{"id":46539,"date":"2026-05-20T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/?p=46539"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:41:32","slug":"specimen-stamps-of-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/fr\/2026\/05\/specimen-stamps-of-great-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Specimen Stamps of Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It gives us great pleasure to offer the David Leathart FRPSL collection of Great Britain in our auction on 16th June 2026, which primarily features \u00ab\u00a0SPECIMEN\u00a0\u00bb overprints on the postage and telegraph issues as well as the postal stationery.<\/p>\n

Unquestionably the collection has been a labour of love for David, and he has managed to form a collection of Specimen overprints the likes of which has not offered on the open market since the sale of the Marcus Samuel’s collection back in 2003. Hopefully this auction will encourage new collectors to step forward into an area of GB that there is limited information about. Searching through the indicies of the GB Journal brings up only a handful of articles, with the most thorough article on the general subject written by David himself (GB Journal vol.51 no.3 pp.56-64). Even in the Stanley Gibbons specialised catalogue there is a lack of information on the scarcity of different types as it doesn’t list them separately, grouping the rarest with the most common and stating a value as \u00ab\u00a0from \u00a3XXX\u00a0\u00bb. Even some of the illustrations of the different types are not up to scratch. Hence why I took the time to graphically produce our own table of the Specimen types in the introduction of the catalogue.<\/p>\n

So below I illustrate each type which is as per the Stanley Gibbons listing which is in approximately chronological order, with some comments from David and what I have picked up.<\/p>\n

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As a GB specialist and collector<\/p>\n

learn something new<\/p>\n

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Dr Perkins<\/p>\n

SGcatalogue not fit for purpose<\/p>\n

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Type 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 2\u00a0shows the first \u00ab\u00a0E\u00a0\u00bb with a short base stroke and a middle stroke which is longer than both top and bottom strokes. It is also known struck vertically.<\/p>\n

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Type 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 3 is only vertical and only on the 1855 4d carmine. It’s very similiar in style to type 4 but more widely spaced.<\/p>\n

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Type 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 4 is only on No Corner Letters stamps.<\/p>\n

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Type 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 5 is on Small and Large Corner Letters.<\/p>\n

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Type 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 6 often appears with a broken top to the \u00ab\u00a0P\u00a0\u00bb and sometimes with a slightly shorter and slightly curved right upright on the \u00ab\u00a0N\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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Type 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 7<\/strong> is slightly taller and bolder than type 6 and appears only on 5 stamps, all of which are unique; 1857 1d plate 35, 1861 2d plate 9, 1856-7 4d rose, 6d plate 1 and 1s plate 1, which were produced for a presentation set.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Perkins Bacon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are at least 8 sub-types of Type 9.<\/p>\n

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Type 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Type 13 whilst similar to type 9 is smaller.<\/p>\n

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Type 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Who used SPECIMEN OP’s?<\/div>\n
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According to Samuel and Huggins Types 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 16 used by Inland Revenue, first used on Embossed 1\/-. Types 5, 6 were for Post Office use. tYPE 12 appeared on Postage and Telegraph. Samuel feels it was used by De La Rue for British Colonial stamps, as was Type 15.<\/div>\n
Types 14 and 18, CANCELLED. Type 14 was also used for Colour Standards. Type 18 is very rare on QV and smaller than Type 14. Some Hand Stamps were\u00a0used for UPU purposes.<\/div>\n
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For EVII Inland Revenue Type 17 was a Horseshoe shape to avoid having letters over the monarch’s face. A one off.\u00a0 Not seen on QV bar two used on QV Embossed\u00a0<\/div>\n
Envelopes in the Postal Museum.<\/div>\n
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So, what is so special about collecting SPECIMEN and CANCELLED OP\u2019s? Well, there seems to be about 360 or so Postage stamps with SPECIMEN OP\u2019s on them. There are somewhat fewer CANCELLED OP\u2019s. I think there are about 220 Postage SPECIMEN OP\u2019s in this sale. This is how I see where SPECIMEN OP\u2019s fit into a collection. Collectors need to be aware that the OP Handstamps can very similar. Types 1 and 2 look the same but on Type 2 the bottom stroke of the \u2018E\u2019 is shorter. Types 8, 10 and 11 seem the same but Type 8 is shorter than or 11 Type 10 has a broad \u2018M\u2019 and Type 11 a narrow \u2018M\u2019. Then the Dr Perkins stamps has an unrecorded OP, though Samel mentions it. It looks like a Type 10 but longer so a Type 10A?<\/p>\n

There are also some stamps can be found with several different OP\u2019s. E.g. 1867 10d Red-Brown a lovely stamp can be found with Types 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11, so there are 7 stamps to collect. The 1867 2\/- Blue has Types 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 so further 7 to collect.<\/p>\n

1. Is a common stamp with a common SPECIMEN OP Types 6, 8, 9 & 11. E.g. 1887 Jubilee low value Type 9. There are about 115 Type 9 OP\u2019s with about 8 different versions.
2. Is a Common stamp with a Rare OP Types 1, 2, 3, 7, 13 & 16 and CANCELLED 14 and 18. E.g. 1855 4d Small Garter Type 3. The first Surface Printed stamps.
3. Is a Rare stamp with a Common OP. E.g. Types 6, 8, 9 & 11. E.g. 1880 2\/- Brown Type 9.
4. The ultimate is a Rare stamp with a Rare OP. E.g. Types 1, 2, 7, 13 & 16 and 14 & 18. E.g. 1862 3d Carmine with dots, Abnormal stamp with Type 2. There is only one known of this stamp with an OP.
5. Extras are given to Double or Treble Overprinted OPs and Inverted OPs.<\/p>\n

This Auction mainly devoted to SPECIMEN and CANCELLED OP\u2019s is the first I am aware of since the Spink Marus Samuel one of 2003 same year as Harmers Koh-I-Noor Auction. The earliest is Harmers of 1983.<\/p>\n

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It gives us great pleasure to offer the David Leathart FRPSL collection of Great Britain in our auction on 16th June 2026, which primarily features \u00ab\u00a0SPECIMEN\u00a0\u00bb overprints on the postage and telegraph issues as well as the postal stationery. 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