Post by eggdog on Jan 25, 2023 1:05:55 GMT
Here are copies of Norway 6 (from 1863) and 13 (from 1868).
Are these possibly from the edges of the sheet? Or are they scissor cuts? I've never seen stamps from that era in any other form except single, so I really don't know.
The 2-skilling stamp looks like a scissor job. Too bad, because the color is quite pure. The bottom edge on the 3-skilling looks wider, and it's nicely parallel to the illustration; it also isn't quite straight, though it looked more so when held up perpendicular to a flat surface.
I know that it's all but impossible for anybody to say for certain just from a .jpg. And the 3-skilling stamp is discolored, so I'm sure not thinking about getting rich off of it. I'm more generally wondering if the printing in the 1860s had selvage or if the stamps went to the edge of the sheet of paper. So much to learn...
Are these possibly from the edges of the sheet? Or are they scissor cuts? I've never seen stamps from that era in any other form except single, so I really don't know.
The 2-skilling stamp looks like a scissor job. Too bad, because the color is quite pure. The bottom edge on the 3-skilling looks wider, and it's nicely parallel to the illustration; it also isn't quite straight, though it looked more so when held up perpendicular to a flat surface.
I know that it's all but impossible for anybody to say for certain just from a .jpg. And the 3-skilling stamp is discolored, so I'm sure not thinking about getting rich off of it. I'm more generally wondering if the printing in the 1860s had selvage or if the stamps went to the edge of the sheet of paper. So much to learn...
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