| Show stamps like currency may not be reproduced the printing in any publication of a an n illustration of a united states posta ge stamp is prohibited by lav says the Was washington liln ton post in the press however as well as in stamp catalo catal cataloguer catalogues aes ues are found illustrations showing a small portion of a stamp a part of a bottom or top scroll or portion of some lettering or even figures these of course do not reproduce any real part of the stal stamp lip many collectors have in their possession however stamp catalogues cataloguer catal of foreign publications that illustrate the united states stamps these are arc purchased outside the country while a reproduction of a united states stamp cannot appear in III any paper or ca catalogue it is lawful to reproduce foreign stamps providing that each stamp so produced in the illustration has a small white line running across the stamp tills this answers a query as to why all foreign stamps that are shown in the are spoiled by the white line the albums and stamp catalogues cataloguer catal that are printed in europe show tha united states stamp in full illustration in scores of instances |
