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Note:
1. If the stamp has Head Type I and is perforated 13½ x 14¼ with large holes, it is an original. Next check the paper. If it is printed on quadrille paper, it is either the 1st or 2nd Printing of Scott #7. Under ultra violet light the frame of the 1st Printing is a deep red violet; the frame of the 2nd Printing is a pale rose. If it is printed on thin white wove paper, it is Scott #13. 2. If the stamp has Head Type I and is perforated 13 ½ x 14 ¼ with small holes, it is the Leipsig Reprint. If it is perforated 14 x 14, it is one of the first three Hamburg Reprints which are difficult to separate without examples for comparison. 3. If the stamp is Head Type II and is perforated 13½ x 14¼ with large holes, it is one of the three Berlin Reprints. If it has Head Type II and is perforated 14 x 14, it is the 4th Hamburg Reprint. |