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<p>[QUOTE="moneycostingmemoney, post: 2754100, member: 86367"]I can't say for sure, but it appears to be such. The fact that it has the date and a stamp like [USER=6986]@lettow[/USER] mentioned it may be safe to say it is. I googled Yugoslavian Postmarks and there are many varieties of them.</p><p>If this was a high value item I'd do a lot of research to ensure that. I'm not saying it's not valuable to the right collector, but I don't see anyone taking the time to counterfeit a stamp to add validity to its claim of originality. Take for example the US Hawaii overprint silver certificate. To me a postmark would make it less desirable even though I'm a history buff...at the end of the day I'm a paper currency collector. To a WWII historical artifacts collector the VJ Day postmark may add to its display in their Pacific Theater case and would be willing to pay more for it with the stamp rather than without. </p><p>If I was you and collecting them because of the historical significance and I liked them enough to spend $20 for them...I'd squeeze. Especially because you'd be getting the other bills likely stamped with this one as a "set". Doing more research on the bills and the significance behind the Dayton Accords may help you decide as well.</p><p>This is all my opinion though and to be taken with the weight of its fee, because I'm not an expert in these bills or the postmark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moneycostingmemoney, post: 2754100, member: 86367"]I can't say for sure, but it appears to be such. The fact that it has the date and a stamp like [USER=6986]@lettow[/USER] mentioned it may be safe to say it is. I googled Yugoslavian Postmarks and there are many varieties of them. If this was a high value item I'd do a lot of research to ensure that. I'm not saying it's not valuable to the right collector, but I don't see anyone taking the time to counterfeit a stamp to add validity to its claim of originality. Take for example the US Hawaii overprint silver certificate. To me a postmark would make it less desirable even though I'm a history buff...at the end of the day I'm a paper currency collector. To a WWII historical artifacts collector the VJ Day postmark may add to its display in their Pacific Theater case and would be willing to pay more for it with the stamp rather than without. If I was you and collecting them because of the historical significance and I liked them enough to spend $20 for them...I'd squeeze. Especially because you'd be getting the other bills likely stamped with this one as a "set". Doing more research on the bills and the significance behind the Dayton Accords may help you decide as well. This is all my opinion though and to be taken with the weight of its fee, because I'm not an expert in these bills or the postmark.[/QUOTE]
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