Written by ahmed zaki
The 1919 Mosul issue 2 1/2 Annas with the error no bar to fraction, listed in stanley gibbons, only I believe that this stamp was printed as normal, then altered by removing the bar. the process is very difficult, here the person have done a bad job, such work could have been much easier and harder to detect on new issues, only with an 80 years old stamp, it is not as easy.
I have provided here the scan of the original post (above), and a photoshop attempt to clarify the differences, the deletion process of the over print damaged the original stamp as well, you can see no yellow lines, no pruple lines anymore like the original.
