"Sir F.A. Rien" wrote in message
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On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:18:12 -0400, "Victor Manta"
And then we should not
oversee the fact that even such a world-class exhibition can reveal the
darker sides of a generally bright and exciting picture of what philately
and stamp collecting should represent. More precisely, illegal stamps
were
found included in a number of competitive stamp exhibits.
Victor
If memory serves, we had seebecks, et. al; Black Blots and other
spurious issues far back over 100 years ago.
Sorry, but you don't write about the same issues I did.
" The APS was appalled, and created the “black blot” program. The society
published a monthly magazine for members, and began to include a list of new
stamp issues that were judged to be overpriced or unnecessary."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...atelic_Society
"Illegal stamps are postage stamp-like labels issued in the names of
existing independent countries or territories used to defraud postal
administrations, stamp collectors, and the general public. Often, but not
always, a member nation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) will have asked
the UPU to issue of an "International Bureau Circular" advising others of
the illegal stamps."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_stamps
http://www.pwmo.org/Illegals/16-WPO-Report-WSS-NY.htm
Victor Manta, PWO
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