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I entered this stamp/variety: https://www.lastdodo.nl /nl/items/8395021-kon-wilhelmina-fur-collar-ultramar. The comments contain the text as it appears on the NVPH certificate that I have with the stamp in question.

I received a comment from someone that he does not belong in the stamps (disagree) and that the NVPH number does not was correct (it is that of the seal on which the stamp is placed).

Can someone update me on whether my input is correct, and if not, what is it?
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July 29, 2021 08:40
Here we go again. Depends on the definition of "postage".
I think that's proof of payment for the postal service (or already provided). Unfortunately, some consider anything with teeth that looks like a postage stamp to be postage stamps.
Ultramar overprinted stamps have been given that overprint precisely to render them worthless for any use to pay for such a service. They were indeed made from valid stamps, but are no longer after that imprint. There is also a user option within the stamp category that can be used for this purpose, namely specimen.
So for your example, enter: face value 1 and type: specimen, without postage value. If you wish, you can state under details: imprint on NVPH 77.
So it is not a franking type of use and no variety.
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July 29, 2021 10:46
Dick,
Dangerous, that statement:
just got that imprint to make them worthless for any use
What happened to a CTO? It remains the original seal, regardless of how it was cancelled. With an initial, with a round stamp, with a company stamp, with a point stamp. The seal remains the seal. This is not an imprint. This is a cancellation.
If the image of a stamp in the catalog on LD is made from a CTO copy ... should that be given 'specimen' as a property? Or delete the image?

My idea about this (but that's not gospel of course):

1. If the stamp is not already included, it can be added with the appropriate NVPH catalog number. With properties 'Postage' and 'Seal'. Even though it has a purplish stamp on it. Later, someone can still scan a 'MNH' copy neatly and that purple stamped image can be removed (or kept as 2nd image).

2. Is it already there? Then the item in the 'Stamps' section is a duplicate based on NVPH number, with the properties 'Postage' and Stamp'. If it is your own copy to fill the gap in your stamp collection (eg in a DAVO book), you can always add the image as 'your own image' to an item. Don't bother other collectors.

3. Do you want to explicitly see the stamp as a curiosity in your collection on LD? Then it is an item for the 'Other' section. There you can enter the NVPH number of the stamp that was the basis for the creation of the curiosity item in the details field.

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The stamp is the original postage stamp NVPH 77. This was already in Catawiki and I duplicated it when I made it.

Changes made:
  • Nominal value removed
  • Franking > Without Franking Value
  • Variety > Specimen
  • Catalog numbers moved to the comments

Variety was indeed not entirely accurate, it is after all just the official seal. Specimen I'm not entirely sure either because I still don't quite understand why that Ultramar stamp is on it, but I think it's okay.

I think I have removed the worst grievances and I have what I want. Moving to Other is hopefully not necessary after these adjustments and certainly not desirable for me. I have entered more 'Ultramar' stamps: I will adjust them similarly later if the above is an acceptable outcome.
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July 31, 2021 16:19
Explanation stamp "ULTRAMAR":
Since 1874 when the U.P.U. (Universal Postal Union) was founded as the organization of all official postal companies in the world, the agreement applies that the postal item is franked in the country of dispatch and that it is then delivered without any problem to the addressee in another country.
Before In 1874 things were different. At each border crossing, payment had to be made to the next postal organization, resulting in additional administration and settlement and delay.
The U.P.U. had the agreement that all members recognized each other's stamps as a means of paying for postage. In order to know which images were valid for that purpose, each member was required to send "sample copies" of each stamp to all other members. Usually these were just stamps from the first edition, but there have been some cases that people had to print a separate edition extra afterwards because they had forgotten to send "sample copies".
Corrupt officials in faraway countries sometimes wanted these "sample stamps". " to a friend in a country of origin of the stamps. After all, in the good old days you could exchange unused stamps for money at the post office.
To counteract this and make it impossible, a postal organization often provided the stamps concerned with the word "specimen", usually as print, sometimes as perforation. The Portuguese PTT stamped them   "ULTRAMAR".
These overprints and perforations were also applied to some "high values" of an issue when they were delivered to the collectors who wanted "completeness" and did not want to spend much. So nothing new under the sun :-D
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A nice, that extra background info. Thanks! In the meantime I have also adjusted the other Ultramar input as described.
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