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Wow!
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Good for him!
Anyone else find it strange a Victorian stamp would be overprinted in 1918 and not a KE7 stamp?
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Or even George V.
The reason given for the overprint was wartime shortages. Presumably there were a few QV stamps still available to fill the shortfall.
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Or Edward VII. I expect that there wasn't much call for 5-pound revenue stamps; Scott notes that the stamps are only known fiscally used. Given the wartime conditions, it wouldn't have made sense to design a new stamp, thus officials opted for the overprint.
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re: Rare stamp earns Victoria, British Columbia, Canada collector US$92,000!
Wow!
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re: Rare stamp earns Victoria, British Columbia, Canada collector US$92,000!
Good for him!
Anyone else find it strange a Victorian stamp would be overprinted in 1918 and not a KE7 stamp?
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re: Rare stamp earns Victoria, British Columbia, Canada collector US$92,000!
Or even George V.
The reason given for the overprint was wartime shortages. Presumably there were a few QV stamps still available to fill the shortfall.
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re: Rare stamp earns Victoria, British Columbia, Canada collector US$92,000!
Or Edward VII. I expect that there wasn't much call for 5-pound revenue stamps; Scott notes that the stamps are only known fiscally used. Given the wartime conditions, it wouldn't have made sense to design a new stamp, thus officials opted for the overprint.
Bob
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