On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:57:28 +0800, rodney wrote:
> <Tracy_Barber@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>It would be similar to a Penny Black collection ... there's only
>>>-=one=- Penny Black, isn't there? <G>
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> The Post Office identified early on that two uncancelled halves of used
> penny black stamps could be patched together to give the impression of
> an unused stamp.
> So they added check letter in the top corners (reveresd)
>
> What are the odds that the top half would match the bottom half?
Er, one in 240, for any given stamp, unless that was rhetorical....
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Joshua McGee ‹(•¿•)›
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