Freaks! Anyone Got Errors? Freaks? Oddities?

Since I am a revenue stamp collector, I am on the lookout for "freak" revenues, always keeping one eye peeled for especially nice examples among the Civil War era tax stamps.



Normal $3 Manifest (Scott #R86c)



Misperf $3 Manifest - 2 extra vertical rows of perforations



Misperf $3 Manifest - 3 extra vertical rows of perforations, with some blind perfs



$3 Manifest "George with a Splitting Headache"
Pre-printing paper fold caused a break in the design.



$3 Manifest "Scarface" George Washington.
Scratch on the printing plate put a streak on George Washington's face.

Does anyone else have any errors, freaks or oddities? Please post them here!

Yikes.... I didn't know stamps had errors like coins...

I don't have any but yours are very interesting and would make a good exhibit!

The last issue of Linn's had an article with some good recent freaks also!

Cool!

Hello everyone....

One of my EFO's.

Scott #502d double impression, issued in 1917....a few bumps & bruises but not often seen.

Here is a pre-printing paper fold on a R60a 50c Original Process Civil War revenue stamp used in 1863, along with a normal stamp for comparison.

I guess this would be considered an oddity !

Look at the postmarks ver closly

dancing on the ceiling

T360 ...here is a nice one

Very nice! Change of denomination to a 0 cent Bert Frost stamp!

i think this is odd





the 2ed one has holes all over it

Jason BD

That appears to be a type of perfin. Perforated initials (or "perfins") were punched on stamps by companies as a security measure to prevent employees from pilfering stamps. The very simple pattern is unusual.

Jason, I once had an aquaintance that only collected perfins. It was a really unique and interesting collection to look at. The hardest part was trying to ID the company or group the perfin belonged to. As I remember it, a large portion of his collection was unidentified.

I just noticed that there are some "blind" (not completely punched through) perfin holes on the Queen's neck. So it really is a "T."

Thanks for sharing some fascinating errors! Would love to see some more! Had I not started stamp collecting and came across one of those, like the Robert Frost stamp, I probably would have thrown it away!

Gussyboy1

It is a T I found 2 more with the same perfins on then


Jason BD