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This is an unusual find. This Danish definitive stamp (Facit #80) has the letters "POSTKTS" as well as part of a design embossed in the bottom left corner. Has anyone seen anything like this before or know what it is?  |
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| Edited by jimjamtwo - 03/26/2018 09:41 am |
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What an unusual find!
My initial thought was it might have picked up some embossing from a postcard but that can't be right, the imprint would be in reverse surely? |
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Hi Bobby. Yes, the embossing seems to have been done deliberately to the reverse of the stamp.
I'm wondering why, of course. |
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It could be that the embossing die was used to put the sender's name and address on the back of the envelope some time after he/she applied the stamps to the front of the envelope, thus putting this image on the stamp(s).
A picture of the front of the stamp might confirm whether or not this could be the case. The appearance of the cancel would confirm if the embossing was applied before the letter was sent. |
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There is no irregularity of the cancellation in the area of the embossing, so it must have been applied after the stamp (and envelope?) passed through the mails. |
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Posted 03/26/2018 09:40 am
