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Posted 11/04/2012   1:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add soft-pro to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I know this is Lombardy, but any idea if it's real? How can I tell.
Never seen one before so hard to tell. It does have a watermark. Looks like a letter K



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Posted 11/04/2012   1:29 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bamra1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You probably know this already, but I'll say it anyway, for the benefit of anyone else reading this:
The watermark is ZEITUNGSMARKEN in double lined capitals - so a K is good.
The arms should be what Gibbons refers to as a Type 2 (the ribbon over the left eagle's head not truncated) - looks like that's right too.
Finally there were reprints made in 1873. This is never good news. I've no idea what the reprints were like for this issue, but hopefully someone else on the Forum will!

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Posted 11/04/2012   1:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jkjblue to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Lombardy-Venetia
Newspaper Tax Stamp
1858-59
2kr red
Scott PR2

If Wmk 91, then PR2a CV $150

Appears to be Type iI - the banderol of the left eagle does not touch the beak.

Reprint? - on smooth toned paper

(Information from Scott Classic catalogue)
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