ISSUE 160 - April 5, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Yesterday in STAMPS:
Sloane's Column: U.S. Playing Cards Stamps
By George B. Sloane
(From STAMPS Magazine, 1946 // 1958 with images added)
An interesting stamp, and very low in price, which will serve to illustrate a designing or an engraver's error is the U.S., 2¢ lake Playing Card stamp of 1894, the "On Hand" variety, Scott's No. RF1.
An examination of this design will reveal that the four playing cards as reproduced in the stamp are somewhat peculiar in that they show the characters identifying the suits only at the tops of the cards with none in the lower corners. The foremost card pictured is, in addition, blank in the center and shows another remarkable and glaring error. In this card the . . .
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