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Well, I bought some Haitian stamps via mail and they have Scott numbers written on back. Low catalog value so not really a big big deal, but still.....
OH well, enough grumbling and back to typing up tags for their Vario pages.
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I do not appreciate added writing on the stamps. I see that some dealers are still damaging stamps in this way. Mentioned several times in Linn's reviewing of stamps for sale in their ads. No more writing on stamps please. I am holding my breath and turning blue. |
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Some years ago I examined an R158A (cat $12,500) with about 20 words written on the back describing exactly what it is. Now there was a person who needed his arm broken. |
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I understand that writing with ink on a stamp would certainly be damaging, but what is known regarding pencil lead? Is there any research showing that lightly writing with pencil causes any damage (beyond being an aesthetic issue)? |
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Not sure of the damage of a pencil (no lead) but carbon and still not appreciated. If not written lightly though will present an indention. I have not tried erasing but that too could cause problems. Stamps are not writing material. |
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Pencils can be made of graphite & clay (graphite pencil) or graphite & charcoal (carbon pencil.) Not sure yet of the ph (acid/alkaline) neutral? I am ignoring the many other types of pencils such as wax pencil. Never any lead in pencils just a early mistake in chemistry about graphite. However, lead was used in the paint on the pencil and was a cause of lead poisoning. Nineteenth century. |
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| Edited by redwoodrandy - 02/09/2014 02:37 am |
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raymodj....the item shown is not a catalog # written on the front.
It is part of a pen "date" cancel.
xx/xx/83....year. |
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To clarify, I would never, ever write on the back of any stamp. I also don't like seeing pencil writing on stamps but can live with it if there is no impression to the front side. Interestingly, many of the stamps that I do encounter with writing have an incorrect Scott number written on them, perhaps due to Scott changing the number along the way for one reason or another. |
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I have never written a catalog number or value on the back of a stamp. I dislike that practice. However I have gotten into the habit of writing the number on the hing. I also might add the letter "C" or "D" to tell myself that the stamp is counterfeit or damaged.
I collect world-wide through World War II on homemade and Steiner pages so it's just a simple system that seems to work for me.
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They often have the old four digit numbers that Scott used until approximately 1950. |
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Sure Kevin, you notice that but NOT the TWO smiley faces AND the clown face?  I just thought it was a funny coincidence. |
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The Haitian stamps have the Scott numbers on back and they are written in pencil. Even the MNH. Again, they have low value but I am afraid to even try to erase the pencil writing.
I wonder what was the root for such activity? Why in the early days it was thought OK.
Thanks goodness it isn't everything. If my new newspaper stamps were written on, I'd be raising the roof. |
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Best not to attempt erasing on a MNH. Read a article somewhere recently about a dealer being confronted about writing on the back of stamps. He very rudely said they are my stamps and I will do whatever I want. I want to perform brain surgery on said individual. |
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Posted 02/08/2014 9:02 pm
