05-29-2003, 07:17 AM
On the lack of a stamp.
IF the signatures are the same, and it appears so at first glace but you would have to do a proper examination in person, then maybe it was issued by Shchelokov on a visit to the DDR and no stamp was handy.
If it was just routinely issued then there is no excuse for not having a stamp. However, if the document was signed and handed over in person in the context of some sort of event or visit or other ceremony then nicities like stamping the document may get overlooked.
No one is going to stop the Minister of the Interior from handing an unstamped document over to an allied General.
On the other hand, if the signatures don't match then a fake is likely.
Shawn
IF the signatures are the same, and it appears so at first glace but you would have to do a proper examination in person, then maybe it was issued by Shchelokov on a visit to the DDR and no stamp was handy.
If it was just routinely issued then there is no excuse for not having a stamp. However, if the document was signed and handed over in person in the context of some sort of event or visit or other ceremony then nicities like stamping the document may get overlooked.
No one is going to stop the Minister of the Interior from handing an unstamped document over to an allied General.
On the other hand, if the signatures don't match then a fake is likely.
Shawn
