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This may not be so detailed if the stamp has been used and soaked off paper or the cancellation is thick covering the detailing for identification.
The best way to tell the difference is to check for a watermark, the recess stamp was printed on unwatermarked paper; the lithograph was printed on watermarked paper.
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Should a person with sensitive fingers be able to feel the ink lines
of the recess stamp ?
At least on MNH examples.
I notice that the bottom edge of the recess example seems to have been
cut. Were they available from a booklet ?
Of course, my vision is not all that sharp these days.
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Hi Rob,
I would love to find one of the forgeries, is there an easy way to distinguish them.
Do you have one?
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Franz
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Hi cdj1122
I have no idea; I never touch my stamps with my fingers. It does seem that the recess stamp has been cut, I can assure you it is not, it is how I crop the image to tidy it up, no booklet were made from the 2d Harbour Bridge.
The stamps prior to cropping, the stamp with the selvedge has the vertical mesh, I cropped the selvedge so the stamps can be in line.
Rob
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Hi Franz
It is mentioned that the Letterpress 2d stamp forgery is a very good copy and not easily identifiable unless you are looking for a few specifics, these stamps were reproduced photographically from the original.
The only immediate way to identify a forgery is that the 2d Letterpress was printed on unwatermarked paper, the genuine Letterpress is the only stamp in the Harbour Bridge series printed on watermarked paper and the perforation is 11 (single line) instead of the genuine 10½ (comb).
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Hi Rob,
Thanks for that, I will check all the unwatermarked copies I have.
Franz
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Telling the difference between a recess printed and lithograph printed Sydney Harbour 2d stamp is very easy, one can look at the sharp detailing and vivid shading of the lithograph to the poor detailing and shading of the recess printed stamp, the recess has more smoke and haze over the bridge than the Lithograph.
This may not be so detailed if the stamp has been used and soaked off paper or the cancellation is thick covering the detailing for identification.
The best way to tell the difference is to check for a watermark, the recess stamp was printed on unwatermarked paper; the lithograph was printed on watermarked paper.
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02:22:36am
re: Identifying the Letterpress from the Recess 2d Harbour Bridge Stamp
Should a person with sensitive fingers be able to feel the ink lines
of the recess stamp ?
At least on MNH examples.
I notice that the bottom edge of the recess example seems to have been
cut. Were they available from a booklet ?
Of course, my vision is not all that sharp these days.
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re: Identifying the Letterpress from the Recess 2d Harbour Bridge Stamp
Hi Rob,
I would love to find one of the forgeries, is there an easy way to distinguish them.
Do you have one?
Regards
Franz
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re: Identifying the Letterpress from the Recess 2d Harbour Bridge Stamp
Hi cdj1122
I have no idea; I never touch my stamps with my fingers. It does seem that the recess stamp has been cut, I can assure you it is not, it is how I crop the image to tidy it up, no booklet were made from the 2d Harbour Bridge.
The stamps prior to cropping, the stamp with the selvedge has the vertical mesh, I cropped the selvedge so the stamps can be in line.
Rob
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re: Identifying the Letterpress from the Recess 2d Harbour Bridge Stamp
Hi Franz
It is mentioned that the Letterpress 2d stamp forgery is a very good copy and not easily identifiable unless you are looking for a few specifics, these stamps were reproduced photographically from the original.
The only immediate way to identify a forgery is that the 2d Letterpress was printed on unwatermarked paper, the genuine Letterpress is the only stamp in the Harbour Bridge series printed on watermarked paper and the perforation is 11 (single line) instead of the genuine 10½ (comb).
Rob
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re: Identifying the Letterpress from the Recess 2d Harbour Bridge Stamp
Hi Rob,
Thanks for that, I will check all the unwatermarked copies I have.
Franz
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