Great Britain postal stationery
Note: the numbering system used below was drawn up by the Society for the website, and may not be used without permission.
Official postcards
1 King Edward VII: ½d green card overprinted "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL"
Official registration envelopes
(image courtesy of Cavendish auctions, part missing)
1 King Edward VII: brown registration envelope (rate?) overprinted "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL"
Post office training materials
Several items of postal stationery are known with "School Specimen" overprints or the "black bars" cancellation. The most common items with the overprint on the market are as follows:
1 King George VI postcard
2 Queen Elizabeth 2½d lettercard
3 ditto with one or two ½d "black bar" stamps stuck on top
(note: these can obviously be removed to fake item No. 2)
4 Queen Elizabeth 3d envelope.
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page last updated: 11 July 2006
gbos: GB Overprints Society