GPS May 2020

Query # 2 – Follow-up Michel
200 B vx – Blind Overprint?
David Mielke
Thanks for that Query #2 article in the January/February issue of
the German Postal Specialist. Rudi Anders asks if someone has seen this
item in an auction (etc.) I have two copies of that stamp, including the
“Discovery Copy” with a Weigelt attest.* The other copy is very obvious
when you look at the back of the stamp. I am sending you some photocopies
of what I have.
The blind overprint on the non-expertised copy is clearly visible. I
just don’t want to pay “big bucks” to have it certified. I believe Weigelt
overstated the value of the stamp because it is not one, which would
be attractive to collectors. I obtained both stamps at a fraction of what
Weigelt stated as their worth.
Doesn’t it take five examples to be recognized in Michel?
*[That attest is identical to the one shown on page 44 where the
number is 399/96, except that its number is 398/96 – but also dated 14.
Okt. 1996]
Because of our forced isolation from
one another, this is a good time to
call or email our philatelic friends,
maybe to share coping strategies and
news of good luck (or near misses) in
recent auctions.
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