The real question here is this real or a forgery/fake. This stamp has a history and not all of it clean.
Issued in 1867, this stamp was a regular 10 centisimo value by the Franco Bollo Postale, which I believe to be a Vatican address. The stamp depicts the Coat of Arms. Research noted the color to be naranga, which I have further learned to be a Spanish word, adjective and noun, but as an adjective, its best described as orange. This stamp is without perforations, hence imperforate. By my fast (and old-fashioned) math, I calculate the stamp to be 154 years old.....more than twice as old as I (but actually not that that much so). I should look so clean, nifty and bright at that age.
Is it real? I don't know and I am not sure its value is that overwhelming if it is. This another of a small group of stamps I will set aside as a small collection to have an auction contact assess. In actuality, I will do that and there that stamp will live till forever more......until someone else puts their hand and eyes on it.
Long may we ---and this lovely stamp , (maybe, probably a forgery) live.
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