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Post by stainlessb on Jul 2, 2019 1:27:44 GMT
going through more "stuff" I came across these. I found the 7500 surcharge shown in Scott. but nothing about the 100,000 Makes me wonder if this is a forgery (or maybe both) They are both the same dimension, although the scan shows them different_   |
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Post by khj on Jul 2, 2019 6:15:13 GMT
Look a little further down in the listings. In Scott, Russia #210(1922).
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Post by kosmo on Jul 2, 2019 7:54:17 GMT
This is the 1 and 2 auxiliary release of 1922.Here are pages from the directory Solovyov 2005/2006. But there were also issues of Smolensk, Nizhny Novgorod, Seraphim-Diveevsk.   |
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Post by stainlessb on Jul 2, 2019 13:34:53 GMT
thanks both! Is it common to have specimens with the sheet margins?
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Post by khj on Jul 2, 2019 15:28:26 GMT
So there is no misunderstanding -- "Specimen" is a specific philatelic term for stamps that are demonetized (typically by an overprint that says "SPECIMEN" or some other word/way). These were given out as examples or for inspection. A common example is for submissions to UPU. But given the large number of some specimens, it's pretty obviously that they were produced in much larger quantities than really needed. I wonder why...  The 2 stamps you posted are normal postage stamps. They were produced in large quantities, so margin stamps are not uncommon. |
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Post by stainlessb on Jul 2, 2019 15:35:00 GMT
sorry for the confusion... I meant these particular "specimens"... I forget about SPECIMEN stamps (I do not collect them or PROOFS)
thanks for the clarification
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