XPost: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss   
   From: jaSPAMc@gbr.online.com   
      
   On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:10:09 +0100, "David F."    
   found these unused words floating about:   
      
   >> >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.   
   >>   
   >> There were "Late Fee" and "Overweight" chops similar to that.   
   >>   
   >> Sometimes the rest of the descriptive mark is cut off.   
   >>   
   >> Scan anywhere?   
   >>   
   >   
   >I will send one shortly!   
   >   
   >David.   
   >   
   >   
   Scan showed a hexagonal London District 'left' portion of a "Late Fee"   
   duplex.   
      
   3d because the letter was over 2 oz.   
      
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