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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 22:40:13 GMT
The popular vote took place on July 11, 1920, and nearly 98% of the population voted to remain in the German Reich. After the Second World War the area was placed under Polish administration as a result of the Potsdam Agreement. These issues often come up on auctions. They are generally available as double and inverted surcharges. Full sheets sometimes show up but command values of $10-$15,000    MI 21This series, Mi 15-28 is often forged but attention to the accents, size and shape of letters are the clues  Mi 18 FakeThis higher CV stamp is the main target. |
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Post by brightonpete on May 27, 2018 14:36:41 GMT
A complete country set. Bought this from All Nations weekly stamp auction as well. This was near the beginning of my designing & printing of album pages. I liked the textured paper, but it was single-sided only. Plain on the backside, with a sticker that left a darker patch when removed. Also, I don't know why I displayed the watermark if the second page were unwatermarked. From an interesting era in history. It can be said 'interesting' now, in looking back at it.
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Post by barbu on Dec 7, 2018 22:18:24 GMT
Hi brightonpeteYour setup look gorgeous! The textured paper I think very much gives a good felling - seems like the stamps are contempt and happy there! And yes - it is a very interesting era in history indeed - which also has influenced and made it a very interesting era in philatelic terms as well:) |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 8, 2018 0:50:27 GMT
Hi barbu ... I love that paper too, but the store had only a few sheets left. Too bad they were one-sided. An ugly sticker on the back of EVERY sheet. When peeled off, it left a darker mark where the adhesive stayed behind. The company that sold them was in Texas (IIRC) and they turned out to be very expensive. Something on the order of $250 per ream! Plus egregious shipping costs to Canada. I ended up findaing a Canadian supplier of paper that I like. No texture, but very cheap in comparison. |
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Post by barbu on Dec 8, 2018 1:47:33 GMT
Hi barbu ... I love that paper too, but the store had only a few sheets left. Too bad they were one-sided. An ugly sticker on the back of EVERY sheet. When peeled off, it left a darker mark where the adhesive stayed behind. The company that sold them was in Texas (IIRC) and they turned out to be very expensive. Something on the order of $250 per ream! Plus egregious shipping costs to Canada. I ended up findaing a Canadian supplier of paper that I like. No texture, but very cheap in comparison. Well, I guess it is a lot of testing and failing for most of us before we find the material we are happy with. To use a local supplier seems also to be a good solution in these days for environmental self-respect  Btw - that postmark on no21 is a pearl! Lyck = todays: Ełk (Poland off course) |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 8, 2018 10:16:36 GMT
A complete country set. Bought this from All Nations weekly stamp auction as well. This was near the beginning of my designing & printing of album pages. I liked the textured paper, but it was single-sided only. Plain on the backside, with a sticker that left a darker patch when removed. Also, I don't know why I displayed the watermark if the second page were unwatermarked. From an interesting era in history. It can be said 'interesting' now, in looking back at it.
Peter, sorry for being late to comment on this, but I do agree with Jens ( barbu)--this is a really nice display that you have put together. The pages really make the stamps stand out. And of course, a short-lived stamp-issuing entity from the classic period is always one of my favorite things, especially when it involves overprints and/or surcharges. They are just really cool-looking stamps. I only have a few of these, I think, and I am doubtful that I have any with nice postmarks like you have. From the postmark perspective, these short-lived entities are even more interesting, and the genuinely postally used examples are often more valuable than their mint counterparts. In any case, very nice, indeed! |
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Post by angore on Aug 7, 2022 9:53:17 GMT
Allenstein Sc/SG #1 issued April 3, 1920. In a plebiscite following the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, the residents of this area of East Prussia voted 98% in favor of remaining part of Germany.  |
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Btw - that postmark on no21 is a pearl! 
