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Archives for December 2024

Evolution of a Stamp: The Peru 1897 Lima Post Office Issue

Peru 1897 Lima Post Office Stamp Issue

Before a stamp is printed, indeed before proofs are created, a stamp must be designed and ideas proposed. Source material must be acquired upon which a design is to be based and then transformed into a miniature size. The source material forms the Production File until it is ultimately archived. If the source material has […]

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