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Hi Everyone. Check out this freaky looking postmark. Here's a scan of the cover  and here's a close-up  Whoever did this had enough ink on Their thumb to leave a pretty dark & heavy thumb print dead center of the postmark, and yet there is no evidence of ink marked or smeared anywhere else. To me it looks intentional in a Homeland Security sort of way. Has anyone ever seen a postmark with thumbprint? I don't quite know what to make of it. Hmmm... Lucky |
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Hi Kathy.....
It's not an uncommon occurrence on mail from before modern automated equipment.
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I collect fingerprints on stamps, It's the type of stamp I can afford  Here is Catalogue number 1 in Rods collection.  |
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That is the most amazing postmarks I have ever seen. Rod maybe you could hand your one to the FBI or NCIS for identification. Who needs DNA! Yes I would very much like collect items such as these! Great posts! |
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Wowweeee Rod, those are flippin great!! I really like the way that stamp looks. Do you have any more fingerprint items in your collection that you could post some more scans of? I would love to see them if you do.
Kathy
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On the Cuba, that surely can't be a postmark. Isn't it printed on the stamp?
On the Croatia, are those really postmarks?! Weird. |
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Guys and Gals, yes, they are both printed fingerprints on the stamps. but alas, they are the only two in my collection. (Similar to "thimbles" on stamps... there arn't any  ) These topicals are easy to complete. I think Lucky's fingerprint was intentional. |
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The Croatian is Ivan Vucetica, inventor of fingerprint ID.
Stamps teach us anything, what? :)
The Cuban is Juan F Steegers, pioneer of the introduction of finger print science in Cuba.
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Don't grumble that the roses have thorns, be thankful that the thorns have roses |
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Who'd a thought; fingerprints on stamps.
And here I've been using tongs for years to keep fingerprints off my stamps. |
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| Edited by revstampman - 03/21/2010 10:56 am |
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