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Where do I find a # 4 watermark?
And does anyone publish a book which would list all countries watermarks??
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Go to the front pages of your Scott Catalogue, about 55 pages in, for British watermarks used in that volume. There you will find watermark #4.
Linus
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thank you
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Out of curiosity, what does the M&S overprint stand for in Palestine?
Geoff
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This stamp has got nothing to do with Palestine.
This is a British commercial overprint used by the London-based department store business Marshall and Snelgrove which subsequently merged with Debenhams.
A "commercial overprint" acted like a perfin to deter theft of the stamps by employees as for many years mint stamps could be cashed in at a postage office.
Once the overprint was applied it could only be used as a revenue stamp and could not be exchanged for cash at a post office.
This stamp will have paid the stamp duty on a bill or receipt.
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And there was me thinking it was Marks and Spencer...
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Hi Strider,
Yes, that was my first thought too! 
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Aha! Marks and Sparks, wasn't it called that at some point?
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It still is called that by some people. Or just Marks.
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11:11:36am
And my Scotts catalog says a Palestine # 54 is watermarked # 4 ??
Where do I find a # 4 watermark?
And does anyone publish a book which would list all countries watermarks??
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re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
Go to the front pages of your Scott Catalogue, about 55 pages in, for British watermarks used in that volume. There you will find watermark #4.
Linus
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01:17:23pm
re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
thank you
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06:28:16pm
re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
Out of curiosity, what does the M&S overprint stand for in Palestine?
Geoff
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re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
This stamp has got nothing to do with Palestine.
This is a British commercial overprint used by the London-based department store business Marshall and Snelgrove which subsequently merged with Debenhams.
A "commercial overprint" acted like a perfin to deter theft of the stamps by employees as for many years mint stamps could be cashed in at a postage office.
Once the overprint was applied it could only be used as a revenue stamp and could not be exchanged for cash at a post office.
This stamp will have paid the stamp duty on a bill or receipt.
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re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
And there was me thinking it was Marks and Spencer...
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re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
Hi Strider,
Yes, that was my first thought too!
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08:03:44pm
re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
Aha! Marks and Sparks, wasn't it called that at some point?
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re: Great Britain M & S overprint???
It still is called that by some people. Or just Marks.
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