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ERRORS ON STAMPS – inverted center

ERRORS ON STAMPS – inverted center

I have decided to show yet another specimen of a reverse center stamp. Just four days ago, on June 3, 2023, a Japanese stamp from 1871 (500 mon) was sold for no less than 5.4 million euros to a Japanese collector. The sale was conducted by the auction company David...
ERRORS ON STAMPS-inverted center

ERRORS ON STAMPS-inverted center

Inverted center pieces on stamps became a concept when two-color stamps began to be printed. The printing technique was then more primitive and took place in two separate processes. First one color was printed and then the next. This created the possibility that the...