[DCRM-L] Friday afternoon puzzler ...

[Barbara Tysinger]

Hello everyone,

I am cataloging a 2nd ed. copy of
     Boyd, William, 1885-1979. A text-book of pathology. Philadelphia : 
Lea & Febiger, c1934.

Not all that old, I know, but it is signed by the author, and was given 
to our library by Warner Wells 
(http://ncpedia.org/biography/wells-warner-lee)

What is puzzling to me is that there is a canceled Canadian 3 cent 
postage stamp on the title page next to the author's signature.
Aside from simply making a note of the fact, is there anything 
significant about this that I should include?



I have heard of the practice of signing a name on a contract or other 
document *over* a postage stamp to somehow prove authenticity, however, 
this stamp is near, but completely apart from the signature.

Thank you!

Barbara

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