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Does anyone know why there is a colored stripe on these stamps?.
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Frageria I read somewhere that this would be a cancellation. I am absolutely not convinced of that myself. Until now I have not been able to find stamps without these stripes, although they are sometimes less visible. They also appear in the catalog with stripes.

The color of the stripes also seems fairly random. However, the 30 stamp I have has a vertical stripe while most of the time you'll find horizontal stripes (just like the one here in the database).

The only stamp I can't recognize a stripe on is #8292257. I suspect this one is "stamped".

You might find this article interesting (if you hadn't already found it):
http://www.stampnewsonline.net/StampNewsOnline-PW/SNP- 2021/SNP-September-2021/SNO-0921-YIS-090911-FarEastern.pdf
However, nothing about the stripes, they even write:
Except for the fact that these stamps can be technically considered as a local issue (as they were specifically issued for use within Amur Province) very little else is known about them

I am also very curious if anyone has more information.
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Me too, very curious.
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Frageria Today my set with higher values arrived. Also all with pinstripes. The version of 30 even has three horizontally parallel.

After Googling some other terms I found that the pinstripe or letterpress stamps were invalidated after the release was revoked:
http: //www.groseducationalmedia.ca/vsc/fareasternrepublic1.html
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Do these stamps fall under unused or canceled?.
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I'm curious about the opinion of others. If I compare this with the Dutch tuberculosis stamps that have been invalidated with a date stamp, I would say that they come under canceled, with a lesser value than regular cancels.

I have, however, included them as unused.

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Interesting material.
I wouldn't catalog them as stamped myself. Previously unused.
Or as a separate item with 'Specimen'. 'Specimen' is also similar: putting something on a stamp to prevent 'valid' use.
Otherwise In this case 'unused' might have the greatest value. A normal person would think that most of them have been sold (collectors and users) before the 'rest' are liquidated.
Why they are not destroyed (as happens with banknotes) ... there might be a juicy story to it : )
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Raoul62 During the Russian Civil War, more leftover lots ended up in the hands of philatelists than stamps were actually used to send mail. At the time, the situation was so volatile that entire series were printed and printed, but were no longer applicable the moment they arrived from the printing house at the army (or no longer existing army).

Just today I made an offer on a pair of overprinted Ukrainian stamps. They only had one day postage value.

The "good thing" is that the stamps with overprints were made with primitive means and can therefore also be counterfeited with primitive means. Sometimes the stamps or plates have also fallen into the hands of fellow "philatelists" or handy dealers.

For the Amour stamps it also applies that if you look at "genuine" MNH stamps on a certain auction site, I think you see pinstripe remnants. Another well-known trick is to put a false stamp over a stripe validation.

But the story is very fascinating, even without coins in your album :-), because stamps were also regularly used as emergency money.
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Does anyone know why there is a colored stripe on these stamps?

Frageria In the meantime I have found confirmation in a Russian special catalog that these pinstripes were applied when the stamps were canceled. The catalog value is slightly lower than for stamps that have actually been circulated or are MNH.
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Helv value doesn't matter, confirmation is more important. Thanks for checking this out.
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