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I occasionally see the wrong photo listed with the stamps. Is there already an existing topic for that? I don't have the right photo myself, but to just settle for the wrong one...?

This concerns, among others, this #1892985 ; this 1938 version has different serrations than shown in the photo. This is the 1943 or 1956 version in the photo.
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May 25, 2026 13:37
It concerns this, among others #1892985 ,

This stamp has already undergone many changes (history) skeleton . But for the last 10 years it has been listed as the Michel 147 A, so with perforation 14:13½.
The image then indeed seems incorrect.

I don't think changing back to a basic stamp is desirable for this item, I don't know?.

I see that some administrators, thisismyalias and MennoGo, have this stamp in their collection. Perhaps they could modify the image? Or, if not desired, turn it back into a basic stamp?
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Charles1971 skeleton Upon checking, my stamp turns out to be the 147 C, from 1943. I also do not have an image of the stamp from 1938.
Good observation, Skeleton.



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May 25, 2026 15:17
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So you have this one with a watermark #3184719
Listed at LD as Kamtanding 14 x 15
Is this correct? Could it perhaps be K 14 x 14 3/4.
Could you measure this?
The one from 1956 without a watermark has at least the perforation K 14 x 15.
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Lyonesse I think the perforation is indeed 14 : 14 3/4.

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I never did anything with variations; an image is an image. Now that I'm delving into it a bit more, it's a nice specialization.

I have asked a number of people offering these for sale if it really is the 14 x 13 1/2.
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I have replaced the old image with 15 vertical teeth with an image of a seal with 14 vertical teeth. Unfortunately, not the best image/scan.
The stamp lacks specific characteristics and was entered incorrectly. No perforation was specified, no specific watermark, and no Michel number. The stated year (1937) does not correspond to the image. In my opinion, the entry should never have been approved. Due to this faulty entry, the stamp should never have been anything more than a basic stamp. Attempts were made twice to turn it back into a basic stamp. It was reclassified three times to make it a specific stamp. As far as I am concerned, all reclassified items should be immediately removed from the catalog, and those stamps must be re-entered—and this time correctly. Due to all this reclassification over nearly 15 years, there will undoubtedly be people who have the wrong stamp in their collection or shop. Get rid of it.
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I occasionally see the wrong photo among the stamps. Is there already an existing topic for that?
No, I don't think there is an existing topic for that. There should be, though.
In the past, I would add the note 'Incorrect image' to the details. This offered the option to select based on it. Unfortunately, the note was frequently removed before the image was corrected.
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Ok, thanks az60.

What exactly do you mean by basic stamp, converted into a specific stamp?

The stamp is part of a series from 1937-1938 and was issued in 1938.
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Is it in this case really impossible to perform correct and/or complete improvements?
If the items LD 3184719 and 3368809 belong to the issue group “1937 Definitives”, they should have the type “Perforation variety” instead of "Stamp".
According to Stanley Gibbons, the issue date of the item LD 3368809 is December 13 and not December 12, 1956.
Watermark to mention into the details for the items LD 1892985 and LD 3184719 : Crown C of A (multiple) sideways.

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What exactly do you mean by basic stamp?
There can be different variants of a stamp. Sometimes it is difficult to determine which variant you have, for example because the watermark is not (clearly) visible or because you do not have a UV lamp. Others are not interested in variants at all. Therefore, a basic stamp (a somewhat tainted name) is often included in the catalogue alongside the variants. Anyone who cannot or does not wish to select a specific variant can then select the basic stamp. This can also be convenient for beginning collectors. Unfortunately, the basic stamp is still not easily recognizable as such.
Moreover, not everyone is equally happy with the basic seal or understands the principle. As a result, many basic seals have been reclassified in the past. That is to say, they have changed from a basic seal into a specific variant. In the case of #1892985 was the transition from the general Michel number 147 to the specific 147 A, the stamp from 1938. Not once, but three times.
Hypothetically, therefore, it is possible that someone who could not or would not decide whether they had the stamp from 1943 (with watermark) or 1956 (without watermark) had ticked the (basic) stamp with Michel number 147. By turning that basic stamp into the specific variant from 1938, according to Lastdodo, that person acquires a stamp for their collection that they do not possess at all. For they would have long since established that their stamp did not have 14 vertical teeth.
It seems so simple to establish by decree that #1892985 is now going to be the 1938 stamp, but I think that is the worst thing you can do. So throw Remove #1892985 and re-insert the 1938 stamp correctly. And possibly the basic stamp as well.
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Basic stamp is nonsense invented by LastDodo. It is a stamp without the specific characteristics of a postage stamp. It is somewhat comparable to creating a basic person, "human," alongside the varieties of man and woman.

