Norman G. Jensen, Inc. v. United States

Boe, Judge:

In the consideration of the issues presented in the above-entitled action, the court has been led into the world of philately, into the industry of printing and graphic arts, and into the science of metallurgy.

The merchandise in question which has prompted such diverse areas of consideration consists of thin rectangular strips of 23 carat gold, backed with an adhesive coating and protected by a release paper.1 Each gold strip has a dimension of approximately 1% inches in width by 2 inches in length. On the face thereof a design in a raised figuration consists of the State seal of…