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Came across this one in an album with 3c Washington (pair of first horz. and vert. coil, I think) and a couple of others. I can't find that pose or anything '2 cents' that looks like it. Heavy paper or board, gummed and .... ?  |
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Looks like the oval portrait was cut off a 3¢ Lincoln stamp and simply pasted onto the 2¢ Washington stamp. Look at the edge of the oval with a magnifier, or run your fingernail over it, or hold it up to a very strong light and look through the back of the stamp. |
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Total fake... but a fun one... I'd love to own it
if you ever offer it for sale.. |
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It's a fantasy stamp made by pasting the vignette from one stamp on to another. I believe the official term is "transposed vignette". These were popular in the 1930s and occasionally you will find one used on cover and they sell well on ebay. |
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khj - Thank you. I hadn't thought about it earlier, but I just held it up to the light and, lo and behold, Washington reincarnated as Lincoln - at least, the little I can see of the 'other' looks like Washington. What a trip. Thank you. |
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I'd go $10 for a copy of one... I'd put it in a Showgard and tape
it to the cover of my album... |
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disi123 - Thank you. When it comes time to start liquidating the collection, you can have first dibs, if you are still interested. |
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disi123 - sorry, I don't have any copies of it but you can have first refusals on this one. |
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Walkabout, I hope you don't mind if I pilfer the pic. I like to keep a virtual collection of "odd stamps". |
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KRelyea - Thank you for the history. The notebook is getting thicker with each passing moment, it would seem. I appreciate the background. |
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khj - Not at all. However, I can send you the full size one from the scan 'fore I sized it down, if you would like. |
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Not the first or last razor blade shenanigans. I got this group of 4th Bureau "bi-colors" about 30 years ago in an old collection. Quite fun and pretty, but totally homemade with an exacto knife.  |
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| Edited by John Becker - 04/02/2015 10:37 pm |
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Not the first or last razor blade shenanigans. I got this group of 4th Bureau "bi-colors" about 30 years ago in an old collection. Quite fun and pretty, but totally homemade with an exacto knife. Nice set, John... thanks for sharing, brother... |
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Posted 04/02/2015 10:06 pm
