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Tagging On Airmail Stamps

 
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Posted 10/12/2024   5:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add CFM to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I am puzzled by certain things related to tagging. As an example, Scott No. C72, 10c carmine is listed both in a tagged and untagged version. I have hundreds of copies of this stamp and none of them, to my eye, appear tagged using a 254 nanometer (i.e. short wave) UV lamp. The note beneath C72 in the Scott specialized says that the tagging is red. None of my stamps display that color or any other color for that matter, including green. They just look like they are being illuminated by a bright light. I can make these identical comments for C73 through C90, which is as far as I've gotten in my frustration: NOTHING looks tagged, either red or green. Can someone help me out here? Perhaps post a photo of what a tagged stamp actually looks like under UV light?
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Posted 10/12/2024   11:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mstocky2 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Check out the Stampsmarter tagging database. It has images of al US stamps to 2019, if I last remember, including back of book.

https://stampsmarter.org/features/TaggingView.html

Use the search by catalog number to find ones you are looking. I took most of the pictures. So feel free to ask questions. Are you using the right type of light?
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Posted 10/13/2024   02:05 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add drkohler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You should use 254nm light
Here's a quick comparison under short-wave uv:


/added corrected for wrong wavelength
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Edited by drkohler - 10/13/2024 11:35 am
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Posted 10/13/2024   10:06 am  Show Profile Check eyeonwall's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add eyeonwall to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
? long-wave UV dies not activate tagging
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Posted 10/13/2024   11:34 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add drkohler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Drats....I interchanged my lamps and forgot about it.
Of course you need 254nm short wave uv for tagging.

The question why he can't detect tagging remains.. or is he looking at used stamps with tagging washed away during excessive soaking?
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Edited by drkohler - 10/13/2024 11:38 am
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