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Japan 3 Sen 1913 No Wmk

 
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Posted 03/04/2021   09:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Just_fella to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Ok first off sorry I have so many questions!
This one is more of a understanding of what I could be looking at
I thought it was just gunk build up(and it very well could be!)
But it appears the PM is above and below the gunk
When I rubbed the stamp some of the darker PM
"Faded"
I don't wanna guess so I need some education
What am I looking at? (Attempt at re-using the stamp, gunk, glue)
I'll post a couple pictures to show as best as I can







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Posted 03/04/2021   09:32 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You did not ask a question.
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Posted 03/04/2021   09:45 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Just_fella to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry corrected*
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Posted 03/04/2021   10:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Linus to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
What am I looking at? (Attempt at re-using the stamp, gunk, glue)


Back in those days, stamps were not only applied to paper letters, but were also applied to cloth bags, burlap sacks, and other fabrics. In my collection, I have an entire cloth bag mailed from Hong Kong and a large block of Chinese stamps stuck to a piece of burlap. If you had simply licked the stamps, they would not have stuck to fabric. So my examples are smeared with glue, on the stamps, and on the fabric, to hold them on. In my opinion, based on these two items in my collection, you are looking at Japan stamps that were mailed on fabric, smeared with glue to hold them on.

Linus
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Posted 03/04/2021   10:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Just_fella to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
thanks linus!
i knew there was something I was missing
i did try to search for a couple days but came up short
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