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Greg: I did not know that. I might consider doing the same.
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Henry is correct, and framed it accurately.
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I just wanted to confirm that Greg was correct up-thread. My HipStamp email address is different from my APS address, and I didn't have the badging on my listings. I contacted HS support yesterday and supplied my APS info. They do confirm with AP…
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I think Ted's analysis of the situation is spot-on.
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Love ya, Jeri! Always!
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Hear, hear! Congratulations, Dennis! Happy Birthday to you, and best wishes for the holidays to you and your family!!
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Glad you saw my post, Mark!
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That's a nice album, George
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Here's a bigger image (I hope):
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The Sakura catalog used to have a section for Manchukuo and other Japanese Occupation issues. They dropped it sometime between their 2013 and 2016 editions (I don't pick one up every year). Here's the listing for those stamps in the 2013 edition. …
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Thank you for posting this, Bonaparte!
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Here's a very nice video from Stanley Gibbons, that gives a great little overview of forgeries of classic-era Japanese stamps: I note that he says 95% of early Japanese stamps in a collection are forgeries. I've met a couple of Japan expertizers …
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In looking over this thread again, and particularly in looking over the original images, I found one error of mine, and noticed something else. Earlier, I said that stamps 6-10 were signed forgeries. I should have said stamps 5-10. Then, in looki…
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Thanks, Harry! I'll shoot you an email in just a minute.
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Harry, one follow-up question already: Do you have a larger image available of your top image (with the 4 stamps)? I don't know if HS stepped down the image size. If it did, we can talk off-thread and I can give you my email address. Th…
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Harry, I'm just about to be away for the afternoon, but I'll check into this and try to reply later on this evening or tomorrow. Thanks!
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I just want to clarify one thing: for early Japanese stamps, there is no meaningful difference between 'reference', 'imitation', 'sample', or 'specimen', when discussing early Japanese stamps showing the 2 kanji characters. (I'm not talking about …
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And, reviewing again the stamps posted, numbers 6 and 7 have those characters at the top of the value column.
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The ISJP (International Society for Japanese Philately) considers early Japanese stamps bearing the characters for 'reference', 'imitation', or 'sample or specimen' to be forgeries: Here is the simple explanation of these on their website: https…
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I am still not very good at this, but: Look at the very bottom character in the middle on numbers 5, 8, and 10. Do you see the small characters to the left and right of that bottom character? These mean that it's a reference or specimen, a.k.a…
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Sending good thoughts to all the Florida folks! (And good to see you on here, Luree!)
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This is an extraordinary increase. It will cause me to rethink everything. I've been here since at least 2005.
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This is a tax that you paid. The cancel on the right is your personal chop. (I can still read a little katakana, although it's fading fast!)
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Michael -- I'm behind on reading any of the boards, and just saw your post. I am so sorry about the all the destruction around you. Offering you the best of luck in helping your neighborhood and the community. (I grew up in tornado country -- h…
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Both email addresses work. At least they did the last time I contacted them.
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See, my point has been made. 30 years' of reputation undone in one thread.