Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Philatelic Rarities: Cryptic Stamp Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Defect arising from mistaken printing plates creates rarity
- 4. Classic error flipping design upside down for collectors
- 7. Uncommon elliptical frame used in early colonial frankings
- 8. Rare Utah mountain-themed local stamps, a collector’s gem
- 10. Portuguese African territory with scarce pictorial definitives
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- 2. Scientific study transformed collecting obscure postal relics
- 3. Obscure Confederate revenue stamps named for dense timber
- 5. Marks voiding postage that sometimes gain philatelic fame
- 6. Pre-issue trial impressions, treasured for embossing detail
- 9. Alleged postal issues that lurk between myth and reality
- 11. West African colony issuing rare Colorano reprints
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