
Bob,
Good thing you are in Canada. If you were in the UK you'd be a wanted fugitive by now!
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re: G B Wildings with black lines printed on the FACE ?
That might be tricky.
Usually they are available at a minable charge. To have some specialist value it would most likely be necessary to know which watermark and its orientation.
Wildings have three watermarks and they can be upright, inverted, as well as sideways left or sideways right. The presence of phosphor bands on the front can be checked against slanted light, but to check for the unlikely presence of graphite lines on the obverse would again require examining the back.
I do not recall the experimental graphite lines being used at postal training facilities, but it seems possible once the cancellation and letter facing experiment failed.
There is even the possibility of the watermark design being installed on the dandy roll backwards or erroneously after a minor repair.
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 28 Aug 2015 08:51:33pm
re: G B Wildings with black lines printed on the FACE ?
I didn't notice hat either, but it is a lot more convenient.
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re: G B Wildings with black lines printed on the FACE ?
If the stamps on the card in the original post are ungummed then they have been previously soaked as PO Training School Bars were overprinted on regular issues in the main (Some misprints, discarded stock, damaged left-overs were also used).
Most types were overprinted including some sideways watermark issues.
Sets of 17 values of QEII Definitives can be found for around £10.
High values were also overprinted including the early Seahorses (from 1920), also Some commemoratives up to 1970 and Back-of-Book items. Many of these command much higher prices.
Different types of roller bars include vertical 1,2 or 3 bars with different spacings and also with horizontal bars.
re: G B Wildings with black lines printed on the FACE ?
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the additional comments and information. The card was just a plain piece of thin stock and a dealer likely mounted them to better display for sale. Good hinges were used so no problem removing them.
re: G B Wildings with black lines printed on the FACE ?
I am interested in their actual use. I suspect that they were issued to counter clerks in the training schools to assist them in the reconciliation of stock with cash at the end of the "day".Obviously one couldn't use "negotiable instruments" such as genuine stamps. I wonder whether similar postal orders,reply coupons and postal stationery and even vehicle excise licences were used to simulate the full gamut of transactions in the post office.
Malcoolm
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