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Declaration of Independence

By Geobrookehil, 26 June, 2013
Description

My mother found this in a trunk filled with newspapers from the 1940s

Category
General Antiques and Collectibles
For Sale?
No
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superking

11 years 11 months ago

Re: Declaration of Independence

Thisbis almost definitely a reprint, an original or contemporary copy would have used iron gall ink, which oxidizes (rusts) and turns a reddish brown over time. Also, if you look closely at the print with a magnifying glass, you will probably see that it is conposed of tiny dots of ink (dot-matrix) a modern printing method. most likely it dates to around the same time as the newspapers and probably has smell value as a decorative item, but I wouldn't know how much.

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