wants list of specimen stamps and postal stationery
 
the list below includes specimen stamps and postal stationery wanted for my personal collection, wanted by friends and clients and some odd values needed to complete sets
 
  year description   SG Scott
 
 
Antigua
  1921-29 Script CA 4s    80 57
 
Argentina
  1916 Independence set of 16     215-230
  1921 Pan American Postal Congress set of 2     290-1
  1923 San Martin 1c to 50c with stop below C and 1p-20p set of 16     323-338
  1924 San Martin 1c to 50c without stop below C set of 13     340-352
  1930 air – Zeppelin set of 10     C20-29
  1932 air – GRAF ZEPPELIN 1932 set of 3     C35-37
  1934 Eucharistic Congress set of 2     414-415
  1935 Visit of Brazilian President set of 2     416-417
  1935-42  Presidents and pictorials - colours and denominations issued 1935 to 1942 - set of 32   418/450 & 485/500
  1936 Peace Conference 10c     453
  1939 "Presidente Sarmieno" 5c     458
  1939 UPU Congress set of 8     459-466
  1939 Housing Congress 5c     469
  1940 air – set of 5     C38-42
  1942 Estrada 5c     481
  1942 Dr Paz 5c     506
  1943 Book Fair 5c     507
 
Barbados
  1873 Britannia 5s h/s type BAR1 [16,5 x 2,0mm]   64 43
  ca. 1881  POSTAL STATIONERY – formular card with Britannia wmk CC perf 14 h/s SPECIMEN type BAR1 [16,5 x 2,0mm] ˝d, 1d     
 
Bechuanaland
  1887 ˝d vermilion type BEC2   9 10
  1887 1d - Ł5 type BEC2   Oct-21 Nov-22
  1891 (Nov) 1d, 2d type BEC2   31, 32 31, 32
  1891 (Dec) 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d type BEC2   33-36 33-36
 
Bechuanaland Protectorate
  1888 ˝d vermilion type BEC2   40 51
  1889 4d on ˝d vermilion type BEC2   53 68
 
Bermuda
  1922-34 Script CA źd, 1˝d   76b, 79b  
 
British East Africa
  1894 (Nov) 5a on 8a, 7˝a on 1r type BEA1   27, 28 36, 37
  1895 (Jan) 5a, 7˝a type BEA1   29, 30 21, 22
  1897 reprints for UPU – "British East Africa" on India 2˝ on 1˝a brown-red surcharge types 12, 13 and 14    
  1897 reprints for UPU – "British East Africa" on Zanzibar with stop after Africa 2˝ on 1a and 2˝ on 3a surcharge types 12, 13 and 14    
  ca. 1894  POSTAL STATIONERY – any handstamped SPECIMEN type BEA1 [13.5 x 2.75 mm]    
 
British Guiana
  1867 Waterlow perf 10 48 cents H/S or perf SPECIMEN   104 69
  1876-82  De La Rue CC and CA 1c to 96c H/S or perf SPECIMEN   126-134, 170-174 72-80, 107-111
  ca. 1879 POSTAL STATIONERY – any perfed SPECIMEN type BG3    
 
Canada
  1897 Jubilee 50c, $1, $2, $5 type 1 [15,5 x 2,5mm]    135, 6, 7, 140 60, 1, 2, 5
  1906 20c deep olive-green type 1 [15,5 x 2,5mm]   186 94
 
Ceylon
  1918 "ONE CENT" on 5c purple   337 223
 
Colombia
  1917 5p, 10p   349,350
  ca. 1917 POSTAL STATIONERY – any handstamped OFICIO 20.5 x 3.5 mm    
     
Costa Rica
  1948 5c Salvador Lara re-issue in emerald green     227a
  1960 Olympic Games set of 10     C303-312
 
Cuba
  1938 semi-postal – Marie Curie / Anti-Cancer Fund 2c+1c, 5c+1c   427, 8 B1/2
 
Dominican Republic
  1933 President's birthday 1c, 3c, 7c   327-9 286-8
  1934 San Rafael Bridge set of 3   332-4 289-291
  1936 National Archives set of 13   363-375 310-22
  1942 air Globe and Envelope 10c, 75c   473-4 C41-2
  1942 Cows 5c, 15c   496-7 391-2
 
Eastern Roumelia
  1881 5pa, 10pa, 20pa, 1pi or set of 5 handstamped 'obrasetz' in Cyrillic script   06-Oct Oct-14
 
