ISSUE 162 - June 7, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Cinderella Time:
Curious Poster Labels Advertise Parisian Stamp Dealer
By Christer Brunström, AIJP
Occasionally one encounters extremely puzzling stamp-like labels. This was the case on a recent visit to the open air stamp market in Paris where one of the dealers offered a couple of rather curious poster stamps. The elegant labels show an impressive portrait of a distinguished gentleman sporting a greying beard. The stamps carry the following very strange inscription: Serbmit – Sirap a Yruam.
The solution to this linguistic problem is fortunately rather easy. The wording has quite simply been . . .
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