Album weeds : or, How to detect forged stamps (1882)
Earée, R. B · London : Stanley Gibbons · leaf 471
d the windows are shapeless dots. Postmarks. Genuine. An oval of seven thick parallel bars ; also a double circle, containing name and date. Forged. The forgeries are not cancelled. Issue of 1866. 4 Cuartos, 10 c. d. Escudo. Genui7ie. Engraved in epargne, on smooth white paper, moderately stout ;… … CORREOS has ten coloured dashes drawn along it. The nose of the queen is turned up, but of a good length, and the lips are rather thick. There is a very distinct double chin, and there are about twenty-eight horizontal lines of shading from the cheek, in front of the ear, down to almost the bottom…
Postage stamps
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