Hi Swift,

Thanks for the advice. I have the similar experience you have and I took some lessons on that. Now I don't get that excited when I see something rare. If it is too good to be true, it probably is. Your advice is very valuable to me.

When I purchased the lot, the seller did not even show any of the covers. It's just a box with all kinds of junks inside. If we just look at the stamp without the cover and let's assume that it's been altered, why one would alter it like this? That's my question. If it indeed is mis-perforated, one could have just torn the stamp at the perforation location and it would have retained some value. If it was imperforated, then some idiot must have done something to the stamp. These are the logics that I can't seem to be able to put together, not so much about "value".

So if we just discuss the stamp itself, we know the fact is there is no perforation on the left - that's all we know. Those cheaters would want to alter the stamp to increase the value not make it worthless. In this case, they made it worse if the stamp has been altered in my opinion. What do you think?

When I posted the picture, I was expecting someone would question the stamp and explain what happened to the stamp. I guess with only the picture here, there is not enough information to make a conclusion. All we know is a cover with a question mark.

I actually planned to remove the stamp and place it on my album (I've done that many times since covers take too much space) but now you make me not to do that.

I hope such discussion will provide some help to the viewers.

Hi Swift,

Thanks for spending time analyzing this for me. As you know, this type of bullseye cancels are very common and hence are one of the popular ones that cheaters like since one can replace the stamp on any covers without a chop mark.

I do have some oddities. Like some collectors, I usually make a story next to the stamp regardless it is true or not. This one will go like this,

1. The stamp is likely a mis-perforated one to start with.
2. Someone tore the stamp inappropriately and made it unattractive.
3. Some cheater made a straight cut on the badly torn side and replaced the stamp on a used cover to make it attractive to buyer.
4. I'm the buyer!!!

Case closed.

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Franked with two one-dollar narrow-space Flying geese overprints (1st print), 5 cents Northeast 44 dollar surcharged and farm product 10 cents surcharged , tied by TAIPEI CDS of 1950.1.5
Cover was sent to Hamburg Germany without arrival CDS. Stamps were on the back side of the cover - bad idea.
If the CDS was 3 days earlier, it would have made this cover very unusual. At least, it was used during 'that" week. There is a cover in Paul Chang's book shown the exact date but that cover is way better than this one..

P.S. 1950.1.1 was Sunday.

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Hi Swift,

Nothing can be hidden from a Pro like you.

I did send a message to the seller asking about the void area and a possible missing stamp before I bid. The seller replied "bid accordingly!". I got it at relatively low price. Guess a lot people noiced that too.

Since the cover could be an eye sore to someone, is it better to remove the stamps and put them in an album?

Sorry, this is the second time I asked you the same question.