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The 1859 British Boarding Axe

6th March 2026, 10:45 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by adrian

The stamp that you have with a question mark in your first image is a crown over B over 1. This represents a Birmingham based viewer, and his number was 1. Half the crow is missing and often such stamps are incomplete from either being slightly mis-struck or from the stamp itself being damaged.

Yes, a crown. Thanks Adrian.

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