tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832265585144651156.post1642239120651194571..comments2021-01-24T06:01:45.588-08:00Comments on Stamp Crazy!: A Definitive Scare!!Comic Dayzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345077149186253534noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832265585144651156.post-46523425329811453392013-02-13T14:23:27.440-08:002013-02-13T14:23:27.440-08:00Hi Roger, I thought the same as you about this ty...Hi Roger, I thought the same as you about this type of stamp being colour fast. It really surprised me to see the blue starting to run!! Your though that it may be a forgery is an interesting one. The stamp does *seem* to be missing ridge detail, but it's difficult to be sure. Are forgeries of Southern Rhodesia prevalent? Can it be worth more? Being on a fiscal cancel its value is a fraction of its regular CV. I just bought it as a space filler...Comic Dayzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345077149186253534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832265585144651156.post-16275474689184868822013-02-12T19:19:18.731-08:002013-02-12T19:19:18.731-08:00P.S. Fiscal handstamps are usually Purple, someti...P.S. Fiscal handstamps are usually Purple, sometimes black and mostly on higher value stamps. Generally these have a significantly lower value than stamps with a postal cancellation.Roger Gilberthttp://www.thingspostal.org.uk/eastafrica/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832265585144651156.post-87668283140003016652013-02-12T19:09:47.627-08:002013-02-12T19:09:47.627-08:00I have found a ½d Green from this set with hinge r...I have found a ½d Green from this set with hinge reminder and gum residues now soaked off and no hint of ink run but being a different colour the ink with be a different chemical composition.Roger Gilberthttp://www.thingspostal.org.uk/eastafrica/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832265585144651156.post-40877175262694445592013-02-12T19:05:32.776-08:002013-02-12T19:05:32.776-08:00Hi Matt, I have always thought that Recess Printe...Hi Matt, I have always thought that Recess Printed stamps were waterfast. Have only heard of Surface printed stamps bleeding most famously the 1883 GB definitives. Purple cancels can be Parcel or more probably Fiscal which I think this is. Looks to me that the cancel didn't run. Wondering if this is a forgery of some type, can you see/feel the ridges which are a feature of Recess Printed stamps?Roger Gilberthttp://www.thingspostal.org.uk/eastafrica/noreply@blogger.com