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re: Very Rare

This is why I like to browse rather than search. Bargains are listed everywhere by the uneducated

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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
06 Nov 2022
08:01:29am

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re: Very Rare

Just a bit confused - if's it's unrecognized how can it have a CV. You must mean it was unrecognized by the seller! There are definitely bargains to be found, but it's sometimes hard to separate them from the many lemons out there that are lying in wait!

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re: Very Rare

I assume you're bidding, as you're not sharing the link? I'd love to see it!

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1898
06 Nov 2022
09:46:25am

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re: Very Rare

That would be unethical in my opinion, anyone could find this stamp on Ebay.

Just for fun I'll put a bid on it!

@Harvey you could put a bid on this stamp and then sale it so you could afford some of the stamps you are missing! Better hurry up as there is only 10 minutes left.

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re: Very Rare

Thanks for letting us know, but your description means diddly-squat to anyone outside the US! What's an R120, what's a foreign design entry and which country?

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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
06 Nov 2022
10:34:59am

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re: Very Rare

I get the distinct feeling that I'm being made fun of here a bit and, as The Queen used to say, "We are not amused"! I am very basic in my collecting of US revenue stamps and would not want this stamp even if I had seen it. I also am showing my ignorance here, but I have no idea what a foreign entry is! I am very serious about my basic US and Canada collections but except for variations on the large and small Queens of Canada, I mostly stay away from errors and variations. Yes, I do spend a fair bit on my collections but I usually very careful what I bid on or buy. And yes, I do sometimes talk about my latest buys, but it's meant to be informative and hopefully it isn't seen as boasting - that really isn't the intent! I am very pleased with the progress I am making on my collections and since I have no friends who collect I like to discuss it here. If you would rather I didn't do so please let me know and I will not do so. I hope everyone is having a good weekend!!

1898
06 Nov 2022
02:09:03pm

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re: Very Rare

It's unethical in my opinion.

I have no idea what ever MB is.

The country was identifed in my original posting!

I hope somebody from StampoRama got it.

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
07 Nov 2022
12:46:36pm

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re: Very Rare

My R120 is also off center, but in the other direction. Unfortunately it does not have the design transfer error!! No problem there since I really don't want to start collecting the errors anyway!! It's expensive enough working on countries where I am interested in varieties. Thanks for showing the pictures, the more we know the better!!

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
07 Nov 2022
02:55:23pm

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re: Very Rare

It's not really the money, it's mostly the huge number of US revenues there are to find! There are masses of dated reds and dated greens alone to look for. I decided that unless variants actually fell into my lap I wasn't going to look for them. Revenues are one of your main areas, mine are Canada, US, Poland and Russia. When you throw in all the other areas I collect (check my profile) I really don't need to get into variations of US revenues. I love my hobby, but you have to draw the line somewhere.

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re: Very Rare

MB means message board, in this case, Stamporama Discussions.

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
10 Nov 2022
09:52:06am

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re: Very Rare

"... what's a foreign design entry and which country?....|"

This is a quite interesting thread, but one last question.(I hope.)
Why "Foreign " ?
I understand that there are traces of the previous transfer attempt, but was that not also from a legitimate R118, a US revenue issue. Is that just the usual verbiage ?
If the original transfer had been successful and not noticed the result would be, (once separated and possibly used ), a legitimate US Revenue stamp, would it not?

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
10 Nov 2022
06:11:15pm

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re: Very Rare

Just to help clarify - it's not foreign as in "foreign country", it's foreign as in "not what should be there". I think!

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
11 Nov 2022
11:16:22am

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re: Very Rare

Just to clarify;
I copied, and used both quotes and emboldening of the sentence,
" ... "What's a foreign design entry and which country? ..." to show the reader what post, and where in that post, the phrase "Foreign transfer" was used without any explanation. That way, it is not necessary for a reader to scroll back among multiple posts wondering what I am referring to, especially when there have been many, and often diverse comments on several subjects posted.
Apparently my efforts have failed in this instance.
It is best to keep in mind that there are often newbies reading the comments, some of whom may not be familiar with philatelic jargon.





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1898
11 Nov 2022
08:43:14pm

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re: Very Rare

Defination from "Encyclipedia of Plate Varieties on U.S. Bureau-Printed Postage Stamps by Loren C. French" which by the way is an excellent resource for plate varieties on Fiscal stamps and other non Bureau Printed issues.

"Foreign Transfers show parts of a wrong design through the final impression" I changed the wording in an effort to make it clearer of new collectors etc., but I failed, sorry everybody. I suppose my scans did not help much. Wish I could delete my original posting and try again.