sudbury12000
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What I collect: Canada, Great Britain, Germany, World Pre 1925
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Post by sudbury12000 on Dec 14, 2022 16:07:51 GMT
Greetings, I received a large lot of Germania and during my sort I found this on the back of the 80PF when I was checking watermarks. I have gone through my Michel, and my German is poor, but I did not see anything like this. I am thinking it may be from the cover and it somehow transposed to the back of the stamp. Interesting for a very common stamp. Has anyone else seen this?   |
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Beryllium Guy
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps 1840-1930
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 14, 2022 16:27:04 GMT
Thanks for your post, Roy ( sudbury12000 ). It is an interesting example. I have several hundred Germania stamps, but none like yours. I have no special expertise in this area, but my opinion is that this is an adhesion, not anything printed on the stamp intentionally. I draw that conclusion because it is a reversed image. You can tell from the lettering that it would need to be viewed in a mirror to read correctly. That is just my opinion, and of course, others are welcome to offer theirs. 
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Dec 14, 2022 17:49:34 GMT
It looks like newsprint . I suspect it has adhesion lifted off contact with a newspaper advert .
It may even float off if you soak it !
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Post by PostmasterGS on Dec 14, 2022 18:30:05 GMT
Concur that it's likely from a newspaper. There were ads on private postcards of the time, but the ink wouldn't come off that cleanly from professionally made postcards.
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Post by daniel on Dec 15, 2022 3:46:12 GMT
Here's a flipped image. It appears to be advertising Labol (last letter unclear) Metallic Emulsion. It is sufficiently well centred to suggest that the stamp was deliberately placed over it. Probably in response to some kind of offer. In my view. Well worth keeping and displaying, it's part of the stamp's story.  |
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Dec 15, 2022 11:34:16 GMT
Could it be that it has got this reversed image during drying, after soaking? If there is no gum on the stamp, it must have 1. Been printed on the stamps before gum was added (not likely) 2. Have been transferred from a newspaper during drying after soaking. (I put my 5c on this)(and this is why I newer use paper with ink on when drying stamps).
But it's a cool object.
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sudbury12000
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What I collect: Canada, Great Britain, Germany, World Pre 1925
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Post by sudbury12000 on Dec 15, 2022 23:24:18 GMT
Good points made by all. It still has gum, original, who knows.
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