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Posted 12/01/2013   1:18 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add jglabas to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
When viewing stamps on auction sites, I have run across several stamps with a notation on the back that seems to follow a standard format, such as the one in the upload. What does the notation "54R2Lx" refer to? I unsuccessfully tried to relocate an example with the 'x' replaced by a number, such as "54R2L1".



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Posted 12/01/2013   5:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe it is the sheet position of the stamp.
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Posted 12/01/2013   8:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add artlaunier to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Position 54 (5th row down, 4 over)
Right pane
Plate 2 late
54R2L
X , I don't have a clue.

Art
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Posted 12/01/2013   8:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Puzzler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Neat, I got most of that from remembering the Ben Franklin explanations by Russ.

Perhaps the x means hinged as in the asterisk international symbols:

o = Used.
* = Mint Hinged or Neuf.
** = Mint Non-hinged or Neufs sans chamiere (I think).

. . .and the ' N / E ' is perhaps the owners intials or dealer's mark or initials?
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Posted 12/02/2013   09:58 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add sdtom to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
What we need here is a Sherlock Holmes type to decipher the code. To the right person it all makes sense.
Tom
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Posted 12/02/2013   7:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The "X" would be the flaw No letter.

If it is not in Scott's start looking at Stanley Gibbions cat.
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