I came across this one all excited to fill that hole in my album. Then I read the note in the Scott catalog, "Beware of plentiful fakes in the marketplace of Nos. 441-447, made by fraudulently perforating imperforate stamps or by fraudulently trimming perforations off fully perforated stamps."
Probably is a fake. Legitimate W/F horizontal coils (w/vertical perfs.) should measure a minimum of 24.5mm straight edge to straight edge. Ideally they should be 25.0mm but can measure somewhat more or less. I have read that it is possible for some legit. coils to measure a bit less than 24.5mm, but I don't know common that may be. You could send it the Weiss for an opinion.
That was nice of him to give you a freebie opinion. As a professional expertizer, normally he (and other expertizers) charges (even for negative opinions).
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Posted 05/04/2013 12:10 am
