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Roman States Cover, Any Opinions?

 
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Posted 04/03/2019   12:32 pm  Show Profile Check Stamps1962's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add Stamps1962 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PAPAL-STAT...AOSwObhcn2CY

Anyone else feel the same as I do- that something may be off about this cover? The stamp on the far left does not look tied to the cover. It's a pretty piece with a low price, and that gives me pause. Ideas?
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Posted 04/03/2019   2:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dudley to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Not my area of specialization, but I know Roman States have been the target of much fakery. The left stamp has cancellation ink all over the top and right perfs that somehow didn't make it onto the cover or the adjacent stamp. I would pause too.
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Posted 04/03/2019   3:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hy-brasil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The rate appears to be correct and the stamps, such as they are, appear genuine. It's an ugly cover with all stamps faulty, 2 in a major way. Someone has put numbers under each stamp in pen. Poor cancels that often don't tie stamps are rather common for Roman States covers, especially with these stamps on glazed paper. It's still a poor cover, perhaps useful for reference if you are a specialist.
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Posted 04/03/2019   6:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The cover was sent from Rome.Blue French transit cancel on the 2 right stamps with the
black PD.Arrival 5 Jan...The departure date looks like a 1 ?
Mail took 3 days from Rome to Paris; so another 2 days for GB,so the time fits in.
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Edited by perf12 - 04/03/2019 6:19 pm
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Posted 04/03/2019   10:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add gettinold to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The envelope also fits into the time period based upon the manufacturer.
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