Finland
  1918-21  any denominations in panes of 35 stamp-sized spaces with one impression in the central position    
Gold Coast
  1913-21 3d white back   77b  
    1s on blue-green/olive back   79c  
    1s on emerald   79d  
  1880-1956 ALL POSTAL STATIONERY unused and SPECIMEN  
   
Greece
  1880-86  Large Hermes Heads and Small Hermes Heads in pairs or strips of three overprinted SPECIMEN    
  1923 "Revolution / 1922" on Crete 1905 pictorial issue 10 lepta on 20 lepta Hermes 403 Vlastos 359   366 281
  1923 "Revolution / 1922" on Crete 1905 pictorial issue 5 drachma on 5 drachma Hermes 408 Vlastos 364   371 286
 
Grenada
  1916 WAR TAX local overprint   109  
 
Honduras
  1940 air – Columbus Memorial Lighthouse set of 8   400-7 C101-8
 
Hong Kong
  1897 Stamp Duty CC perf 14 $1 on $2 dull bluish green type HK4   F11 68
  1898 10c on 30c grey-green with Chinese h/s type HK4   55 69
 
Iceland
  1904 POSTAL STATIONERY - reprints for UPU – I GILDI '02-'03. on all post cards    
 
Liberia
  1918 Red Cross 5c+2c, $5 + 2c and complete set     B5, B15 
       
Marshall Islands      
  ca. 1900 POSTAL STATIONERY - any overprinted SPECIMEN      
       
Mauritius      
  1925 POSTAL STATIONERY - surcharged post cards and envelopes overprinted Specimen      
       
Natal
  1888 CA 1s orange optd "POSTAGE" type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   108 76
  1889 CA 2d olive-green die II type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   106 74
  1895 CC "POSTAGE. / Half-Penny" on 6d violet type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   114 79
  1874-89 CC 5s type NA1 type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   73 56 or 57
  1882-89 CA ˝d dull green type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   97a 66
  1882-89 CA 1d carmine type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   99a 67
  1882-89 CA 3d grey type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   101 69
  1882-89 CA 4d brown type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   102 70
  1882-89 CA 6d mauve type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]   103 71
  ca. 1890  POSTAL STATIONERY – any handstamped SPECIMEN type NA1 [16 x 3 mm]    
     
Nicaragua
  1890 Seebeck set of 10 or odd values   27-36  
  1890-1900 POSTAL STATIONERY - any postal cards, envelopes or wrappers handstamped SPECIMEN    
  1928 optd "Correos 1928" ˝c, 1c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6c, 10c, 15c. 20c. 25c, 50c, 1cor   574-585  466-78 
  1928 optd "Correos 1928" 2c on 4c   586 479
 
Orange Free State
  1900 5s optd "V.R.I." with raised stops and thin "V" type SAA [12,5 x 2,25mm]   122 or 132 53c
 
Paraguay
  1940 Chaco Boundary 5p, 100p   539, 543 369, 373
  1942 air – 4th Centenary 20p, 70p, 500p   575-577 C131-3
  1948 air – Torchbearer 69c, 5g   676-677 C176-7
  1948 Torchbearer 5c, 15c   674-675 451-2
  1950 Roosevelt set of 5   696-700  
   
Peru
  1938 International Conference postage 10c, 15c, 1s   663-5 385-7
 
Philippines
  1889 printed matter – 2m     P3
  1892 telegraphs – 1c, 2˝c, 5c, 10c, 12˝c, 20c, 25c, 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p set of 11    
  1892 Alfonso XIII 5c sage-green     153
 
Puerto Rico
  1898 1m     135
 
Queensland  
  1882 2/-, 5/-, 10/-, Ł1   152/6  
 
Romania
  ca. 1885 POSTAL STATIONERY – any handstamped SPECIMEN 21 x 4 mm    
     
Seychelles    
  1890-1904 POSTAL STATIONERY - any surcharged post cards and envelopes overprinted or handstamped SPECIMEN    
     
Switzerland
  1938 official – any of 30c, 35c, 50c, 60c   O387, 388, 390, 391 O7, 8, 10, 11
Tanganyika
  1916 "N.F." set of 5   N1-5  
 
Tasmania  
  1899 Pictorial 3d   233  
  1902 litho ˝d, 2d   237, 239  
 
Transvaal
  1892 Ł5 optd "Monster"     135
  1900 optd "V.R.I." 2s6d   234 210
 
Zululand
  1888 1d postal fiscal   F1 14
  1888-93 set of 10   1, 3-11 1, 3-11
 
   
 
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