today I show you a jewel of the ancient Italian states, 80 Cent of the Papal States 1868. Proposals or exchanges with empty albums or classifiers are accepted.
Could it be that the offered 80 Cent. belongs to one of the four known private reprints ? The picture does not allow to determine the exact colour-tone or the clarity of the print.However it shows fairly well,that the stamp has a rather wide perforation.I would guess it is perforated around 11 and not 13 1/4,as the originals. Reprints are valued less than $ 1.- each,if in a near perfect condition, of course.
The stamp in the original poster's scan looks exactly like the one in the catalog entry. Note the cancel marks? in the catalog entry under the top 3rd perf and between the O and B of Franco Bollo. Does the poster have the stamp used to illustrate the catalog entry? Don
The image above has many issues but it is too blurred to identify properly Very faint 2nd dot after the 80 The smaller C which is inclined differently The low small e and high n Lots of other details different Sample below of forgery/reprint it appears to match
