OH My. This Was Unexpected...

The last several nights, I've been going through the smaller of the two bulk lots I got at CHICAGOPEX, pulling items to sell to a collector who plates various 1st issue revenues. I didn't find anything spectacular, just a few silk papers and a few very minor double transfers.

I finished up with that lot and tonight I started on the big lot. Throughout the entire 12 volumes are various and sundry stamps turned face down with pencil notations on the back. I really didn't pay any attention to them when evaluating the lot, nor did the seller.

The very first page I start working on, R53c, had the following stamp face down.




I was expecting one of the R53 double transfers with doubling of the letters in the top scroll. Instead I was greeted by the following stamp. Listed but unvalued in Scott.

Hard to imagine an identified item like this just stuck in a bulk stockbook. Makes me think I'm going to have to take my time and pay very close attention as I go through the rest of the lot...

Suwheat

You would be amazed at what people do not see in collections, sometimes even after having them for years.

Based on this scan my inclination is to call it an allover double transfer, in part because the lines at the very top from the stamp above do not appear to be doubled, which they would be if it was a double impression. Also although the right outer frame line is doubled, the left frame line does not appear to be. I suspect that a really close look would find some other lines that are not doubled as well. Great stamp.

Here is a link to a 1600dpi scan:

http://www.revenue-collector.com/zoomify/3511.jpg

The top lines look doubled to me.

Wow, very nice.
If I cross my eyes, it looks ok.

Wow! Great find! Keep us posted on any other goodies that turn up.

The top line of this stamp is doubled, but the bottom line of the stamp above, which is visible on several of the perfs does not appear to be doubled. Also that left frame line is not doubled, as I mentioned above. Also there is a position dot at the top left which is not doubled. Also some of the shallower dots and lines of the portrait do not appear to be doubled. I don't see any way this can be a double impression.

A fine day's work.

That's a wonderful find and a beautiful Revenue stamp!

 A fine day's work.

So this IS work? I shall inform my daughter - "playing" and "wasting time" indeed ...

It's work for some of us. :-)

Isn't the saying, "If you never want to work a day in your life, find a job that you love"?

oh my! Love it

Just gorgeous. Looks like a double-transfer to me.

revcollector - it's equally amazing what sometimes slips through Quality Control.