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Scott #499 - Ink Smear Or Re-Entry..?

 
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Posted 11/19/2014   3:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add wert to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi guys..Not too familiar with American stamps...Could anyone tell me if this is a re-entry, or just another ink smear..?

Thanks, Robert








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Posted 11/19/2014   3:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Definitely not a re-entry. The stamp is over-inked, so the ink smear on the side is not surprising. The other anomalies you point out are interesting. As many plates of this stamp exist what you maybe seeing are plate/position varieties. Sadly (to my mind) plate and position varieties have not been mapped out for these stamps to my knowledge.
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Posted 11/19/2014   4:05 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks smauggie...Didn't really think it was a re-entry, but had to ask...

And it is funny how the same stamps can look different from each other..?


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Posted 11/19/2014   4:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I agree. If I was feeling really passionate and very competent about plating these more modern, yet still classic US stamps I would do it myself. As it is, I have enough projects on my plate.
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Posted 11/19/2014   4:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is not Scott 499, but rather 528
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Posted 11/19/2014   5:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Really chasa...Yikes...ok, thanks.

Robert
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Posted 11/19/2014   11:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add disi123 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yep... 528 Ty Va... offset...

499 is flat plate...
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Posted 11/20/2014   06:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add srailkb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a kiss/slip print to me.
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Posted 11/21/2014   12:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add YoshiRules2 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
not a re-entry
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