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Album weeds : or, How to detect forged stamps (1882)

Earée, R. B · London : Stanley Gibbons · leaf 215

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tro of rejistro than anywhere else. The white knob which projects from the right side of the little oval, above the t of centavos, is almost exactly the same size and shape as the similar knob which projects from the left side of it, both being very nearly circular. Postmarks. The genuine stamps… … on the said central compartment of the shield. The middle of the right-hand Hag has hardly any shading at all upon it. The motto "libertad, orden" on the scroll below the condor is easily decipherable. There are nine five-pointed stars below the shield and flags, and all the stars are at…

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