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Post by wgthomus on Aug 5, 2018 17:19:34 GMT
Hello all,
I would like to know if anyone here has information on the Hamburg Castle watermarks of the early stamps. I have one in my collection and have found a few references online (I posted below), but other then that, seems to be a mystery!  
There is a web sites that helps with identifying stamps and this is what it has for this watermark; 
And lastly, the only reference (in German) that I have found to date; 
Any one that can help shed light on this item would be greatly appreciated!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2018 18:09:17 GMT
I would like to know if anyone here has information on the Hamburg Castle watermarks of the early stamps. I have one in my collection and have found a few references online (I posted below), but other then that, seems to be a mystery! The diagram shown is a perfect situation. Often, the watermark is shifted and only parts of the bow appear. As far as I know the watermark was not present on the full size sheet. The stamps were printed and the watermark applied after on the stamp area - hence the off centered watermarks Partial watermarks (not explained what this entails) are worth more and no watermarks 5X CV. Most forgeries have no watermarks but they can easily be faked by applying an oil stamp. What info is required?  Typical watermark positions |
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Post by wgthomus on Aug 6, 2018 4:38:48 GMT
nl1947; thanks for responding! The top 3 images are of my stamp and I have a line diagram on what the watermark looks like. I was trying to figure out rarity and value really. It's a nice stamp in my collection!! I have set aside any unwatermarked stamps of the series for further research, just in case they are not forgeries as I have always taken them for.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 13:32:38 GMT
nl1947; thanks for responding! The top 3 images are of my stamp and I have a line diagram on what the watermark looks like. I was trying to figure out rarity and value really. It's a nice stamp in my collection!! I have set aside any unwatermarked stamps of the series for further research, just in case they are not forgeries as I have always taken them for. Your base stamp is genuine The 4 bar postmark appears to be OK Used Michel CV about $65 for the 2 Ultramarine varieties - Prussian Blue about 3X Given what they realistically sell for on German auctions, plus off center, missing perfs ~ $25
Please send by email your other questionable German States stamps (600DPI with no corrections). I will give you an opinion.
NL
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Post by salentin on Aug 7, 2018 2:53:04 GMT
For the Michel cat.value of that set Hamburg Mi.no.10-18 the following footnote applies:
"Prices are for stamps what are clearly off centre,with the typical irregular and for nos.12 and 14-17 often defective perforation.Well centered stamps with a good perforation justify considerable higher prices !"
wgthomus´stamp is Michel no.15
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Post by wgthomus on Aug 7, 2018 13:33:20 GMT
I'll dig them out, I only have a small amount of them (less then a dozen maybe). I found some material on forgeries online and did comparisons, pulled out what I thought were "bad" and set the few others aside. Still working with my rosetten collection, so haven't looked at other German areas to collect, well other then propaganda forgeries since I was lucky enough to find a rarity!
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