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I'm trying to fill holes from the Austrian province of Lombardy Venetia and I'm finding alot of reprints for sale . Are these official reprints that were meant for real postage ? Are these legitimate postage stamps ? I realize that counterfeits are everywhere . Thank you
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The reprints were made for sale to collectors from 1866 onwards after Italy had annexed Venetia.
Austria had already lost Lombardy in 1859. |
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Hi all Here is my Lombardy with the Venezia cancel maybe you can give me some info. I think is like newspaper stamp (the paper is very hard).  Thank you Vangelis |
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... and there are valuable forgeries in detriment of the postal authority. These 15 and 30 c stamps were made in Verona bw. 1853-1854. It`s interesting that although they were soon discovered the new issues appeared only in 1858. |
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Your stamp looks real ,the reprints are done on smooth paper with white gum .The shade on yours is chocolate or as Scott says dull brown . the reprints were done in a yellow brown and gray brown shade of color . |
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Now that the expert has spoken, I think the cancel lends to its genuineness. Cancels of this time period had oil as one of their components, and often you will see a bit of an oil slick around the cancel and on the back, especially for a nice strong cancel as that stamp has. |
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Posted 06/29/2014 11:17 pm
