Postage Stamp Centenary Stamps
These Post Office stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.
06.05.1940 | James Chalmers, Postmarked at Arbroath
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6th May 1940
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Postage Stamp Centenary
Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
1/2d
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1d
1 1/2d 2d 2 1/2d 3d Victoria & George VI
Postmark:
Arbroath, Birthplace of James Chalmers - Inventor of the 'Adhesive' stamp,
CDS Postmark
Notes:
STAR ITEM This cover has been signed by two descendants of Chalmers and addressed to A. Chalmers in Brooklyn. Slight overlap to stamps.
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