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So How Do They Counterstamp Dem Lincolns?

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 Posted 03/15/2008  8:21 pm Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Found this little gem on ebay today. Never actually seen one of the stamps until now. Enjoy

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 Posted 03/16/2008  09:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Topher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's one reason I started collecting the counterstamps. That, and I wanted to see just how many different "varieties" there are. I've got to put pics up, but suffice it to say, there are quite a few, and I've had lots of help from members of the CCF!
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 Posted 03/19/2008  2:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrycopaul to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here are a couple of Mason counterstamps which appear to be done at the same time on the reverse and obverse,

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I cant recall what the G stands for in the masonic symbol pictured above but the OES..stands for the Order of the Eastern Star.
I was a former member of one if its affiliates many years ago
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Lucky13 would that be the Rosechrucions?
I thought I had posted a counterstamp, but I don't see it, sooooo:
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