1912 Refinish Or Not...???

Dwight Gruber · 01-05-2008, 01:22 PM

Pete,

Thanks for posting the pics. I recall the gunboards discussion, it was pretty inconclusive. My point to Alfred was to stress that that there are many exceptions to the expected observation of halo--the GERMANY stamp is one of the more striking--and that absence of expected halo, or presence of halo where it is not expected, while requiring a closer look, sometimes is authentically noted.

An interesting observation, which I have seen before and think meaningful, is the halo exhibited by the witness mark on sn 47927.

--Dwight

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01-05-2008, 01:22 PM	#28
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Pete, Thanks for posting the pics. I recall the gunboards discussion, it was pretty inconclusive. My point to Alfred was to stress that that there are many exceptions to the expected observation of halo--the GERMANY stamp is one of the more striking--and that absence of expected halo, or presence of halo where it is not expected, while requiring a closer look, sometimes is authentically noted. An interesting observation, which I have seen before and think meaningful, is the halo exhibited by the witness mark on sn 47927. --Dwight