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Maldive Islands Collection Page Scans
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| Maldive Islands stamps were not printed in
a huge quantity, so it is pretty easy to collect them. Other than a few
overprinted and random individual stamps on Rosette watermarkd paper, the
first definitive set was printed in 1933. It was printed on paper watermarked
Harrison & Sons with the watermark reading sideways (see the image below).
Only a portion of the total watermark will appear on an individual stamp.
The same stamps were later printed on paper with the same watermark, but
instead of reading sideways it was vertical. This all makes sense until
you read the catalogs and they refer to the watermark as upright or sideways.
It took me a while to decipher this comment, but here is how I understand
it. The upright watermark is the one shown below where the text reads sideways.
The sideways watermark is where the text appears to read vertically. Not
sure which is correct? Collect them both. That is what I did. |
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| The 1933 set was used until it was replaced
in 1950 with a new one. Other than a couple of design and color shades,
there is nothing too challenging about this set.
The pages are from my collection, and are identified
by the Commonwealth, Gibbons, and Scott numbers in that order. The page
images were scanned in a larger size and at a higher resolution so you
can more easily see the details used in viewing them. Feel free to select
the page and let it download to your screen and save it to your hard drive
for viewing. If you are using a PC, selecting the page will typically
open it in Microsoft Photo Viewer (or whatever you are using as your default).
From there you can enlarge the size for more close-up viewing. If you
are using a phone - go find a PC or a Mac. The images are 1200 pixels
wide and you will go mad trying to view them on your phone.
Please be patient if it takes a few minutes for each page to load. |
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| Maldive Islands Collection Page Scans |
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| Commonwealth # |
Stanley Gibbons # |
Scott # |
Description and Page Link |
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| G1-G10 |
11A-20A, 11B-20B |
11-19 |
Maldive
Islands 1933 Set |
| 1-11 |
21-31 |
20-30 |
Maldive
Islands 1950 Set |
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| This article was written to help you identify
your stamps.
Please feel free to ask a question, or suggest a correction. |
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