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Bidboard #
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1899
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Lot #
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165
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$200.00
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Price Realized:
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$80
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USA
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# 9X3b
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FORGERY. Very well executed FORGERY of the extremely rare 1847 Postmaster Provisional series New York 5c Washington, black on grey wove paper. This faked stamp has a VF appearance with original gum and a minor hinge thin noted for the record, also being the "without signature" variety which is more than twice as scarce as the genuine with signature. A very elusive FORGERY of an early US Classic. The 2021 Scott values the genuine stamp at US$13,000.00. A dead giveaway are the words "FALSCH" in tiny text in the lower corners of the stamp. Still a very collectable classic US fake. Estimate
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