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12:55:16am
" ... some where in Texas once upon a time. ..."
That sounds like the opening line of a good old
fashioned family chronicle. Or perhaps, considering
the title of the thread, "... In China ..."
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Nice item. The grey overprint isn't rare, so it is a bit of a mystery why SG didn't know about it at that time. They now list it as NC300a, maybe as a direct result of this correspondence. It wasn't listed by the authoratative Yang's catalogue in 1998 either. Or by Scott, at least in 2003, which is the latest I have. Very strange. My copies of these stamps - note even the green is a bit grey!
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It's time to revisit this thread and share my findings. It has been frustrating at times to say the least. I sent an email with the scanned stamp to Stanley Gibbons and received no response. I suppose that could be interpreted a couple ways. There is no need for me or anyone else to get upset. I really don't care because it is my property.
Undaunted I still made an effort to find someone who is an authority about the subject. I received several responses and requests of me to send it off to have an expertise service re-examine my stamp even from some overseas firms. My first thought and response to myself was why? Then came the protect my investment touts and solicitation offers to expertise and insure it for large amounts of coin. Being the sceptic that I am only 2 of the 7 firms that made contact with me were legitimate. Some even being so brazen to request that I donate to it them for their reference collection. The quick and dead response from me is that they go and pound sand. In other words get bent.
One thing stands out to me more than anything else. It seems to me that my stamp was the first one identified as a SG #35 North China with a grey overprint with the certificate from Stanley Gibbons. I could be wrong. But I doubt it. So here is a gentleman's challenge to anyone who's as skeptical as I am and willing to take up such an endeavor. Prove me wrong and share your findings with the rest of the world.
Now I beg the question what is it worth?
If this stamp could tell a story what a story it would be. It is originally from China so how did it end up here in the U.S.? The original owner was from PA. So how did it end up in TX? Did the original owner move to TX? Or did he sell it to someone who lived in TX? These are just some questions that I can think of. I'll never know because after all it was in a box of stamps that I got at an indoor flea market. That I am sure of.
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04:55:33pm
I've had this for 14 years now and think its time to share it too. It came with a box of stamps I picked up at a flea market some where in Texas once upon a time.
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25 Sep 2021
12:55:16am
re: Stanley Gibbons certificate #35 North China with a grey overprint.
" ... some where in Texas once upon a time. ..."
That sounds like the opening line of a good old
fashioned family chronicle. Or perhaps, considering
the title of the thread, "... In China ..."
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03:00:45pm
re: Stanley Gibbons certificate #35 North China with a grey overprint.
Nice item. The grey overprint isn't rare, so it is a bit of a mystery why SG didn't know about it at that time. They now list it as NC300a, maybe as a direct result of this correspondence. It wasn't listed by the authoratative Yang's catalogue in 1998 either. Or by Scott, at least in 2003, which is the latest I have. Very strange. My copies of these stamps - note even the green is a bit grey!
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03:19:27pm
re: Stanley Gibbons certificate #35 North China with a grey overprint.
It's time to revisit this thread and share my findings. It has been frustrating at times to say the least. I sent an email with the scanned stamp to Stanley Gibbons and received no response. I suppose that could be interpreted a couple ways. There is no need for me or anyone else to get upset. I really don't care because it is my property.
Undaunted I still made an effort to find someone who is an authority about the subject. I received several responses and requests of me to send it off to have an expertise service re-examine my stamp even from some overseas firms. My first thought and response to myself was why? Then came the protect my investment touts and solicitation offers to expertise and insure it for large amounts of coin. Being the sceptic that I am only 2 of the 7 firms that made contact with me were legitimate. Some even being so brazen to request that I donate to it them for their reference collection. The quick and dead response from me is that they go and pound sand. In other words get bent.
One thing stands out to me more than anything else. It seems to me that my stamp was the first one identified as a SG #35 North China with a grey overprint with the certificate from Stanley Gibbons. I could be wrong. But I doubt it. So here is a gentleman's challenge to anyone who's as skeptical as I am and willing to take up such an endeavor. Prove me wrong and share your findings with the rest of the world.
Now I beg the question what is it worth?
If this stamp could tell a story what a story it would be. It is originally from China so how did it end up here in the U.S.? The original owner was from PA. So how did it end up in TX? Did the original owner move to TX? Or did he sell it to someone who lived in TX? These are just some questions that I can think of. I'll never know because after all it was in a box of stamps that I got at an indoor flea market. That I am sure of.
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