docphgeek
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Posts: 51 
What I collect: PNCs, US-Definitives, Machins, BOB, Israel, Engraved
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Post by docphgeek on Mar 15, 2022 15:06:19 GMT
Picked these up on a road trip to Virginia.
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banknoteguy
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Posts: 284
What I collect: 19th Century US, High denomination US (> $1), 19th century covers US, Indian Feudatory States and most recently I acquired a BigBlue [with about 5,000 stamps] and pristine pages.
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Post by banknoteguy on Mar 15, 2022 16:36:31 GMT
Sort of related. I have always wanted a copy of a book from Washington's library. Below is one way to tell an authentic one:
From the Mount Vernon site:
The presence or absence of George Washington’s bookplate in a volume is one means of identifying books that Washington may have valued highly or read more carefully than others. In 1771, he ordered from England a custom “plate with my Arms engraved.” He received the engraved copper plate the following spring, along with 300 printed paper book plates. Created by the London jeweler Stephen Valliscure, the design featured the Washington family coat-of-arms and motto surrounded by flowery embellishments typical of the elegant but fanciful rococo fashion of the day. Washington placed book plates in some of the books he already owned, as well as new acquisitions.
The bookplate took on a life of its own after Washington’s death and the dispersal of his library. Restrikes from the original copperplate were commissioned by descendants in the 1860s, for the benefit of avid collectors and patriotic bibliophiles. Seeing opportunity, forgers copied the bookplate and used it to increase the value of otherwise unremarkable 18th-century books. Notably, the quality of the copies never rivaled that of the original.
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vikingeck
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Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Mar 15, 2022 21:01:27 GMT
Interesting and ironic that using his grandfather’s coat of arms the founding father of the Republic retains a British aristocratic coronet above the arms. Also,the bird on the Washington arms is apparently a raven ………….this chicken looks like a pigeon ! It sure ain’t a Raven .
Two faux pas which the College of Arms would refute.
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