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Show Starrps, Like Currency, May Not Oe Reproduced The printing in any publication of an illustration of a United Slates postage stamp Is prohibited by law, says the Washington I'ost. In the press, however, as will as in stamp catalogues, are found illustrations showing a small portion of a stamp, a part of a bottom or top Scroll, or poriion of some loitering or even figures. fig-ures. Thr.-o, of eoiiivo, do nt reproduce re-produce any real part of the si amp. Many collectors have In their possession, pos-session, however, stamp catalogues of foreign publications that illustrate the T'niicd Stales s::iinp. These arc purchased outside the country. While n reproduction of a Unile.i S'ate.s stamp cannot appear in any paper or catalogue, It Is lawful to reproduce fore'gn siamps, providing that each stamp so produced In the i !o';i1 ration has a sneill v.h'.te line ;runn:rig across the stamp. This an-; an-; sv.ers a query as to v.hy all foreign Ftnrrps tli.'it are fl.own in the prt s.i !are "fpoiiod" by the white line. ! The el bums and stamp ca ' a login s that are print' d in I:ro;,e show the , rnit' i S't.';l.s stai-p In full ilhi-tra-ti'.a in Erorcs of !i. star. cos. i |