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that such and such really didn't happen to position soand so on the plate but, instead, so and so happened.We are here concerned with the results and how to lookfor and recognize them for what they are. Great studies have been made of these early UnitedStates stamps and every single position of every stampof the two hundred that make up the printing plate hasbeen identified. Such collecting is known as "plating."Many early line-engraved stamps can be so "plated."Indeed, it is quite possible that all of them can. It is achallenge that has intrigued many an advanced collectorand one worthy of his mettle. |
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