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Scott Stamp Monthly -- Ireland overprint "gauge"
I recall reading an article in a fairly recent Scott Stamp Monthly about an
acetate overlay that would help to identify the early Ireland provisional overprints. IIRC, it was being offered for sale by an Irish philatelic society. I even recall that the article was on an inside left page, toward the top, and in the first few pages. Does anyone know anything about this? Or would they be willing to browse through their recent Scott Stamp Monthlies? Thanks, Bob Ingraham -------- Bernard Lalor, a lonely Irish schoolboy, wrote home from boarding school in 1890 to seek advice following the purchase ill-fitting boots sold to him from the "gentleman in Clearys." See his letter and its cover at http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/dublin.html. -------- |
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Bob Ingraham wrote in message ...
I recall reading an article in a fairly recent Scott Stamp Monthly about an acetate overlay that would help to identify the early Ireland provisional overprints. IIRC, it was being offered for sale by an Irish philatelic society. I even recall that the article was on an inside left page, toward the top, and in the first few pages. Does anyone know anything about this? Or would they be willing to browse through their recent Scott Stamp Monthlies? Thanks, Bob Ingraham -------- Bernard Lalor, a lonely Irish schoolboy, wrote home from boarding school in 1890 to seek advice following the purchase ill-fitting boots sold to him from the "gentleman in Clearys." See his letter and its cover at http://www.ingraham.ca/bob/dublin.html. -------- Hi Bob, I do some cataloging for a friend of mine and I am currently working on an Ireland collection in which there are a lot of the overprint issues. I believe I am using the acetate overlay you describe. The overlay comes inside a small booklet. The booklet contains a chart with Scott and Stanley Gibbons numbers and a write up on how to distinguish the different types of overprint. It takes a little bit of effort to coordinate the overlay results with the Scott catalog numbers. I also find that using the overlay with a magnifier works well (unless you have great eye-sight). I find that this is the best way to see if the overlay overprint "fits" exactly. Some overlays are pretty close in size to each other. Here is the information for the overlay: Ireland Identification of the Rialtar and Saorstat Overprints Published by the Eire Philatelic Association I am sure you can contact them to get a copy of the publication. Hope that this helps. Jerry B |
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2/23/2004 1:31 AM
Bob Ingraham wrote in message ... I recall reading an article in a fairly recent Scott Stamp Monthly about an acetate overlay that would help to identify the early Ireland provisional overprints. SNIP Hi Bob, I do some cataloging for a friend of mine and I am currently working on an Ireland collection in which there are a lot of the overprint issues. I believe I am using the acetate overlay you describe. The overlay comes inside a small booklet. The booklet contains a chart with Scott and Stanley Gibbons numbers and a write up on how to distinguish the different types of overprint. It takes a little bit of effort to coordinate the overlay results with the Scott catalog numbers. I also find that using the overlay with a magnifier works well (unless you have great eye-sight). I find that this is the best way to see if the overlay overprint "fits" exactly. Some overlays are pretty close in size to each other. Here is the information for the overlay: Ireland Identification of the Rialtar and Saorstat Overprints Published by the Eire Philatelic Association I am sure you can contact them to get a copy of the publication. Hope that this helps. Jerry B Thanks, Jerry. That sounds exactly like the item in question. Bob |
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Bob - the booklet mentioned Identification of the Rialtar and Saorstat
Overprints Published by the Eire Philatelic Association is offered by the EPA on their website - link at the APS website - www.stamps.org Rudy |
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