Europe/Other : Smaller design version of Poland Scott's number 197
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Harvey I think, therefore I am - I think! 09 Feb 2021 01:34:15pm
The stamp I am looking for has no Scott's number. It is a slightly different version of #197, the 50 000 MK overprint on the 10m "Sower and Rainbow of Hope" stamp. The design size is a bit smaller, 25 1/2 by 21 rather than 28 by 22. Can anyone out there help me out finding this stamp? The same base stamp for this overprint also comes in two sizes, also with the same Scott's number for each - I am lucky enough to have both. I don't believe the stamp I'm missing has huge value, it's just hard to find unless you have a bunch to look through. My Minkus album, unfortunately, has both varieties for both stamps. I would guess the regular Poland collector doesn't know about the variety so maybe you should check your spares of #'s 154 and 197.
Edit: If anyone has a copy of some kind of Poland Specialized catalog (I should, but don't) could you possibly find out for me the relative rarity of the two versions of #197. If they are about equal I will just buy other copies until I end up with both varieties. If the smaller one is much rarer this probably would not work!
re: Smaller design version of Poland Scott's number 197
Here are examples of the three sizes of the basic stamps:
Left to right: Small 20 Mk, Small 10 Mk, Large 10 Mk:
I have finally got Windows 10 to talk to my trusty old scanner!
Although once again Epson has redesigned the scanning software and moved all the options to completely new places.
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Harvey I think, therefore I am - I think! 10 Feb 2021 08:52:06am
re: Smaller design version of Poland Scott's number 197
Thanks for the pictures - there seems to be a colour difference! I checked my two non-overprinted stamps and the one with the larger design also seems to be a darker blue. Very interesting, I never noticed it before! That might be a way to tell - if I come up with the smaller design for the overprint it will be interesting to see if it is a lighter blue! Thanks again, not much you people don't know!!
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