The simplest way is to turn the stamp face down on a black surface. The watermark should be visible. A drop or two of watermark fluid can help make it clearer.
There are other ways, including using colored filters to remove the ink color from making it hard to see.
There are also impression type makers that can help a great deal, taking advantage of the slightly thinner paper of the watermark.
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Yes, every country uses postage stamps.
US postage stamps do not expire -- they are always worth face value as postage.
No, they did not exist then. Great Britain introduced the first postage stamps in 1840.
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Yes, it is one of the Postage Stamp countries that obtains a large percentage of their revenue through the sale of postage stamps.
There were no stamps in 1801. The first postage stamps were issued in Great Britain in 1840. It was several years after that that German issued postage stamps.
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No, you have to use stamps from the country of origin of the mail. In this case you will have to use Italian postage stamps.
Not in the United States. The US Postal Service approves the postage stamps.
Such a collector of stamps is a philatelist.