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I have a whole bunch of similar Philippines "officials", some with hand stamps, some even done with pen. I think the story is that if they needed an official and didn't have one hangin' around they just did one up! I have about a douzen different ones and they are just a novelty for my collection. There is no way they are actually officials, just a bit of fun!!
EDIT: If you check your Scott's you'll find this discussed at the beginning of the section on Philippine officials.
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I have only recently begun to collect Philippines, so I would not call myself an expert. However, I also noticed the wild variety in OB overprints. Some appear to have been handmade with a typewriter! For me, this complexity is one of the things that makes the Philippines an interesting area to collect.
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Does anyone know if Scott renumbered Spanish era Philippines? I have this reference (see images) that was published around 1987 and there is a cross reference in back but the Scott numbers do not match in my 2018 Scott Classic. They are off by just a few numbers. I did not check the Gibbons.
The book lists more color varieties than Scott and does not help they use different color names.
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Just for fun, first some "proper" officials that I chanced upon a couple of years ago:
And here is a piece of a letter that was handstamped three times on the back, but not once on the stamps. The latter are "DIY officials" with handwritten "OB".
Numbers are according to the Michel catalog.
Martin
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The stamp on left is Scott O51 but the right stamp has a overprint that does not appear in Scott, Ngo (as far as I can find), or Colnect. Is it legitimate?
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29 Mar 2025
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re: Philippines O. B. overprint question
I have a whole bunch of similar Philippines "officials", some with hand stamps, some even done with pen. I think the story is that if they needed an official and didn't have one hangin' around they just did one up! I have about a douzen different ones and they are just a novelty for my collection. There is no way they are actually officials, just a bit of fun!!
EDIT: If you check your Scott's you'll find this discussed at the beginning of the section on Philippine officials.
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re: Philippines O. B. overprint question
I have only recently begun to collect Philippines, so I would not call myself an expert. However, I also noticed the wild variety in OB overprints. Some appear to have been handmade with a typewriter! For me, this complexity is one of the things that makes the Philippines an interesting area to collect.
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Does anyone know if Scott renumbered Spanish era Philippines? I have this reference (see images) that was published around 1987 and there is a cross reference in back but the Scott numbers do not match in my 2018 Scott Classic. They are off by just a few numbers. I did not check the Gibbons.
The book lists more color varieties than Scott and does not help they use different color names.
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re: Philippines O. B. overprint question
Just for fun, first some "proper" officials that I chanced upon a couple of years ago:
And here is a piece of a letter that was handstamped three times on the back, but not once on the stamps. The latter are "DIY officials" with handwritten "OB".
Numbers are according to the Michel catalog.
Martin
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