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A Very Dodgy Ebay Listing

 
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Posted 07/14/2017   12:03 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Laurie 02 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
So checking out ebay as I do, and I saw this...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/U-S-A-Ra...AOSwQ59ZaCTp

I thought it was nice and warranted a closer inspection...



I didn't know the engraver had put a secret message, and I couldn't find it listed in Scott....



Feel free to bid!

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Posted 07/14/2017   12:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hy-brasil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
When I saw the first picture I already started thinking "aren't these marked some way, like the phony State Dept. official high values?" And there we have it in your second scan.

No bid from me, I'll wait for the complete set, thanks. It'll need a "make offer" button, too.
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Edited by hy-brasil - 07/14/2017 04:22 am
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Posted 07/14/2017   12:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Laurie 02 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
no mention anywhere! lol
some poor person might get excited and bid
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Posted 07/14/2017   8:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add redwoodrandy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The seller did end the auction but has many more fakes,forgeries,reproductions and misidentified for your viewing amusement.
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Edited by redwoodrandy - 07/14/2017 11:25 pm
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Posted 07/14/2017   10:25 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I wonder how many of these "no watermark type" newspaper stamps actually have a watermark. Probably all of them. And the #68 with the creases being called a "rare $9750 catalog stamp". Of course his prices are a dead giveaway, asking 5% of that $9750 should set off major alarm bells anyway.
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Posted 11/27/2018   3:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add UnicornHall to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is a newspaper stamps facsimile made in Europe. Made in the 1880 era, it was never meant to fool, but to fill album spaces since the public could not actually buy newspaper stamps from the post office. it is worth a dollar or two.
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Posted 11/28/2018   3:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add modernstamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find. Very interesting.
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