Show Stamps Like Currency May Not Be Reproduced The printing In any publication of ot otan an nn Illustration of a United States postage stamp Is prohibited by law says the Washington ton Post lost In tl the e press however as well as in stamp catalogues are found Illustrations showing a 11 small portion of ot a stamp a part of ot a bottom or top scroll or portion of ot some lettering or even fig ures urea These of Jt course do not reproduce reproduce reproduce re re- produce any r real al part of ot the stamp Many collectors have in their possession pot pos session however stamp catalogues catalogue of ot foreign publications that Illustrate the United States s stamps These are purchased ased outside the co country I While a reproduction of ot a United States te stamp cannot appear in any paper or Clr catalogue it U is lawful to reproduce foreign stamps providing that each stomp stamp so produced in the 1 Illustration has bas a small white line running across the stamp stomp This answer answers answers an an- I a query quer as to why all foreign stamps that are ago hown i-hown in the press are spoiled pOlled by the white line Une The albums and stamp catalogues that are printed In Europe show tha United States stamp tamp In full tion in scores of ot Instances I |