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Posted 07/24/2021   3:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add AxmxZ to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
It's labeled 409 on the back, but there's no watermark...




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Posted 07/24/2021   4:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Parcelpostguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
For a correct answer, you will need to provide close up photos of the features which determine the stamp design types in play. Color is not reliable in computer images.
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Posted 07/24/2021   4:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
More information can be found here https://stampsmarter.org/1847usa/wa...2imperf.html
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Posted 07/24/2021   4:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add AxmxZ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
right, ready for my close-up Mr Demille


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Posted 07/26/2021   10:24 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wkusau to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
That is a good close-up. Well done.
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These areas appear to me to be watermarks. This issue is plagued by watermarks that only appear in bits and pieces at the edges of single stamps, and the suspected watermark locations are perfect examples of how that happens.
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Posted 07/27/2021   1:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Shakey 7 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Have you actually checked for the watermarks using a watermark fluid or a lighter fluid? The spots you are referring to in the photo look like hinge marks to me.
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Posted 08/01/2021   10:46 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add AxmxZ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I did check for watermarks using watermark fluid - nothing
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