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Hi earwaves,
Yes, it's from a British meter impression.
There would originally have been a second part on the left in the form of a circular date stamp.
This part has the cypher of King George VI.
The large letter M at the bottom left identifies this as coming from a Universal machine.
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Thank you, Nigel C!
I'll use your information for a caption under the mounted piece. I suppose I could put it
with anything similar on a page from 1936-52, unless you have a better guess. (My Brit album is made up of a PDF set I bought a few years ago.)
Is there a reference work or link for British meter impressions?
Joe
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"... Is there a reference work or link for British meter impressions? ..."
Maybe ask these guys?
http://www.MeterStampSociety.com/ ... The Meter Stamp Society
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meterstampsociety/ ... or join the(ir) Yahoo group, and ask there
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Or (possibly even better) look it up on the free, online, worldwide meter catalog International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog
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Thanks smauggie. Great reference! 
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I paid $5 for a copy of this catalog many years ago at the Stamp Out Cancer Auction. At 1216 pages, it makes a good weight for pressing down your stamp drying boards!
Linus
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Thank God you do not have to buy them anymore,you'll get the World Cat.per individual country here:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog
from Abu Dabhi to Zimbabwe.Just scroll down.
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the link would not work for me :-(
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try,
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog
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Thank you, everyone! Why can't the rest of the world get along as well as stamp collectors?
I found this exact meter here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog/Great_Britain#GROUP_B:_Upright_rectangle_with_simulated_perforation_outer_frame_containing_monogram_of_King_George_V_(GvR)
It was first used in 1927, but one of the samples showed a 1940 cancellation, even though George V was a couple kings back.
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Hi earwaves,
There's a small "VI" in the centre of the cypher representing King George VI.
There's an example in Group D in the same reference.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
22 Apr 2019
03:12:14pm
This was hinged to a blank album page of British stamps I bought at a stamp club auction, donated by an heir. It has a red-orange impression on tan, not as contrasty as my scan makes it look. Size is 1 1/16 x 1 1/5 inches (28 x 30 mm). The royal "GR" script is topped with a crown beneath "Great Britain" in a ribbon above. The denomination is 1d. There's a letter M in one bottom corner and the number 230 in the other. "Post...Paid" is above that. Fake perforation frames the design. Could this be an early form of metered mail? I couldn't find it in my copy of British Postal Stationery by Huggins.
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Hi earwaves,
Yes, it's from a British meter impression.
There would originally have been a second part on the left in the form of a circular date stamp.
This part has the cypher of King George VI.
The large letter M at the bottom left identifies this as coming from a Universal machine.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
29 Apr 2019
09:58:13pm
re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Thank you, Nigel C!
I'll use your information for a caption under the mounted piece. I suppose I could put it
with anything similar on a page from 1936-52, unless you have a better guess. (My Brit album is made up of a PDF set I bought a few years ago.)
Is there a reference work or link for British meter impressions?
Joe
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
"... Is there a reference work or link for British meter impressions? ..."
Maybe ask these guys?
http://www.MeterStampSociety.com/ ... The Meter Stamp Society
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meterstampsociety/ ... or join the(ir) Yahoo group, and ask there
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Or (possibly even better) look it up on the free, online, worldwide meter catalog International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Thanks smauggie. Great reference!
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
I paid $5 for a copy of this catalog many years ago at the Stamp Out Cancer Auction. At 1216 pages, it makes a good weight for pressing down your stamp drying boards!
Linus
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Thank God you do not have to buy them anymore,you'll get the World Cat.per individual country here:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog
from Abu Dabhi to Zimbabwe.Just scroll down.
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06:33:20pm
re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
the link would not work for me :-(
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
try,
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
05 May 2019
10:33:04pm
re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Thank you, everyone! Why can't the rest of the world get along as well as stamp collectors?
I found this exact meter here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog/Great_Britain#GROUP_B:_Upright_rectangle_with_simulated_perforation_outer_frame_containing_monogram_of_King_George_V_(GvR)
It was first used in 1927, but one of the samples showed a 1940 cancellation, even though George V was a couple kings back.
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re: Cut Corner(?) Mystery
Hi earwaves,
There's a small "VI" in the centre of the cypher representing King George VI.
There's an example in Group D in the same reference.
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