Imprint On Back Of Three Cent 1869, I Can Not Identify

Can you scan this at 600 dpi or higher resolution? I tried a couple things to clean the image up, but still can't see the imprint clearly.

The imprint is almost certainly a transfer of ink, or paper from something else. It might be from another 114, but I can't be certain. I can make out the letter 's', but the rest of the imprint is not so clear.

Cheers!

Brian

Hi Brian thank you for looking at my scan .I will try a higher resolution,I collect 1869 only and specialize in Japanese cancels on the 1869 stamps.

https://goscf.com/t/20043



As you can see by the link I have posted, I specialize in 1869s as well - thus my interest in your post. If I were ever to reduce my collecting interests to one thing, it would be these!

Incidentally, my avatar is merely an image of a stamp I want more than any other ... combining my collecting interests in 1869s and Alaska. One of these days ...

Brian this is a example of what I collect,still working on higher resolution of 113.

Great Japanese chop cancellation! Have any of these on cover?

Out of curiosity, have you seen, or do you own this book?

http://www.rfrajola.com/bookads/cjbookad.htm

None on cover too expensive,have forty off cover. I have 110 116 in my collection and over 300 1869 stamps with 114 with a orange cancel.

I've never even seen one, let alone one for sale. I would LOVE to see a photograph!

I have nearly 400 114s, with nearly every color cancellation available (minus orange and yellow). This stamp has been an obsession of mine from the first time I saw it in a Scott catalogue more than 30 years ago!

Like the main character in the movie Conspiracy Theory, who buys the book "Catcher in the rye" every time he sees one, I feel compelled to buy 114s.

I have a single 113 with a Hiago cds, and that is the extent of my Japan cancellations.

Brian

I have a certification from Weiss and APS for this cancel.I looked at your presantion which is great and vast.I have Frajola book and Michael Laurence book on ten cent covers .

Any luck with a better scan of the imprint?

I don't have any colored cancels, but I do have a BIG #114 on a Boston cover.

The pencil writing on the back of the OP's stamp looks like a town name, perhaps ending in -bury or -burg. The blue imprint at UR looks like a setoff from the selvage of a damp sheet, i.e., the name of the printer, etc.

Doug,that is a big stamp A JUMBO.Bill Weiss look at my stamp and said it was offset from a 1869 6 cent stamp.

Thanks for the update ... and for the comment on my 114 w/ Cincinnati CDS. Hope you find our forum accomodating enough to stick around!