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Scott #591 US
Some people emailed me regarding how to detect a bogus Scott #591
(American, 4th Bureau series, perf 10, Monroe 10 center.) Here is the simple, fool proof way. This will work for an unused stamp, with gum. In the production of the 591, the only rotary gum breaker used was breaker #1. This breaker added 4-5 gunm ridges to each stamp. This will immediately prove the stamp is genuine. (Of course, measure the gauge of the perforations.) A bogus stamp will have smooth gum....no breakers. If there are no breakers, either the stamp was regummed or is really a #603. The only stamps from this series that were printed with no ridges were 581, may be 582, 583, and 583a. Do not buy an unused copy without checking with the seller about how many gum ridges (breakers) there are. |
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