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stamp counterfeits
Hello friends,
Has anybody here heard about a stamp trader called Mauro Spada from Faenza, Italy? He has sent me some stamps pre-1960 because of an exchange. None of them is postmarked, but some do not have gum. The ones that have gum have their gum intact, like new, I think they're regummed. i find them too new to their supposed age. I would like to know about your opinions. You can see one of them he http://cjoint.com/?0CqtYlurW4T I can scan more if something is interested in checking them Thanks in advance, Pedro |
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On 3/16/2012 2:51 PM, Pedro wrote:
Hello friends, Has anybody here heard about a stamp trader called Mauro Spada from Faenza, Italy? He has sent me some stamps pre-1960 because of an exchange. None of them is postmarked, but some do not have gum. The ones that have gum have their gum intact, like new, I think they're regummed. i find them too new to their supposed age. I would like to know about your opinions. Ungummed probably means that the stamp was glued down in an album (by a naive collector, extreme humidity, water) and soaked off. Or that it was mounted with hinges that do not harmlessly peel off. Intact gum over a century old is not unusual. Low value stamps would not be worth regumming. You can see one of them he http://cjoint.com/?0CqtYlurW4T Without checking, I suspect this would be a low value stamp even if it were in very fine condition, which it is not. (It is badly off-center and the perforation tabs on the left are 'nibbled' (defective).) |
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:33:41 -0400, Terry Reedy
sharpened a crayon and wrote: Ungummed probably means that the stamp was glued down in an album (by a naive collector, extreme humidity, water) and soaked off. Or that it was mounted with hinges that do not harmlessly peel off. Intact gum over a century old is not unusual. Low value stamps would not be worth regumming. Very early gums were subject to cracking and the stamp journals of the day [1890-1910] urged the collector to 'wash off' the gum. Stamps from the later periods are safe to have intact gum - it's mostly the Line Engraved and those using a potato based gum that are subject to the breaking of the stamp's fibers. |
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And this?
http://cjoint.com/?0CuothSUmmc This is not even a stamp. It clearly says, in Spanish, "WITHOUT POSTAL VALUE" Someone who dares to send this things as stamps, most probably is sending you fake stamps IMHO regards, Pedro "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello friends, Has anybody here heard about a stamp trader called Mauro Spada from Faenza, Italy? He has sent me some stamps pre-1960 because of an exchange. None of them is postmarked, but some do not have gum. The ones that have gum have their gum intact, like new, I think they're regummed. i find them too new to their supposed age. I would like to know about your opinions. You can see one of them he http://cjoint.com/?0CqtYlurW4T I can scan more if something is interested in checking them Thanks in advance, Pedro |
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On 3/20/2012 9:21 AM, Pedro wrote:
And this? http://cjoint.com/?0CuothSUmmc Appears to be an charity label. 'Alpe' means Alp or Alps. 'ALPE' in Spain could refer, for instance, to http://adenu.ia.uned.es/alpe/. They are relatively common in Spain. Some stamp collectors (especially in Spain) collect them also, just like some US collectors collect Christmas seals (Which are even in the Scott Specialized catalog). Such things commonly get mixed in packs of miscellaneous cheap stamps. This is not even a stamp. It clearly says, in Spanish, "WITHOUT POSTAL VALUE". Right, it honestly is what it is. Someone who dares to send this things as stamps, most probably is sending you fake stamps IMHO Common stamps are as cheap or cheaper than real fakes and counterfeits. Some of the latter are now relatively rare and are worth more than the most common stamps. The stamp you showed before looked like a genuinue minimum value stamp in not very good condition. tjr |
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"Terry Reedy" wrote in message ... On 3/20/2012 9:21 AM, Pedro wrote: And this? http://cjoint.com/?0CuothSUmmc Appears to be an charity label. 'Alpe' means Alp or Alps. 'ALPE' in Spain could refer, for instance, to http://adenu.ia.uned.es/alpe/. They are relatively common in Spain. Some stamp collectors (especially in Spain) collect them also, just like some US collectors collect Christmas seals (Which are even in the Scott Specialized catalog). Such things commonly get mixed in packs of miscellaneous cheap stamps. This is not even a stamp. It clearly says, in Spanish, "WITHOUT POSTAL VALUE". Right, it honestly is what it is. Someone who dares to send this things as stamps, most probably is sending you fake stamps IMHO Common stamps are as cheap or cheaper than real fakes and counterfeits. Some of the latter are now relatively rare and are worth more than the most common stamps. The stamp you showed before looked like a genuinue minimum value stamp in not very good condition. tjr Thanks all for your information. regards, Pedro |
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