Freedom Of The Press Doesn't Mean Being This Sloppy

US Scott 1119 was issued, "Honoring Journalism and freedom of the press ..." While looking through some kiloware, I first tossed this one in the cancelled, garbage pile. But then I looked closer and it appears to be a large section in the bottom middle that is overinked or had a bad spot of "wet" ink. An EFO, I think.

Side-by-side with a normal, used stamp:



When you look at the right stamp, there is no evidence of a cancel. Just a large area that is sloppy instead of the sharp angles on the left stamp. The black areas on the screw are actually raised, like the surrounding ink. Interesting.

I think what you are seeing is an artifact of the cancellation. I could be mistaken though?

I concur. It looks like a sloppy cancel to me.

I agree with consensus on this one.

Yes, a sloppy cancel but with shifted perfs

Thanks girls/guys. I tried to get a 3D picture using my SuperMacro, but not much help, as you can see. It certainly could be the cancel, but you can see the raised ink portion in the area of "Freedom" and the top of the screw section. The additional cancelling "ink" in the screw section seems like it should be flat, or just a color, not adding to the 3D effect and obscuring the normally straight lines in the screw area. Oh well ... onto the next item.

Those photos really help show what you're talking about. This stamp is a rotary printing, not sure how the inking process works on that press. Sure looks overinked though.