Thanks Amanda. After my earlier post I went back to work. The Allegan Historical Society had an e-mail address, but believe it or not, is closed...
Dave Bowers was one of the early cataloguers of counterstamps and over the years amassed a huge collection of them Owle. When Greg Brunk decided...
Thanks Amanda. Like I said before I don't give up on these things because I enjoy the challenge. Loveless is out there someplace...just have to...
Mine didn't...I had to read your post with a magnifying glass. :D Bruce
I've still been looking for the identity of J.H.Loveless Amanda but still haven't found him. I also asked Greg Brunk (the guru of U.S. and world...
Thanks longnine. I love to research things I collect and to post anything I've learned about a piece in case anyone else is interested. Likewise,...
No, they're incuse longnine. Often with a scan counterstamps will look raised, but this is a photograph. I stopped scanning counterstamps a long...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are two more Irish political stamps, these issued to promote the Nationalist cause of a united Irish free state. The "IRA"...
If only it were that simple.:( Bruce
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are two political counterstamps from my collection of Irish pieces. Both promote the Loyalist goal of a united Ireland as...
Your token is definitely a Hard Times issue zesty. Nice piece. Bruce
Nice political pieces mackwork. The second was obviously holed some time after being struck. With the hole it's definitely Anti-Bryan. Political...
Nice clean CWT brg. I always had a "thing" for these historical pieces. Bruce
Impressive errors OEG! Good to have you here on CT and please post some more "goodies". Bruce
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Two more "booze" tokens I found in my stash. The reverse die of the Payton's token was cut by Meyer & Wenthe...
Holy ship...I love it!! :D Bruce
Easy guys, this is a family-oriented site. There will be no g------------g here. The big guy...and you know who that is...sees and knows all....
I'd pass Larry. The scratches on the face and behind the head are very distracting. Bruce
I love the eloquence of the article... "to prevent depredations"? Oh my! Bruce
Russ Rulau in his "Standard Catalog of United States Tokens, 1700-1900" (4th Edition / 2004) lists it as an R-5 also. History shows an example...
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