Overprinted GB Postal orders: Canada - Fiji
Canada
No regular overprinted GB postal orders were issued, but 3 trial overprints with a "SPECIMEN" endorsement came on the market in July 2006 (fetching over £7,000). These copies are believed to be unique.
Illustrations courtesy of Kevin Breathnach
These are from the 1905 version, with the stamp space in the bottom corner, 225*86mm (including counterfoil), type 3 watermark.
Ceylon
Cyprus
(image courtesy of J.Gilbert)
Dominica
Dubai
East Africa
Egypt
(image courtesy of Jim Noll)
Eritrea
An announcement appeared from the Controller of Postal Services, 29 Jan 1947, ‘… With effect from 1st February 1947 postal orders FOR PAYMENT WITHIN ERITREA may be purchased … overprinted “PAYABLE ONLY IN ERITREA”…’. No copies of these have been located yet, nor information as to the format, though a similarly worded overprint was used for Palestine (qv).
Falkland Is
(image courtesy of PJ Richens)
Fiji
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page last updated: 4 January 2010
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