A recent thread on very minor faults with common Canadian stamps was interesting. I was looking at my sheet of Sunday Funnies, and saw a black spot and some red marks that wouldn't wipe off. Just a curiosity, but thought I would share.
Quote: Does anyone know of a US catalog that details anomalies or varieties like this (EFOs)?
EFO's by their very definition defy being cataloged, as most are one-offs or just a small number of unintentional "errors" or "freaks" of production, so cataloging would be quite difficult. There are, however, a few general guides to EFO's out there, two of which are available for free at these links:
I think that flyspecks are usually tiny flaws that are not constant so that they can be unique to each different stamp. Some dealers/collectors try to make more of flyspecks than they really are by somehow emphasizing rarity or uniqueness. However, under a magnifying glass no two of the same stamps look alike.
Switzerland Scott 280 is a stamp issued in 1941, commemorating the 750th anniversary of the founding of Bern. The issue is full of seemingly random flyspecks, something many of the Swiss stamps of that era have. In 1974 a fellow by the name of Pierre Guinand managed to plate the four 25 stamp plates that make up a sheet! Flyspecks are not always insignificant!
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Posted 09/25/2013 01:49 am