Now consider what reason you would have had in 1938 to omit all specific characteristics and make this a basic stamp. The nonsense of a basic stamp only gains substance after a variant has been issued. Therefore, you should actually introduce every new stamp without information about perforation, paper, luminescence, printer, etc., because who knows, a variety might be released someday.

On the one hand, it indeed offers people the opportunity to tick a stamp without worrying about exactly which issue it is. But then again, this is probably precisely the group of people who will not look for a variety or "basic stamp," and among whom are entire hordes of people who add a worthless variety as an exorbitantly expensive basic stamp. And because one may doubt whether a basic stamp is a conscious choice or a lack of distinctiveness, it also opens the door for sellers to fool each other. You will therefore always have to ask which variant you are buying.

On the other hand, it opens the door to degrading all kinds of different stamps to mere variety, even if it is a completely new issue.
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I have replaced the old image with 15 vertical teeth with an image of a seal with 14 vertical teeth. Unfortunately, not the best image/scan.

Unfortunately disapproved by another administrator az60 .

Then indeed, in my view as well, only one option remains open,

So throw Remove #1892985 and re-insert the 1938 stamp correctly. And possibly the basic stamp as well.

Is it possible tomdejong to send a message to all collectors/sellers/seekers?
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Is it possible to send a message to all collectors/sellers/seekers?

Only super-administrators can do that.
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Only super-administrators can do that.

Ah yes, that's right Collectioneur .

Perhaps one of the Stamps super-administrators could take a look at #1892985 ?.
And whether this item is still viable/can be kept in the catalog?
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There are 37 sellers of this stamp, cancelled. 1 seller has this unused.

How many will actually be the 147(A)?

Why has the correct photo of az60 been removed again?
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skeleton Administrators have the rights to approve or reject input, even if they have no knowledge of an area. If such an administrator has not read this thread, then that administrator is not acquiring any knowledge either.

In this case, an administrator without background knowledge sees nothing more than a nice picture of an uncancelled stamp that has been replaced by a slightly crooked picture with a used stamp. Subsequently, the administrator crosses it out.

The fact that more sellers offer the more expensive version than the cheaper one is an indication that, if you do not ask further, you run a high risk of having bought the wrong stamp.
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What is the way to go with #7435373 , then?

The date is nonsense. This series cannot be from 1936, since the first issue was on January 5, 1937. This was the 5 cms in chestnut brown. The 15 cts from the series featured the portrait of Queen Isabel I.

In January 1939, the 15 cms featuring the image of the painting “Se va ensanchando Castilla delante de mi caballo” by Marceliano Santa María Sedano was published.

This stamp is also not the stamp depicted. Pictured – and also corresponding to the year "50" of the cancellation – is the issue with comb perforation 13 1/2:13 1/4 from May 1950. This stamp does not have comb perforation 11 1/4 (1940). This is a print by the FNMT and certainly not Hija de Braulio Fournier - Burgos. That one also has a different perforation.

The issue group "1963 Cityscapes" makes no sense whatsoever, even if you consider the typo "63" for "36". Apart from the nonsensical name of that issue group, this stamp had nothing to do with it.

It is Edifil No. 1046. Apparently, that is Michel 769IV.

As Michel #769, it is a duplicate of #679259 . That appears to be a basic stamp again. However, it is from a different printer and a different format.
Based on the image, it is a duplicate of #1908781 , which contains almost the correct information.
Then it turns out there is also an #8713451 . The data accompanying it is nonsense again. Line perforation can never be a print from FNMT. So this is a duplicate of #679259 .

Then there is #1908787 , indeed the FNMT print from 1940.

A few of these stamps are duplicates. Which ones, in turn, depends on either Michel issue—but then again, LastDodo doesn't claim to be a copy of that, so that shouldn't be a consideration—or the image.
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az60 do you want to give adding the new image another try?
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