Questions About Odd Findings

ok I found these stamps while sorting and I have a few questions on them

ok first stamp looks like the ink is off is that done while printing?

here is a close up done with my digital blue microscope,what a wonderful thing it is.stamp #2the ink looks smeared is that done while printing also?

ok stamp #3to the naked eye it almost looks like its made out of cloth,its real thin,feels like paper though,here is a close up



and now stamp #4 this has gum on both sides is that unusual?



last stamp it has a line running through it and it goes through the stamp whats this from?





hope someone can answer my questions curiosity kills me

Stamp 1 shows an ink shift. The sheet wasn't aligned right when the second blue color went on.

Stamp 2 may show some smearing; something happened to the sheet before it dried.

Stamp 3 looks to me like it is made of laid paper.

Stamp 4 looks like it absorbed some gum from another stamp that was placed on top of it.

As to Stamp 5, it looks like a cancel; perhaps this is how the Turkish Post Office cancelled it's remainder stock before selling it off.

WpgLwr, I'd agree with what you've stated. On # 5 some countries, I don't know for sure about Turkey, this kind of line was used to change the usage of the stamp from postage to revenue.

Mike

That makes sense, but given that the Turkish stamp is a Postage Due, they may have had a policy of "cancelling" them before selling them to the public, because they are, in essence, "Post Office Use Only" stamps.

thanks for the info Glenn but on the gum stamp it is completely gummed not just partially unless the stamp that it could have absorbed from was larger and it covered the whole thing,but wouldnt they have stuck together?

Maybe, maybe not. If the cause was humidity, they would become stuck, but would eventually unstick when it was no longer humid on their own.

I've confirmed Turkey used precancels #5 is a precancel!

Mike

Great work, warrehouse, now we know.

Good to learn something new every day...lol...

Thanks!!

Warrehouse, do you happen to be reporting from the APS library?

No. My own library!
I have used their library for research and will again!
Do you like or is it annoying?

Mike

It's not at all annoying.

When people are looking for answers, good answers are always appreciated.