I missed getting this Reichsbahn Stamp today but I am still gut checking if it was a miss or not? I know ink stamps are heavily faked but I think this may have been one of the real ones. Thoughts?
Reichsbahn Ink Stamp
I missed getting this Reichsbahn Stamp today but I am still gut checking if it was a miss or not? I know ink stamps are heavily faked but I think this may have been one of the real ones. Thoughts?
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Hey Kirk. Sorry for the loss.. What were these used for ?? Looks almost unissued and without any kind of "Smokers" patina / otherwise.. Just curious as I see stamps from time to time and just a bit leery.. G
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I am not sure 100% as well. I am hoping someone knows a little more. Not sure if this one was for ink or a wax stamp application. Either way they are a little dicey on originality as times. I felt pretty good looking at the tooling on this piece versus others I have seen. I may be wrong and off base but this one looked okay to me. Again I am not stamp expert either.by Gwar
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Looks like it was made yesterday. Even if unissued, I would expect to see some aging to the lacquer on the handle...plus, no dents, dings to the piece...
That is not an outright sign its not real, but I would have tread very lightly and asked a lot of people.
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Yes it did look pretty unissued or unused which could very well have been the case. Thanks for the opinions. Some of these things remain just pandora's box and I can never seem to feel 100% on stamps in general. I know some guys collect them all the time. Just not my area I guess of comfort.
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I have one stamp I stumbled across years ago (Heer). One look under a loop and there was no doubt on originality. Otherwise I wouldn't have purchased it. More fakes by far than real ones out there.
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
Wax. Note that the text and the eagle are recessed. On an ink stamp, they would be raised.
I agree with Andreas ...would of been used for a wax stamp or some type of embossing application....type and eagle all are inverted
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