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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

 

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foudutimbre
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08 Mar 2020
05:57:08am

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Any information on this overprint

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08 Mar 2020
07:05:31am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

iT'S a GB stamp used as a revenue Quite common in the UK.
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08 Mar 2020
10:25:28am

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08 Mar 2020
11:30:37pm
re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

For many there was a 2p tax on documents,
usually paid by a 2p stamp as shown and
often the stamps were overprinted to show
the company or agent doing the collecting.
I like to add them to a page full of such
revenue usage just to add something different
to the postage stamps of the day.
As a group they are quite common and easily
acquired, but a certain name, or location
might bring joy to some collector.

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09 Mar 2020
05:33:47am
re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores in the UK dating back to the 1860s. It went out of business when it was eventually taken over by Philip Green's Taveta Investments in 2002. It was the originator of the Topshop brand.

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09 Mar 2020
07:47:29am
re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

These are usually called commercial overprints.

The stamps were overprinted by companies and local government organisations as an anti-theft device, much like perfins.

Once overprinted the stamp was not valid for postage and could not be exchanged for cash at a post office.

The stamp duty on receipts and similar documents was originally 1d and then increased in early 1920 to 2d were it stayed until the abolition of the tax at the end of January 1971, shortly before decimalisation.

These stamps were permitted for postal use for six months after January 1971 to allow companies to use up stocks.

6d and 1/- stamps were used in the same way to pay the stamp duty on insurance policies and various other documents.

However, most small businesses just used regular stamps without taking the trouble to overprint them.

When I was very young I remember my piano teacher sticking a 2d stamp to her receipt and cancelling it by writing across it.

Here are a few taken at random from my collection to show typical stamps used this way:

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09 Mar 2020
07:27:46pm
re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

You can find almost all the information available about commercial overprints here:

https://commercialoverprints.com/

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10 Mar 2020
05:39:09am
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I agree.Happy

https://commercialoverprints.com/ is a really useful site and nicely laid out.

Here's a link to a short display on the Perfin Society site of earlier commercial overprints on both revenue and postage stamps on the original documents:

http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/ex/Opts.pdf

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10 Mar 2020
06:16:32am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

THANKS A LOT FOR THESE VERY INTERSTING AND USEFULL INFORMATIONS

Foudutimbre

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10 Mar 2020
06:17:27am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

THANKS A LOT FOR THESE VERY INTERESTING AND USEFULL INFORMATIONS

Foudutimbre

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08 Mar 2020
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Any information on this overprint

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Many thanks,



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08 Mar 2020
07:05:31am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

iT'S a GB stamp used as a revenue Quite common in the UK.
Brian

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08 Mar 2020
10:25:28am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

Thanks a lot Brian

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
08 Mar 2020
11:30:37pm

re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

For many there was a 2p tax on documents,
usually paid by a 2p stamp as shown and
often the stamps were overprinted to show
the company or agent doing the collecting.
I like to add them to a page full of such
revenue usage just to add something different
to the postage stamps of the day.
As a group they are quite common and easily
acquired, but a certain name, or location
might bring joy to some collector.

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In Arduis Fidelis
09 Mar 2020
05:33:47am

re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores in the UK dating back to the 1860s. It went out of business when it was eventually taken over by Philip Green's Taveta Investments in 2002. It was the originator of the Topshop brand.

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nigelc

09 Mar 2020
07:47:29am

re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

These are usually called commercial overprints.

The stamps were overprinted by companies and local government organisations as an anti-theft device, much like perfins.

Once overprinted the stamp was not valid for postage and could not be exchanged for cash at a post office.

The stamp duty on receipts and similar documents was originally 1d and then increased in early 1920 to 2d were it stayed until the abolition of the tax at the end of January 1971, shortly before decimalisation.

These stamps were permitted for postal use for six months after January 1971 to allow companies to use up stocks.

6d and 1/- stamps were used in the same way to pay the stamp duty on insurance policies and various other documents.

However, most small businesses just used regular stamps without taking the trouble to overprint them.

When I was very young I remember my piano teacher sticking a 2d stamp to her receipt and cancelling it by writing across it.

Here are a few taken at random from my collection to show typical stamps used this way:

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In Arduis Fidelis
09 Mar 2020
07:27:46pm

re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

You can find almost all the information available about commercial overprints here:

https://commercialoverprints.com/

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nigelc

10 Mar 2020
05:39:09am

re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

I agree.Happy

https://commercialoverprints.com/ is a really useful site and nicely laid out.

Here's a link to a short display on the Perfin Society site of earlier commercial overprints on both revenue and postage stamps on the original documents:

http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/ex/Opts.pdf

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10 Mar 2020
06:16:32am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

THANKS A LOT FOR THESE VERY INTERSTING AND USEFULL INFORMATIONS

Foudutimbre

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10 Mar 2020
06:17:27am

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re: Peter Robinson Lilmited overprint ?

THANKS A LOT FOR THESE VERY INTERESTING AND USEFULL INFORMATIONS

Foudutimbre

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