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Need Help Figuring Out Tagging Omitted For 2 Stamps.. How Do I Tell?

 
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markham
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i have some stamps that are worth money if not tagged apparently..

just not sure how to check for this on them..

#1433a 8c John Sloan
#1424b 6c Gen. Douglas MacArther
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You need a UV (UltraViolet) lamp. To be precise, you need a shortwave UV lamp (many countries use long UV as opposed to short). Most, but not all, tagging omitted errors, are rather scarce. I once checked several thousand stamps for my brother and not a single one was untagged.
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JLLebbert and Others,

I just bought a 16 watt UV Field Lamp from UV Tools. It came with shortwave and a longwave bulbs. Which one should I use for Great Britain stamps? How about USA stamps too?

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Jack Kelley
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For US stamps, definitely short UV. While I think the same is true for British stamps, I could be wrong. Maybe a British collector will chime in.
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According to the following link, for British stamps it is long wave after 1992 and short wave before 1992:

https://www.greatbritainstamps.net/...cat_284.html

Some UV lamps come with both an a switch to toggle between the two.
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Thank you both for your input. I'll be needing both as I collect UK up to the year 2000. Davo Hingeless.

Jack Kelley
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Jack, all of this UV stuff is sometimes complicated, especially if you collect foreign counties.
or the US however all you need is short wave ( SWUV ) for tagging. Long wave ( LWUV ) is useful if you like to distinguish between regular and high brite paper or when looking for repairs or other irregularities

Pete
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