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An apparently rare stamp used on a postal ballot in the US mid-term elections is a fake, experts have said. (Previous Post:)
Officials in Broward County, Florida, said they saw a famous "Inverted Jenny" stamp while reviewing postal ballots.
About 700 of the stamps were mistakenly printed in 1918 with an upside down illustration. Just 100 examples made it into the hands of the public.
But, now philatelists have examined the stamp, they have found it is a common fake of the famously rare article.
"To a trained philatelist, it's pretty obvious that it's a counterfeit," said expert Randy
Shoemaker.
Ooooooh! get him - ' To a trained philatelist, it's pretty obvious '
BUT .... Randy Shoemaker! .... the mind boggles (c:=
An apparently rare stamp used on a postal ballot in the US mid-term elections is a fake, experts have said. (Previous Post:)
Officials in Broward County, Florida, said they saw a famous "Inverted Jenny" stamp while reviewing postal ballots.
About 700 of the stamps were mistakenly printed in 1918 with an upside down illustration. Just 100 examples made it into the hands of the public.
But, now philatelists have examined the stamp, they have found it is a common fake of the famously rare article.
"To a trained philatelist, it's pretty obvious that it's a counterfeit," said expert Randy
Shoemaker.
Ooooooh! get him - ' To a trained philatelist, it's pretty obvious '
BUT .... Randy Shoemaker! .... the mind boggles (c:=
