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Zip Code.  Yellow (and/or other colors) omitted.  (Scott No. 1511a)
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This stamp is a favorite among would-be fakers.  Most examples turn up on used stamps and thus can be discounted.  Occasionally, mint examples (or attempts) turn up.  Yellow is completely gone from the mint example illustrated above, but traces of magenta remain.  That is a tip-off that the error has been faked.  The paper on this example also appears somewhat toned.  The gum is lighter than that of a normal stamp.
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