Album weeds : or, How to detect forged stamps (1882)
Earée, R. B · London : Stanley Gibbons · leaf 182
170 ALBUM WEEDS ; OR, Issue of 1852. Presidency, 10c. , 25c. These stamps, it will be remembered, have the head of Napoleon replacing that of Liberty ; but still bear the old inscription repub . franc. Genuine. … name was Barre, I believe. This can be seen very easily, and is a good test. There are eighty-eight pearls in the circle. The rest of the frame seems to be an exact copy of the first issue. Forged. Kather nicely lithographed on thick, wove paper, very white. The shading on the chin does not touch…
Postage stamps
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