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Actually, both stamps measure 18.5 mm wide.
Really? I am assuming that both stamps were scanned together. There is no trickery done below. I have just overlaid half the left stamp on the right one. Lay one actual stamp over the other and check for yourself that they are not the same size:

Just fella, blurry images of different sizes does not convince. Plus, how do you know that specific positions of either issue were or were not retouched?