Stamps from the "classic" period of stamp-issuing - roughly until about 1870 - are often dubious, especially if they have a high value. On faking didn't end with those. But you mustn't subject yourself to needless worry! These are very attractive.
Early Netherlands fakes stand out and are fairly easy to spot. Later on they get a bit trickier. You have some nice looking stamps here that look better than your first batch,
We still have to be concerned about regumming and reperfing on better earlier issues of any country. The 25c appears reperfed at bottom.
Also be careful about dealing with hinges on this issue which has pretty fragile paper. Always soak these used stamps to remove hinges and perhaps avoid using recently made and not truly peelable hinges.
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Posted 03/28/2018 05:08 am
