tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post571580211381367777..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: Portugal - Bud's Big BlueJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-38406100820752019732023-04-20T10:19:51.450-07:002023-04-20T10:19:51.450-07:00I ocasionally find incorrect placements of stamps ...I ocasionally find incorrect placements of stamps in my “complete” Big Blue Part I. Such is the case with what purports to be Scott #J1 (1898) on Portuguese scans 13 and 13c. It’s not. At the very top of the stamp, the overprint blocks out “multa” and, just below, a partly obscured “republica” appears. The overprint indicates it is #193 (1911) rather than #J1. Sorry. I’m in the market for #J1<br /><br />#J1 and its subsequent overprints are part of Portugal’s commemoration of Vasco da Gama’s voyage around the cape of South Africa to India and back. These common design stamps must have been printed initially in vast quantities because they were overprinted several times and put to multiple uses. And they’re still rather inexpensive.<br /><br />Help in identifying missplacements is greatly appreciated.<br />Budnoreply@blogger.com