Doubled gold frame print error on Vietnamese stamp

February 8th, 2010 admin

There are plenty of interesting Vietnamese stamps, but one of my personal favorites is this striking doubled frame print error on CTO-used stamp commemorating the birth of Raphael. First, here’s an image of the normal stamp: And here’s the error stamp with doubled print on gold colored (inner and outer) frames: I don’t know if


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