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#178 and 180. The stamp I have resembles #180 in color, paper type, and it passes the snap test. I think I have come into ownership of a #180, but I need to be sure. Can anyone help me or refer me to someone who can remove doubt as to the issue?
What makes it more curious, is that there are no #180 stamps on record that have been used is postage. Mine, if it is what I think it is, has a most unusual, I think, postal cancellation. An oval pattern, filled with think horizontal lines, and a circle in the middle with "5M" in the circle.
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A scan would be most helpful. The color of the paper should be very White and the ink should be much Redder than 178 or 183. The odds of coming across a 180 out of the Blue are several millions to 1 and being used would multiply that. Without a scan or picture there is nothing to go on except lots of doubt.
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" .... it passes the snap test ...."
Does that refer to its nutritional value ?
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In browsing through my US collection, I encountered something curious I had not noticed before. I need someone's help who is familiar, and "well" educated with the 1875 Continental Bank Note printing and Specifically distinguishing characteristics between
#178 and 180. The stamp I have resembles #180 in color, paper type, and it passes the snap test. I think I have come into ownership of a #180, but I need to be sure. Can anyone help me or refer me to someone who can remove doubt as to the issue?
What makes it more curious, is that there are no #180 stamps on record that have been used is postage. Mine, if it is what I think it is, has a most unusual, I think, postal cancellation. An oval pattern, filled with think horizontal lines, and a circle in the middle with "5M" in the circle.
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re: Identifying a possible US#180 anomolie
A scan would be most helpful. The color of the paper should be very White and the ink should be much Redder than 178 or 183. The odds of coming across a 180 out of the Blue are several millions to 1 and being used would multiply that. Without a scan or picture there is nothing to go on except lots of doubt.
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re: Identifying a possible US#180 anomolie
" .... it passes the snap test ...."
Does that refer to its nutritional value ?
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