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1st Issue Revenue Engraving Variance?

 
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Posted 10/10/2013   6:39 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add revenuecollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I picked up an R3b (or more likely trimmed R3c) because it looked "off" to me with respect to the facial features. Now that I have it in hand, I'm not sure what it is.


First image (a normal R3c):






Second image (A Hart L. Pierce counterfeit I got from Eric a few years back):






Third image (new acquisition. looking at the eyes, nose, and lips, as well as the upturned hair curl at left, it looks to have more in common with the Hart L. Pierce work than the first stamp, not to mention the perforation similarities)





Looking at R3c's and R3b's I have, there is some variance throughout, but that nose and lip combination is fairly distinctive. Just an oddity or something more?

Thanks,

-Dan

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Posted 10/10/2013   6:50 pm  Show Profile Check sinclair2010's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add sinclair2010 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like one of the Pierce counterfeits to me.
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Posted 10/10/2013   7:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Too much difference between the top and bottom image. Hair, lines of the jacket, the lettering, the off center eyes...I'm certainly no professional by an stretch but they do not seem to be by the same hand. Again, just my opinion!
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Posted 10/10/2013   8:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mike33 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
the nose in #2 and 3 look identical to me. Looks like he took a punch. Also the right eye(left in pic) of #3 is really weird
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Posted 10/11/2013   08:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Trainwreck to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
George looks as though he could use a nap in #2 and #3.

Robert
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