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Show H Counterfeit W. S. S. Abroad i in Land But Can Be Dif- ferentiated' Easily "Warning to carefully examine 1919 H War Savings stamps presented for rc-ademption rc-ademption becausq.pf the discovery of a clover counterfeit has been brpad- castcd to all postmasters on the Pad a( flo coast by the post office depart-2 depart-2 mcnt. The counterfeit can be recog-4 recog-4 nized by a swelling on the left check 'u" of Benjamin Franklin's picture Hj ' which appears on the stamp, making H ?tho pcncrablc exponent of thrift look H r- as if he had the toothache, Printed from a steel plato on a goo.d .grado of paper, the counterfeit stamp v shows tho following defects: Hj X,et cheek of Franklin has a pro-i pro-i nouncod swelling. ): Lower ono of two left dots below H, ,'tbc portrait is comparitivclj: indls- 'J. Vertical opening between the lines Mn tho lower left part of the numeral . "2" in "1924" is closed. The chief- of tho Unitod States sec--ret Borvico at "Washington has sent specimens of tho counterfeit to secret i fiervico operatives throughout tho country. Fostofficcs In metropolitan 'Tcontcrs havo been instructed to select Hl ) an employco of known exceptional Hl abilities to acquaint himself with tho Hf characteristics of the counterfeit and FTto examine carefully all stamps of ?the 1919 sories presented for redemp-Grtlon, redemp-Grtlon, save thoso registered beforo January li 1920, as tho counterfeit fwas Issued after that date. ' Tho 1920 sories of -war savings stamps is not affected, as they are an entirely difforont issue. carmine In Hj i J color and carrying a reproduction of a portrait of Georgo Washington. They ia.re on salo at all banks andpoat-' offices, r y,' |