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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Transvaal question

 

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Tobbe656
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05 Jan 2019
02:56:40am

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Hi everyone!
I have this stamp from Transvaal in my collection and I wonder about the "1 in triangle". Any ideas..?
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smauggie
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05 Jan 2019
07:50:25am
re: Transvaal question

Hi Tobbe,

Triangular postmarks were used throughout the British empire to cancel mailed printed matter such as newsletters, catalogs, newspapers, pamphlets or religious tracts. Printed matter usually was sent at a cheaper rate than regular mail.

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Tobbe656
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05 Jan 2019
03:53:35pm

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OK, I haven´t seen this before but now i know! But it fits perfectly with the ½d stamp,

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..

06 Jan 2019
02:48:52am
re: Transvaal question

We had a discussion with examples
about "Triangle Postmarks" a year
or two ago:

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".... 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. .... "
        

 

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Tobbe656

05 Jan 2019
02:56:40am

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Hi everyone!
I have this stamp from Transvaal in my collection and I wonder about the "1 in triangle". Any ideas..?
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smauggie

05 Jan 2019
07:50:25am

re: Transvaal question

Hi Tobbe,

Triangular postmarks were used throughout the British empire to cancel mailed printed matter such as newsletters, catalogs, newspapers, pamphlets or religious tracts. Printed matter usually was sent at a cheaper rate than regular mail.

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Tobbe656

05 Jan 2019
03:53:35pm

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re: Transvaal question

OK, I haven´t seen this before but now i know! But it fits perfectly with the ½d stamp,

Thanks Smauggie

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
06 Jan 2019
02:48:52am

re: Transvaal question

We had a discussion with examples
about "Triangle Postmarks" a year
or two ago:

Click Here

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".... 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. .... "
        

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