Stamporama Discussions: Is this a stamp?

General Philatelic/Identify This? : Is this a stamp?

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d1stamper

17 Apr 2016
10:11:16pm

Is this a stamp used for testing? If so from what country?

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Doug

Jlav

17 Apr 2016
10:44:12pm

re: Is this a stamp?

Hi,

It's a British test stamp (called "Poached Egg") for stamp dispensing machines.

Jacques (jlav)

d1stamper

17 Apr 2016
10:54:00pm

re: Is this a stamp?

Thank you Jacques (jlav).

When was this issued and is it worth any tihng?

Doug

Jlav

17 Apr 2016
11:07:15pm

re: Is this a stamp?

A quick research indicates 1936 and about a dollar or two.

Jacques (jlav)

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
18 Apr 2016
06:26:50am

re: Is this a stamp?

I think they are usually collected in strips of three or more.

".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

Author/Postings

d1stamper

17 Apr 2016
10:11:16pm

Is this a stamp used for testing? If so from what country?

Image Not Found

Doug

Jlav
17 Apr 2016
10:44:12pm

re: Is this a stamp?

Hi,

It's a British test stamp (called "Poached Egg") for stamp dispensing machines.

Jacques (jlav)

d1stamper

17 Apr 2016
10:54:00pm

re: Is this a stamp?

Thank you Jacques (jlav).

When was this issued and is it worth any tihng?

Doug

Jlav
17 Apr 2016
11:07:15pm

re: Is this a stamp?

A quick research indicates 1936 and about a dollar or two.

Jacques (jlav)

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
18 Apr 2016
06:26:50am

re: Is this a stamp?

I think they are usually collected in strips of three or more.

".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "