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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 16, 2024 at 3:25pm

I just hope that it wasn't implied for a sale that it was ever so faintly something like this:

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Permalink Reply by Bryan on April 16, 2024 at 5:44pm

It is advertised as a postcard, and thanks to JK appears to be the case

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 16, 2024 at 5:52pm

My point was did they make any attempt in the description to identify the raised embossing?  I simply wondered since someone drew a digital circle on it to draw attention for some reason.  

 

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Permalink Reply by Bryan on April 16, 2024 at 6:03pm

They were not sure what it was

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 16, 2024 at 6:07pm

I would think they saw it as something that needed to be described for condition.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 16, 2024 at 6:36pm

Sorry... I wasn't going to guess because I had no clue why that circle was drawn since I haven't seen the original listing and only knew it was described as "some sort of stamp".

When I see a signed photo of a pope and it's described as having "some sort of stamp"... my mind naturally goes to a papal seal.  I just wanted to rule that out since it doesn't look like that from what I can pick up of a photo of a photo under glass.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 17, 2024 at 12:13am

It does not appear a Papal stamp, as you say.

Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 17, 2024 at 6:25am

I didn't say it would be a "Papal stamp" (papal).  It actually would be a seal as I stated, not a stamp (although stamp is what many not familiar might just refer to it as).  A seal would indicate that it has been issued through a Vatican office, to put it in plainest terms.  This has now been shared that looks to be the kind of postcard that would have been sold in the millions.  Perhaps harder to make the case that it may be real.

Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 16, 2024 at 6:30pm

I'll be curious to see if any members can add  another opinion on the signature itself.  What do you think Bryan?

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Permalink Reply by Bryan on April 16, 2024 at 7:10pm

Indeed

I would lean towards it being OK

Not being familiar with EAC makes me a bit uneasy, and my initial concern was it not being live ink like a lot of his other photos/postcards, but I haven't seen any matching signatures

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on April 16, 2024 at 7:24pm

It may be all for the good if you can't find another match...at least an exact one! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 17, 2024 at 6:56am

"When I see a signed photo of a pope and it's described as having "some sort of stamp"... my mind naturally goes to a papal seal."

Stamp, Seal - we know what we are talking about.

Perhaps JP2 (hand?) signed with a date under on some regular basis? Many are dated, not all.

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