Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop. 22 Apr 2019 03:12:14pm
This was hinged to a blank album page of British stamps I bought at a stamp club auction, donated by an heir. It has a red-orange impression on tan, not as contrasty as my scan makes it look. Size is 1 1/16 x 1 1/5 inches (28 x 30 mm). The royal "GR" script is topped with a crown beneath "Great Britain" in a ribbon above. The denomination is 1d. There's a letter M in one bottom corner and the number 230 in the other. "Post...Paid" is above that. Fake perforation frames the design. Could this be an early form of metered mail? I couldn't find it in my copy of British Postal Stationery by Huggins.
Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop. 29 Apr 2019 09:58:13pm
re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Thank you, Nigel C!
I'll use your information for a caption under the mounted piece. I suppose I could put it
with anything similar on a page from 1936-52, unless you have a better guess. (My Brit album is made up of a PDF set I bought a few years ago.)
Is there a reference work or link for British meter impressions?
I paid $5 for a copy of this catalog many years ago at the Stamp Out Cancer Auction. At 1216 pages, it makes a good weight for pressing down your stamp drying boards!
Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop. 05 May 2019 10:33:04pm
re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Thank you, everyone! Why can't the rest of the world get along as well as stamp collectors?
I found this exact meter here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog/Great_Britain#GROUP_B:_Upright_rectangle_with_simulated_perforation_outer_frame_containing_monogram_of_King_George_V_(GvR)
It was first used in 1927, but one of the samples showed a 1940 cancellation, even though George V was a couple kings back.