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Posted 11/16/2013   3:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add sunnysarabeth to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi! This is my first post and I'm new to the stamp world so please forgive me if I don't know the right terminology :)

I found a stamp depicting 1920 Antwerp Olympics, but there is a strange red mark on it. Can someone tell me a little bit about this stamp and what the value might be?

Thank you!


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Posted 11/16/2013   4:05 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add scotzm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is a surcharge on an existing stamp. Surcharges occasionally raise the face value of stamps in an emergency but in this case I suspect they were using up surplus stamps.
The value is....not a lot.

edit: issues in 1921 it changed the value to 20c
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Edited by scotzm - 11/16/2013 4:07 pm
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Posted 11/16/2013   10:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add sunnysarabeth to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ah, okay. Thank you very much!
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Posted 11/16/2013   10:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 22crows to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The original Olympic Games stamps did not sell out, possibly due to the 5c charity surcharge (for the war wounded).

http://www.cpa-hk.net/eng2/og-e.htm
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Posted 11/17/2013   10:01 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add sunnysarabeth to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you for the link and all the information :)
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