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hallo, this two Stamp #183   what to be for cancelation? date is 1882? to be very white paper by #183 ordinary?  |
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the one on the right may be a 178 but I'm not an expert in early stamps |
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dittrich, in order to be a 183, the stamp must have the secret mark. I see no evidence of it in the stamp on the right. (The stamp on the left unfortunately has a dark cancel on top so one just can't tell.)
I suspect the stamp on the right is 146, but I'll welcome any disagreements. |
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I suspect the stamp on the right is 146, but I'll welcome any disagreements. OK...I will disagree. Stamp on right is not BROWN... can not be 146. |
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kev, I see it listed as red brown, but--as always--I hesitate to comment on colors. Have you an opinion on Dittrich's stamp(s)? |
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KGB....brown/red brown....same thing, not vermillion.
Stamps looks to be 178/183 |
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kev, but what about the missing (?) secret mark? That's what would lead me elsewhere. |
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Both 178 & 183 have a secret mark. But in both cases the secret mark is often very light. Both of these stamps are obviously vermilion. |
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thanks @all, but Continental or American print. Continental print had silk fibers as paper, is perhaps whiter?  left stamp is definitely #178. right stamp soft porous paper, I mine yes? |
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| Edited by dittrich - 10/18/2015 07:05 am |
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think of hard paper as less thick and more translucent, you can see through it more when you hold it up to a light |
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Thanks, bill; that would explain things here.
Would the one stamp being 'taller' help distinguish between the Continental printing and the American printing? |
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@KGB, American=soft porous paper vs Continental=yellowish wove left stamp is definitely soft porous  left stamp is definitely not soft porous so Continental  |
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