davidrj

Thanks Bernie

Why do you say reverse B?

This week's big spend - £2.95 BIN plus £1.50 postage. I know condition is crap but am I right in thinking F7 - raised lines on shield, rock to left of lighthouse seller's picture

Possibly a button

And Machins portrait of HM on the definitive stamps dates from 1967. According to Wikipedia the Queen herself has rejected changes - there are now over 1000 varieties to collect!

I know Victoria had lots of kids, But .........

Nothing new, look at Victoria’ s stamps 1887-1900

Here's another, a bit more dramatic

Seems quite common for a variety of years and reverse dies, always in the same place which suggests a rare bur regular glitch in the minting machinery. some I've found -

I’ve got a bucketful of predicimal Copper, I did think of giving it to the charity shop, but realised it would just add to the crap on EBay. is it worth taking it to a scrap yard?

Nice, much harder to find than F176 despite the Court figures. Mine is still the one I pulled from circulation many years ago, still looking for an upgrade

My head hurts - makes bun pennies look simple Looks like the makings of a “Freeman” for decimals

To be fair, he thought at the time that it was possibly a die identification mark, only later did evidence of die cracks come to light. All such dots on British coins are probably due to grit. However if you delve into French numismatics, you will find very similar dots which are highly significant.

This is the 1875 with a dot under the 1st I of VICTORIA, with coincident die crack on the reverse. Very scarce, London coins have sold 2 I think.

Grrrr! Photobucket stinks. I have used them for about 9 years to post images on this site and various other fora. All my posts are now worthless sans pictures When I sign on I find i can retrieve about 50% of my images, the rest although I see a thumbnail, all I get is their banner telling me I must pay for the service. Very frustrating as I no longer have the originals

Nice low starting price on this one - £58,000

Comparing photos for varieties is difficult, and damn near impossible if the direction of illumination is significantly different as in your two David

That phrase still fills me with terror 58 years on!

Could be this one Swiss coin 1673

2 Scottish shillings, no English

The young lady’s family probably spent a considerable amount for her portrait, today she would take a selfie on her phone and post in on Facebook.

Your local knowledge makes sense Rob

36 Bury New Road was his residential address in 1881,1891,1901. 1871 he is ar 4 Rock Mount, and in 1911 he’s at 25 Dover St i found him in a couPle if trade directories 1879 Allan’s Buildings, 82 Victoria St and Knoll House, Bury New Road 1886 1 St Ann’s Place 1902 407 Oxford Rd. so at a guess I would say he starts his business at home, with a separate door for the studio, and later moves to commercial premises late 1870s. If the photo was later than 1879 I would expect the commercial property would be cited as the address David

I found him on Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/36146232/person/28046358624/facts Born in Belgium, naturalised British citizen, lived Bury New Rd. 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses all list profession as photographer.

I have drawer as a safe place for an accumulation of things deemed at some point to be important, comprises keys for unknown locks, odd brackets and screws, unrecognisable things that must belong to something. The true purpose of most are long forgotten, but they stay there just in case. The drawer of course never contains the item I am looking for.