This is the image from Orlys website, funny though the other copy looks more aged. This is the image from Orlys website, funny though the other copy looks more aged.Looks like somebody left a booger on it.....come on people you know some of you thought the same thing! ;^)
...sorry for the levity...*sheepishly grinning*
It doesn't look aged. It looks damaged by Photoshop or some other graphics editing tool. The tool tried to remove the red background and left jagged aliasing on what should be straight edges of the paper. The "tear" is also aliasing damage on the fold line.
Early reference to REPUBLIC OF KENYA.... 6 Month before “official” date
CITIZEN-ADVISOR AUBURN, NEW YORK JUNE 10, 1964 Page 4 DREW PEARSON’S COLUMN
The goal of the Russians is easy to understand. If they can dominate Somalia Along the Red
Sea, and establish bases in Ethiopia
and the new REPUBLIC OF KENYA,
they can fulfill their age old
dream of making the Red Sea red.