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Did you Know? (May 2022)

Posted on March 1, 2022December 3, 2022 by Guy Gasser
The British first used red cancelation ink on the Penny Black. However, they quickly discovered that the red ink was too easy to remove in order to reuse the stamps so they changed to black ink. How did that work out?
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