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This does not appear to be cancelled, and you can still see some gum on rear.However, something weird seems to have happened here. The reverse side large smudges (best description I could come up with) do not appear to be layered over any paper, and parts of the front of the stamp show through. Also odd grid/mesh like markings. I have no illusion that this is somehow a rarity, but wondered what might have happened here. Thoughts?
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04:23:27pm
Sort of looks like some kind of off set printing but with black ink instead of the brownish yellow colour of the stamp - just guessing!
By the way thanks for posting that imperforate pair of Newfoundland stamps on Hipstamp today, that stuff is hard to find!
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Hard to tell but it looks like album offset and /or glued down and damaged during removal. Looks like multiple hinges - If you hold it up to the light is it thinned? If you soak you will find out but it might end up in pieces.
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I would agree with Webpaper that the black markings come from an old illustrated album page.
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Bigcreek:
When Prince Edward Island joined Confederation in 1873, their existing stamps were no longer valid for postage. The Prince Edward Island Provincial Government sold off the remaining stamps onto the philatelic market. That's why you see a lot of mint PEI stamps.
When Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, their stamps, coins, and banknotes (denomintated in dollars and cents) were valid, throught the Dominion. That's why you can see Newfoundland stamps with post-March 31st, 1949 postmarks. These are called "Post-Confederation postmarks". I still use the odd Newfoundland stamp for postage. We are one of the few countries in the world that can do "mixed franking".
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This does not appear to be cancelled, and you can still see some gum on rear.However, something weird seems to have happened here. The reverse side large smudges (best description I could come up with) do not appear to be layered over any paper, and parts of the front of the stamp show through. Also odd grid/mesh like markings. I have no illusion that this is somehow a rarity, but wondered what might have happened here. Thoughts?
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20 Aug 2024
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re: Prince Edward Island #4
Sort of looks like some kind of off set printing but with black ink instead of the brownish yellow colour of the stamp - just guessing!
By the way thanks for posting that imperforate pair of Newfoundland stamps on Hipstamp today, that stuff is hard to find!
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04:53:16pm
re: Prince Edward Island #4
Hard to tell but it looks like album offset and /or glued down and damaged during removal. Looks like multiple hinges - If you hold it up to the light is it thinned? If you soak you will find out but it might end up in pieces.
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I would agree with Webpaper that the black markings come from an old illustrated album page.
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re: Prince Edward Island #4
Bigcreek:
When Prince Edward Island joined Confederation in 1873, their existing stamps were no longer valid for postage. The Prince Edward Island Provincial Government sold off the remaining stamps onto the philatelic market. That's why you see a lot of mint PEI stamps.
When Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, their stamps, coins, and banknotes (denomintated in dollars and cents) were valid, throught the Dominion. That's why you can see Newfoundland stamps with post-March 31st, 1949 postmarks. These are called "Post-Confederation postmarks". I still use the odd Newfoundland stamp for postage. We are one of the few countries in the world that can do "mixed franking".
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