General Philatelic/Identify This? : Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp
Author Postings oldtriguy1960 22 Mar 2018 05:58:35pm
Hi All,
I dont even know if this is British or even a stamp. The early GB stamps I see in catalogs have "Postage" somewhere on them and this one obviously does not.
Any help on what this is and from where is appreciated.....
Dave N.
Login to Like this postroy BuckaCover.com - 80,000 covers priced 60c to $1.50 - Easy browsing 300 categories 22 Mar 2018 08:26:51pmre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp It is a cutout from postal stationery, likely a wrapper, given the denomination.
Roy
 
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"BuckaCover.com - 80,000 covers priced 60c to $1.50- 10,000+ new covers coming Tuesday June 1" www.Buckacover.com oldtriguy1960 22 Mar 2018 09:41:58pmre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp What is a Wrapper? Anybody got a picture of one?
Login to Like this postnigelc 22 Mar 2018 09:45:30pmre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp It doesn't look like a GB cut-out to me.
The design is a similar to the stamp on the first GB postcard except that that had "HALF PENNY" printed in two words in colour on a white background rather than reversed out like this one.
The corner ornaments as different as well.
Maybe it's a colonial cut-out or from a non-postal item?
Login to Like this postnigelc 22 Mar 2018 10:02:14pmre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp Hi Dave,
Here's a Cape of Good Hope wrapper:
It's just a stamped single piece of paper that would be wrapped around a folded newspaper or magazine.
This one has the top edge gummed.
Login to Like this postroy BuckaCover.com - 80,000 covers priced 60c to $1.50 - Easy browsing 300 categories 22 Mar 2018 10:58:05pmre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp
"It doesn't look like a GB cut-out to me."
Nigel, you are quite correct.
Normally, on the colonial issues the colony name is included in the indicia (the "stamp" part), like your CGH example.
However, here is an example of a complete wrapper this came from (from my "sold" database)
Roy 
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"BuckaCover.com - 80,000 covers priced 60c to $1.50- 10,000+ new covers coming Tuesday June 1" www.Buckacover.com oldtriguy1960 23 Mar 2018 05:49:51amre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp Bingo!
Just a little while ago I was wondering to myself it maube I should check Australia.
South Australia Newspaper wrapper.
Thanks Roy and Nigelc!
Now, does anybody have an idea of a date of issue?
Dave N.
Login to Like this postjillcrow 24 Mar 2018 06:43:49amre: Help needed to identify this Great Britain ? Stamp Could be 1882 or 1884. Check below under Panel B: Indicium differences
http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/australia-and-dependencies/printing-differences-on-selected-south-australia-newspaper-wrappers/
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