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  • I have not seen one, as far as I can remember. But it is funny that a few people have asked me the same question relatively recently.
    in Gaboon viper on cover? Comment by Bryant May 2018
  • Albert, I tried to send you a personal note via this forum. I'm not sure if you got it. I would like a copy of the papers. Send them to bryantekorn@gmail.com. Thanks.
    in How rare is #229 with big red '2' ? Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • I don't think we answered the question as to "how rare is this stamp". If Cockrill is correct in thinking the 2s are values for stacks of stamps, then the number produced is basically limited to the number of stacks of stamps. So in this scenario…
    in How rare is #229 with big red '2' ? Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • Back on topic with regard to 1918... I spent a little time sorting out 1918 covers this weekend. One thing struck me as odd is that most of my covers were franked with Official stamps, and generally used in the early/mid-1920s. And they are just n…
    in 1918 Pictorial Question Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • Oops!!! Since this was issued June 19, 1914, that means Liberia was talking to West in 1913. So, that doesn't seem too unusual now. Liberia was talking to both companies about a stamp issue in 1913. It would be interesting to know their reasoni…
    in 1918 Pictorial Question Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • 12 April 1915
    in 1918 Pictorial Question Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • in How rare is #229 with big red '2' ? Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • Thanks for posting this. I have this on cover, from the Weaver collection, and I believe it is also the cover referenced in Rogers book. I talked to Henry about this stamp once. He thought that the "2" was handstamped on the top sheet of a stack…
    in How rare is #229 with big red '2' ? Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • Thanks for this Michel info. Scott lists it as 1915, but I hate to cite them to anything specific. I have a 1915 dated cover I think. I don't think I would call your example CTO. No reason to think it's not legit I would think.
    in 1918 Pictorial Question Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • Yes, these registration stamps are so narrow that when they stamped the sheets this is exactly what I would expect... 4 or so partial cancels. I had not seen these or looked for these before.
    in CTO Comment by Bryant April 2018
  • Manfred, I forgot that I wrote a paper on this in the July/Sept 2010 Journal titled "Cancelled-to-order and forgery cancellations on the 1880 first issue fifth transfer printing". B.
    in CTO Comment by Bryant March 2018
  • Hi Manfred, In my opinion, the first Liberian-made CTOs were done in 1897-98 on the 1880 Issue extras. All using PO handstamps. I have a ton of these, especially the 12c and 24c stamps. There is no reason for them to be used during this time. Likel…
    in CTO Comment by Bryant March 2018
  • Hi guys, I always thought that Waterlow & Sons made the first CTOs. And, I had always thought it was all Henry Hayman's idea. I forgot where I picked this up. It all started in the early 1890s. Used-stamp collecting was very difficult at that…
    in CTO Comment by Bryant March 2018