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I have an excel spreadsheet listing stamps I think have microprinting on them. I would like to share this and hopefully have others share their lists with me.
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 Welcome, cchapm9!! Were you referring to microprinting on US stamps only, or worldwide stamps as well?  k |
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Very interesting area of study. Thanks for coming to join this forum. Good Collecting/Researching Mike |
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I am interested in US stamps only. My spreadsheet includes over 350 stamps. |
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 There are concealed letters in the petal of the flower. Example courtesy of Linns |
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G'Day cchapm9 and to the forum, I think this is fascinating and would spark a lot of interest.  |
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The concealed/microprinted letters in the Bartrams stamp spells 'botanists'. This can be seen with a magnifying glass. I hear this is to help prevent forgeries. The first recent stamps are the 29 cent American Wildflowers, with dots in the 29s. Scott 2647-2696. The just issued Zion Park stamp has USPS as a microprint. |
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Don't be so hard on your self Bob with all the GGGG's and thanks for the link mate.  |
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Great Britain has a lot of stamps with micro-printing.....many difficult to spot with a magnifying glass.
I use a Lumagny 30x with focus wheel, illuminated.
As a Flag collector, I am interested in the Micro-printing on the USA Definitive series'. Just spotted a few on the 37c series, not easy especially if postmark is over the spot. Used regular magnifier for these though.
Interesting.
Londonbus1....not interesting at all. |
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I took a picture with my digital blue microscope of a penny it has 10x,60x,200x to show that this microscope would be excellent for this microprinting |
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Very cool. I neber checked for that kind of thing before. Something new for me to find. |
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Posted 07/17/2009 4:46 pm
What a dummy I am....Here is the article 
