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   Sir F. A. Rien to All   
   Re: TWO STAMPS FOUND TO BE PHONY   
   06 Dec 06 10:09:36   
   
   XPost: sci.anthropology, sci.geo.geology, sci.physics   
   From: jaSPAMc@gbr.online.com   
      
   On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:28:26 GMT, Ed Conrad  found   
   these unused words floating about:   
      
   >   
   >   
   >By OSCAR SHAGNASTY   
   >Independent Philately News   
   ><   
   >WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The new stamp that pays tribute   
   >to the Smithsonian Insitution is a phony, a U.S. Postal Service   
   >official has revealed.   
   ><   
   >"Phony as a three-dollar bill," said Clayman Doubty.   
   ><   
   >The attention-grabbing Smithsonian stamp was found to be   
   >a fraud after an investigation revealed it did not have a designation   
   >of cents, nor glue on the back.   
   ><   
   >Then Randy Shoemaker, senior expert with PSE, looked at the stamp. The   
   >first giveaway, he said, was that the Jenny was taped on, as if it had   
   >no glue.   
   >   
   >"I think it was a philatelic prank," Shoemaker said.   
   >   
      
   GLUE ???   
      
   Great 'philatelic' writing and expert!   
      
   FWIW, the "Inverted Jenny" could have come from the reproductions being sold   
   on eBay.   
      
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