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ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here!
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:17 am
by Ross Ewington
Collectors of Tasmanian postmarks are aware of examples of postmarks which should have been left
as they were found but where some vandal couldn't help 'improving' the missing or very light bits with a little black ink.
Usually, such improvements are quite obvious and one's disappointment immediate but occasionally you
will find one which is in the "is it or isn't it?" class.
The reason for this topic is twofold:
a) to share your enhanced postmarks, 'good', bad and 'dangerous'
b) to assist in determining whether a postmark has been enhanced or not (please post a large image, at least 300dpi)
Have a look through your collection and see what you can post here!
Here's a couple to make a start.....
- chudleigh enhanced.jpg (72.16 KiB) Viewed 2529 times
...why anyone would wish to 'improve' a fairly common postmark such as CHUDLEIGH is beyond me !!! 
- sl138.jpg (49.37 KiB) Viewed 2529 times
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:42 pm
by Geoff Dane
This example of Beach End is pretty obvious from the front and even more so from the reverse. Must have used a fine felt tipped pen.
- beach end 2_0002.jpg (66.66 KiB) Viewed 2495 times
- Beach End improved.jpg (139.32 KiB) Viewed 2495 times
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:29 pm
by Ross Ewington
I just noticed this postmark currently offered on eBay - the vendor has described it correctly and started it very fairly at US$3.50
[attachment=0]nicholls rivulet destroyed.jpg[/attachment]
....with just over three days to go, I note that the bidding has already reached US$63. I shall report the final result here.
Postscript: the postmark sold for US$179.49 ..... I won't comment further! 
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:01 pm
by Ross Ewington
An eBay seller located in New Zealand has been offering the occasional postmark on Pictorial which has been
enhanced. There is no mention of this in the (very) brief lot descriptions.
Some recently listed examples
- blessington enhanced.jpg (47.66 KiB) Viewed 2157 times
- campbell town enhanced.jpg (55.48 KiB) Viewed 2157 times
- black brush enhanced.jpg (41.96 KiB) Viewed 2157 times
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:27 am
by Ross Ewington
....... and another (sigh!) ...there's a bid on it too!
- cooee creek enhanced.JPG (54.17 KiB) Viewed 2143 times
Footnote: I have since contacted the seller concerned indicating some of the 'enhanced'
he has offered and received a most polite reply (not always the case when contacting eBay sellers!)
I have explained a method of checking for enhanced postmarks to him via e-mail believe it's unlikely that he will
offer any more without mentioning the defect in the description.
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:58 pm
by Ross Ewington
UPDATE RE ENHANCED POSTMARKS OFFERED FOR AUCTION BY 'wacl2' ON EBAY:
Things went well for a while after I exchanged a couple of e-mails with this seller ... he dropped his starting prices
and mentioned the obvious enhancements in the description.
Unfortunately, he no longer describes an obvious enhancement as an enhancement but as "possibly enhanced writing"!!
What a pity - fortunately, most of the enhanced postmarks he has offered for sale are fairly easy to pick.
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:46 pm
by Ross Ewington
...but wait ...there's more (unfortunately)
MANGAMA!!
- mangama!!!.jpg (101.73 KiB) Viewed 1996 times
Re: ENHANCED POSTMARKS - Post the bad and the dangerous here!
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:09 pm
by Ross Ewington
I thought it's time to add a few more ...am I the only person (besides Geoff) who notices these annoying items??
- enhanced postmarks.jpg (496.41 KiB) Viewed 1725 times