Show stamps like currency may not be reproduced the billit ng in any pub cation of an illustration of a united states kostige stamp is el I 1 by law says tie tl e washington post in the I 1 liess less hoi however Never as well as in stamp catalogues are found ons showing shoving a small portion of a stamp a part of a bottom or top scroll or portion of some lettering or even fig ures these of course do to not re produce reduce any reil re it part of the stamp many collectors hae in their pos session however stamp catalogues of foreign publications that illustrate the united states stamps these aie purchased outs d the country while a reproduction of a un ted states tamp cannot appear in any paper or catalogue it Is lawful to reproduce foreign provid ng that each stamp so produced in the illustration has a small white line running across the stamp this an a query as to why all foreign stamps that are chown in the pres press are spoiled by the white line the albums and stamp catalogues that are printed in europe show th tha united states stamp in n full il lustra tion in scores of instances |