"Sir F.A. Rien" wrote:

I'd carefully vcheck the 'white spots' as they look more like
surface scrapes then printing flaws.

Yes, they seem to have been peeled off the surface after the stamp
was stuck on the facing page in the dictionary where I found the stamp.

The 1871-74 series in 1995 priced out from US$4 to US$27,500.

That was a nice dream ...

Stay with the 'earlies'. They're always in demand and the supply
is limited for quality items.

Thank you much for your useful information.

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Rey