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Post by decentguy on Jan 8, 2023 7:28:13 GMT
I know the one I know looks like as in my first photo... (the one on the right) ... But What are the other 3 pls if someone can advise that will be great      Regards Roni |
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Jan 8, 2023 11:56:25 GMT
I know the one I know looks like as in my first photo... (the one on the right) ... But What are the other 3 pls if someone can advise that will be great Scott catalogue shows them all as being newspaper stamps. It only shows values for used copies of the rose coloured ones. Reprints are common according to the catalogue so they need professional expertise. |
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Post by decentguy on Jan 8, 2023 12:07:00 GMT
No worries! copy that. I appreciate your help! Thanks heaps
Roni
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Jan 8, 2023 12:37:38 GMT
The left one could well be a (repaired) specimen of the 1861 Newpaper Stamp. Probably an original,as it shows a nice embossing. The other two seem to be reprints of the rose and scarlet (zinnober-rot) Merkur. The latter one could be a reprint of 1904.(typical bloted backside) The reprints are by no means cheap and are very much collectable,if genuine.
However on a second look the letters of "Zeitungs" do not look like Type I. All reprints however are Type I. Your "Blue Merkur" is Type II. The originales of the "Zinnober-roter Merkur" are also of Type II (far out of reach for ordinary people), but the reprints are all in Type I. (Look at my avatar for Type I.)
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Post by decentguy on Jan 8, 2023 15:16:31 GMT
The left one could well be a (repaired) specimen of the 1861 Newpaper Stamp. Probably an original,as it shows a nice embossing. The other two seem to be reprints of the rose and scarlet (zinnober-rot) Merkur. The latter one could be a reprint of 1904.(typical bloted backside) The reprints are by no means cheap and are very much collectable,if genuine.
However on a second look the letters of "Zeitungs" do not look like Type I. All reprints however are Type I. Your "Blue Merkur" is Type II. The originales of the "Zinnober-roter Merkur" are also of Type II (far out of reach for ordinary people), but the reprints are all in Type I. (Look at my avatar for Type I.)
Nice Avatar!  ..... thanks for all that nice valuable information much appreciated buddy... Have you noticed the lines around the design on my copies they are pointing in all differenf direction... Not sure about my copies anymore aye  Thank Heaps Roni |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Jan 8, 2023 17:05:24 GMT
I do not really understand,what you mean about the lines,pointing in different directions.
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Post by decentguy on Jan 8, 2023 18:25:30 GMT
Sorry mate my bad for not explaining it properly, I meant the design is totally different ... If you look in the square under his nose and around the neck and even the whole head those lines as in the art work on my copies are different
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Jan 8, 2023 18:59:45 GMT
Yes,I see what you mean ! As I am no expert for the reprints,I do not know how far they are close to the originals. There are no less than eight different reprint-series.Some of them are described as fuzzy. But the more I look at your images,the more I believe your´s may not be genuine reprints (made from the original plates), but could be imitations.
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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 Jan 8, 2023 19:24:52 GMT
I think they are crudely printed forgeries , imitations. letters are too messy to be reprints and the shading on his chin is big coloured blobs . The thick wavy lines in the lower part of the portrait are not present in the originals or reprints.
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Post by decentguy on Jan 9, 2023 0:05:34 GMT
Thank You guys that's exactly what I was expecting to hear it's been a hell of a journey cleaning out all this mess here.... getting there slowly but surely...Thanks Alex and (salentin) you help and advice is much appreciated...
Cheers
Roni
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..... thanks for all that nice valuable information much appreciated buddy...
