Quiz time. What is the difference between a "countermark" and a "counterstrike"?

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• savoyspecial Posts: 7,311 ✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2008 7:19AM

  i think you are trying to compare the terms "countermark" and "counterstamp" and i find that in use they can be used interchangeably......as a side note i find that countermark is used more on non-US issues while counterstamp is predominantly domestic
  
  i believe that i once read that *mark would be struck obverse and reverse while *stamp would be only on one side (but i have seen so many diversion from this rule that it is hardly worth mentioning)

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• edix2001 Posts: 3,388 ✭

  October 20, 2008 8:13AM

  Countermark is used to denote an officially issued counterstrike.
  Counterstamp can be made by any old body.

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• DNADave Posts: 7,308 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2008 8:19AM

  I guess the countermark would be the impression made by the counterstrike.

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