Sneaky Stamps That Keep The Forgeries Away
Serious collectors are often times willing for fork out the big bucks for rare and valuable postage stamps that they find to add to their collection. Philatelists all know that the first stamp issued came from Great Britain in 1840. Postage stamps are like money; so it only took twenty short years for the first stamp forgery to appear on the market. Postal authorities need to continuously stay one step ahead of the dishonest and greedy people who might try to forge stamps and sell them to the public.
With the onset of today’s technology, such as color copiers and the like, it seems like fighting forgeries might be an uphill battle. In some countries, it is nearly impossible to duplicate their postage stamps. They have specific systems in places that will make potential forgers scratch their heads in disbelief.
The stamp above was issued by Canada in 2004 and is a cool example of how officials are trying to keep postage stamp forgeries at bay. The stamp is engraved and has two lines of hidden text (microtype) in the picture that can only be seen with a microscope of magnifying glass. The color of the sky is deceiving as it is actually made up of hundreds of tiny moose hoof prints and not just ink alone, as it initially appears to look. The most interesting thing about this particular stamp is that it also contains a secret fluorescent picture that is printed in special ink. The secret picture is only visible with ultraviolet light. The hidden picture is that of an aboriginal rock carving. This is the first time that Canada used this technology. Very cool indeed!
Stamp Center has the Canada “Moose” postage stamp in stock and ready to ship to you.
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