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The American philatelist (1887)

American Philatelic Association, American Philatelic Society · Altoona, Pa. : [American Philatelic Association] · leaf 9

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n, no injustice will be done anyone and a little useful information may be disseminated by the reprinting. Yours truly, C. L. ANNAN, No. 1327, A. P. S. The Garter watermarks are found on the 4d and 8d stamps only of the Great Britain issues. Ewen illustrates them fairly well in a theoretical way,… … The cuts show the relative sizes of the watermarks to each other and to the stamps they impress, as well as their average clearness and position. These cuts were prepared in the following manner: A blue print from the stamp itself as a negative produced its design, cancellation and watermark. The…

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