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Posted 10/09/2014   7:01 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add bigmel222 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Is there any way to tell if this is genuine??? Sorry about the quality of the scan. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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Posted 10/09/2014   7:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add CanadaStamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
What do you think this is?
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Posted 10/09/2014   8:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Glenn Estus to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
yes there is a way. Use the services of the Philatelic Foundation, the American Philatelic Expertizing Service (APEX), or the CSA Authentication Service. You can google the addresses.
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Posted 10/09/2014   9:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I95 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is an Upham facsimile.

In this stamp you can see the top of the Upham imprint at the bottom of the stamp.

Plus the genuine stamps were print very close to each other. If this stamp was genuine you would see large parts of it neighbor's fames. The spider-web patter in green in the genuine stamp is larger, so that only ~4 circles will fit in the red border not ~5. There are many other differences.

A genuine and an Upham facsimile are shown side by side at

https://goscf.com/t/14389


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Posted 10/20/2014   09:05 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bigmel222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks 195. Your expertise was very valuable.The site was also great. That's why I love this forum.
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