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2m Deutsches Reich - Not Lozenges?

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Posted 03/26/2023   06:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Pshann to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi all
In my opinion- Definitely not lozenges here!
Can anyone help
It just looks like a watermark mess.


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Posted 03/26/2023   06:46 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The image of the back side would be more revealing to us against a black background, and even better still with a couple drops of watermark fluid on it.
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Posted 03/26/2023   06:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Pshann to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Apologies
That picture was as soaked in just water!
Too cautious to attempt wmk fluid at this time.

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Posted 03/26/2023   07:43 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Lighter fuel isn't going to damage your stamps.
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Posted 03/26/2023   07:56 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Pshann to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ok
Will do
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Posted 03/26/2023   08:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Next image iteration suggestion ....While it is good to have a normal-quality scan of the front and back, the back image is very overexposed. Try tweaking the lighting and contrast toward the dark/extreme side. The point being to show the features in question, rather than have perfect exposure.
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Posted 03/26/2023   08:39 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add classic_paper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
Too cautious to attempt wmk fluid at this time.

Huh? It's safer on stamps that water.
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Posted 03/26/2023   09:00 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I assume that we are looking to see if this is another Uber-rare quatrefoil watermarked 2 Mark stamp worth five figures?
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Posted 03/26/2023   1:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add PMStamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I can certainly see several distinct lozenges on the wet backside scan.
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Posted 03/27/2023   01:21 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Pshann to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi all
This are the best images using wmk fluid that I can get
Appreciate the help

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Posted 03/27/2023   01:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is a difficult one, but I do see what look like a few lozenges.
Granted, it is a shape I am looking for and the brain may be seeing what the eyes are looking for.
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Edited by NSK - 03/27/2023 01:40 am
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Posted 03/27/2023   01:46 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Pshann to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nsk
Thanks - I think I'm going made.
If you rotate the stamp to landscape - I think I see writing all over the back
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Posted 03/27/2023   02:29 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The stamp is quite old and it may have picked up something during its life. It is normal for the brain to relate what we see to what we know.
It may have picked up printing from an old album.
It may just be dirt that your brain is trying to transform into recognisable letters.
When I look long enough to see the writing you refer to, I start seeing letters where I did not see them before you wrote that. It has nothing to do with going mad and all with how our brains work. After all, if you see black and golden lines in the shrubbery, you might want to start running rather than find out if it is a piece of fabric.
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Posted 03/27/2023   02:37 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Pshann to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Agree
Thank you
That last picture-When viewed landscape if you look at bottom middle - it has to be writing!
I see v22 or 522
The very defined writing underneath.
Maybe I'm wrong
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Posted 03/27/2023   03:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I do not see it. However, I am sure I shall start seeing it when I look at it long enough. So, maybe some other members can share their observations.
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Posted 03/27/2023   04:02 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
maybe some other members can share their observations.


Poor scan, reduced to guessing. Not for me.
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