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   From: dvfrench@lineone.net   
      
   I have won a GB QV stamp on Ebay with   
   hexagonal postmark, dated "JA30 82".  It   
   shows a value of 3D - actually printed on   
   the top line of the postmark.   
      
   It is on an 1881 3-penny Rose stamp, type   
   SG.158, Plate 21.   
      
   I have found 2 other examples (poor) of this   
   hexagonal postmark in my albums.  One on   
   a QV 2/6d. type SG. 178, & one on a 2-1/2d.   
   type SG. 190.   
      
   Does anyone on the NG have further details   
   about this postmark?  All I know is that it   
   was an "experimental" type, used in London   
   only.   
      
   Is it a rarity?   
      
   Many thanks,   
      
   David.   
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