If you can post the photos again, the questions about the stamps can be answered usually pretty easily.
As to your other questions...
3) Is there anything I should know about counterfeit news stamps before I start purchasing more press photo's?
To my knowledge at this time, counterfeit stamps have not been a significant issue. Though, as photography collecting becomes more mainstream, it wouldn't surprise me if it does become an issue.
4) Is it possible to remove stickers off the back of these old photo's? I saw in a separate thread that gentle heat (hair dryer on low?) may be used to get the sticker off but was not sure how to get the sticker glue residue off.
What types of stickers and why do you want to remove them. I can understand those on the front, but unless the sticker is covering something important, like a Conlon stamp, I would leave it alone.
5) For the couple wire photo's I bought ... is it true that if the lines in the photo are more pronounced that the photo may have been re-wired more than wire photo's with less pronounced lines? Or were certain wire processes just more destructive ...?
I'm not sure what you mean, but I'll try to answer. if you're asking does sending a previously wired photo over the wire again cause further degradation of the clarity of the photo, then the answer is yes. If you're asking something else, please clarify your question and I can try again.
Hope that helps,
Mark
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