chipg... thank you kindly... I've read through the first 2 pages... fabulous material everyone should read... hope alot of people read this thread and save your link...
I'll have to try the perf lineup 'trick' and perf hole size... it's the perf hole sizes and shapes which made me highly suspicious of this 259...
A lot of it is spending a great deal of time studying genuine perfs so you will know what they should look like, than ones that don't look right will be easier to spot. Having so many auctions on line is a big help since they often have large clear images and at least some descriptions of reperfed stamps to learn from as well.
Rev... I'm seeing that... and it's great "eye-training"... which is why I stayed away from the 259 as tempting as it was... learning more and more every day...
Reperfing; Build a small reference collection of the cheapest varieties of each set then use those stamps as your template for lining up genuine perfs with perfs you suspect might be fake. That helps. But it's not perfect because reperfers also have duplicated the exact correct gauge on some stamps so studying the characteristics of the holes and tips is helpful too.
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Posted 06/29/2014 4:17 pm
