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Drawing A Mental Blank: Term For Washington-Franklin Bicolor Fantasies?

 
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Posted 05/27/2025   12:29 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add revenuecollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I could have sworn that there was a technical term for these, but perhaps I'm misremembering.

Early 20th century U.S. covers where the sender cut up Washington-Franklins to create bicolor stamps, typically using the frame of one stamp with the vignette of another contrasting color.

These were technically illegal, but were typically condoned.

"Fantasy" is accurate, but I thought there was a more specific term.
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Posted 05/27/2025   4:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I don't recall ever hearing a specific term for them, although they were a popular thing to do in the 20's and 30's, and not just with the W/F issues.
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Posted 05/28/2025   1:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add alub to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
collage?
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Inlaid?
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Prank?
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Posted 05/28/2025   6:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Partime to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Let's create a new one. How about

Stampus imatatio etymology

(My ridiculous Latin version of stamps, imitation multicolored)
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Posted 06/15/2025   11:20 am  Show Profile Check KRelyea's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add KRelyea to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I believe Bill Weiss used the term "transposed vignette"
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Maybe "bicolor". Here is an article from Linn's.

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