| Show stamps like currency may not be reproduced the printing in any publication of an illustration of a united states postage stamp Is prohibited by law says the washington post in the press however as well as in stamp catalogues cataloguer catal 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 stamp many collectors have in their possession however stamp cat cataloguer catalogues catal of foreign publications that illustrate the united states stamps these are purchased outside tle the country while a reproduction of a united st acs stamp cannot appear in any paper or catalogue it Is lawful to reproduce foreign stamps providing that each stamp so produced in th the illustration has a small white line running across the stamp tills this an swe raia query as all foreign stamps that are arc shown in the press presa are spoiled ed 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 |
