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P. O. Box 11725
Fort Wayne, IN 46860 USA
Tel. 1-260-749-4995
1-800-735-0073
craigselig at pnc3.com
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CRAIG SELIG P. O. Box 11725 Fort Wayne, IN 46860 USA Tel. 1-260-749-4995 1-800-735-0073 craigselig at pnc3.com |
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March 20, 2010 Around October of last year, a new variety of 3792-3801 made its appearance. The new variety is printed on paper that is lightly tagged. Presumably this was done in error. Hopefully this variety will be assigned its own Scott numbers. |
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February 3, 2010 Ashton-Potter has issued their forever-stamp in an ATM-sheetlet of 18 stamps on February 3, 2010. Previously only Avery printed the forever-stamp in an ATM-sheetlet. It was easy to differentiate these from the other forever-varieties, by virtue of their coarse die-cutting. These varieties existed with the "2007" and "2009" year-dates. Now things have become more complicated. This new variety from the ATM-sheetlet is almost indistinguishable from the previously issued "2009" forever-stamp from Ashton Potter. In mint condition things are not too bad, insofar as the new variety has printing on the back, whereas the previously issued Ashton-Potter stamp has no back printing. In used condition, one must pay special attention to the size of the year-date. The year-date on the new ATM-variety is the smallest bit smaller than the year-date on the existing Ashton-Potter stamp. It is likely the case that the new ATM-stamp is a bit thinner than the existing Ashton-Potter issue from the 2-sided convertible booklet. The paper on the new variety appears to be whiter. Both stamps have identical die-cutting. Linn's Stamp News also reported that the new variety is overall tagged, where the entire stamp glows green under shortwave UV, whereas the prior version from the convertible booklet of 20 was printed on prephosphored paper, where the printed areas of the stamp do not glow green. Here's a scan of the new ATM sheetlet, as well as an enlargement of both stamps, so that you can compare the 2 year-dates. The existing variety from the 2-sided sheetlet of 20 is on the left; the new variety from the ATM-sheetlet of 18 is on the right. |
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