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This is one of several large "stamps"
(from Tonga, Crete, Bavaria, Germany, Finland...). Who made these, and
how many stamps (and places) like these are there?
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These are labels (oversized imitations) prepared by US stamp and cover dealer A. C.
Roessler. I have one of Crete also. These sometimes appeared on Roessler covers
and on mailings to his customers. [Brian McGrath]
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Here are some similar stamps. [Rick Scott]
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I see my friend Brian McGrath has identified this as a Roessler creation -
I'm glad to learn that. I can add further that they were issued se-tenant
and tête-bêche along with different varieties. In my Glass Slipper
Auctions I have had singles in blue and black, red and black, green and
black. In my 1998 sale I had a block of 10 with selvage on top, left and
right, printed in blue and black and consisting of 3 of the Tongan stamps
you illustrate (in positions 6, 7, & 10 in the block, with position 10
inverted) along with 7 stamps resembling the Crete 1905 5 Drachma Arkadi
Monastery & Mount Ida (the one in position 9 is inverted). I have also
seen a German 1902 5 Mark Wilhelm II at the 25th anniversary of the Empire
celebration. [Ray Petersen]
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