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Post by leefranks711 on Jun 17, 2022 22:41:02 GMT
Hello people. I can't find this in the SG Austria & Hungary 8th edition catalogue. As far as I am aware ther are 2 listings in the catalogue. J30 & J31, J67 & J68. The below image is small shield (type II), but the catalogue only lists type I. Either the catalogue has a typo, I'm overlooking something or I have something not listed. Which is it? I realise this stamp is damaged but I would like to know what it is. Many thanks.  |
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 17, 2022 23:22:01 GMT
I do not have SG, but this is from Michel Osterrich-Spezial 1995 and i believe #2 is your stamp (although admittedly hard to get a good perspective from their cancelled image versus yours i will leave it to you to translat if it looks like a match  |
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 17, 2022 23:43:37 GMT
watermark?
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Post by leefranks711 on Jun 18, 2022 0:20:27 GMT
Hello.
The stamp has no watermark that I can see.
Maybe it is a typo in the SG catalogue.
It looks to be No.2 in the specialised catalogue.
Thank you.
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 18, 2022 0:54:48 GMT
I only can see 5 bars in the shield (above and below the center9?) emblem(?)
Leads me to think it is the earlier issue
can you see even a trace of a watermark?
If none I would be concerned this is a possible forgery
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Post by hdm1950 on Jun 18, 2022 0:57:06 GMT
Let me try this again and include all the Scott listings for Austria Newspaper Tax Stamps. It appears that your stamp would be PR3 and if printed before 1864 there would be no watermark.  |
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 18, 2022 0:59:46 GMT
god catch hdm1950 ! No forgery and this would seem to concur with Michel |
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Post by leefranks711 on Jun 18, 2022 19:34:06 GMT
Hello all.
It would appear that it is PR3 as HDM1950 has illustrated, & it also appears that there is a typo for this item in the SG catalogue.
Thank you all.
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