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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 12, 2024 at 3:00pm

Not real IMO, sorry to say.

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Permalink Reply by NJStrummer on March 12, 2024 at 4:16pm

Thank you Steve, guess this goes into the "FAKE" file along with too many others. :(

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Permalink Reply by Steve Viola on March 12, 2024 at 3:01pm

Here is mine, said to be a 90's signature

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Permalink Reply by NJStrummer on March 12, 2024 at 4:17pm

Thank you Steve, Looks nothing like what I have. Oh well...

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on March 13, 2024 at 10:51am

These First Day Covers are an absolute minefield (although why you thought Babs would sign an FDC related to scientists back in the day is probably pertinent).

I have never actually bought one and probably never will but I have seen one thousand that I wanted to pull the trigger on.  There is no information source (that I know of) which reliably identifies which covers have been hand-signed by the subject(s) and it is usually very difficult to assess online whether the signatures are printed or not. I have most recently almost been caught out by the Monty Python one in the UK (printed, with different coloured inks used) .

Best avoided, I feel, unless you are an experienced philatelist as well.

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