I Think I Have A C Grill, Can You Have A Look.

Hi,going by 16 X 18(because the picture is poor) I think this can only be a C Grill,but I'm usually wrong,that's why I'm here,to learn.

C Grill - Points go up.In the photo they look like they point down. Further, they don't look like a single grill, it looks like someone added onto a grill.

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http://www.slingshotvenus.com/stamp...tyPerf5.html

Hi,I think the lighter part is where a hinge was,I do not have this stamp,it's a picture I was sent by a fella wanting to sell.

Hi,I forgot something in my last reply,points up or down I must have found something,the 16 points across is rare is'nt it ? Granted this could be fake but can't it only be a C or D grill ?

I've never seen a hinge remove a grill from a stamp.

I'm not convinced the grill is real. The angle on the left side is not the same as the angle on the right. I'd want to see it in person.There are a lot of fake grills on the market. Scott #65 is worthless with a tear in it. But with a D grill someone might pay $100. With a C grill they might pay several hundred. That's a real temptation for someone.

Here's what a z grill should look like;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-1867-Sc...AOSw3mpXDx-p

Hi,I don't know either,I was thinking it looked like someone penciled it to see the grill then took the hinge off,you are correct Sir,it's probably fake,I do not know the seller.

It looks like a large filled thin where the grill is; that oval blank area at the top half of the grill.

The only thing that puzzles me is why someone who has the expertise to fake a grill would grill a damaged stamp,and like you said fill a thin,filling a thin would point towards trying to fix a real stamp,I lean back and forth between real/fake.

I inverted the color and the grill is there,faint, in the oval blank spot,I think it was a removed hinge.

Huffy, the crooked columns and rows tell me "fake", unless it is a double grill.

What does the front of the stamp look like? Can you post it? the C grills (also A,B,D,Z) are only available in the dull rose shade, so that may help also....Ray

"The only thing that puzzles me is why someone who has the expertise to fake a grill would grill a damaged stamp"

Ya gotta practice on something.

what bothers me the most is the top of the grill appears to be wider than the bottom. If you hold a straight line up to the image, some rows of the "grill" line up and others are at an angle. IMO either the whole grill is fake, or a fake portion has been added to a real grill.