I have never thought much
of posting images
of stamps in used condition in this thread which IMO is dedicated to the appreciation
of the art
of stamp engraving, and still less so if just any sort
of cancelled
stamps are thrown in regardless
of the fact that they are easily available in unused condition or worse still if posters try to present an artist for the first time by showing us roller-cancelled
stamps of no particular distinction which could have once be found in 20-different-foreign-
stamps-for-beginners packets
offered for a dime.
Great as lithograving's merit has always been, his attempt to show engravers' secret marks on used
stamps has unfortunately defeated the object
of the exercise for not only do the cancels on the
stamps fail to show the beauty
of Seizinger's engravings but also one
of the cancels effectually prevented himself and those
of us taking part from detecting the engraver's secret mark.
Back home, I had a look at my example
of the 1.50 Kè value (Czechoslovakia Scott #219 as well as #237 printed from the same plate) and had no difficulty in seeing the mark in the form
of an S in a horizontal position (as on the 2 Kè value, unlike that in an upright position as on the 1.20 Kè value) even though it looked more like a 5 in a horizontal position situated on the bottom left-hand frame close to the treetop. I wondered whether its form made the engraver add another S I had pointed out previously, this time situated on the other side
of the same treetop. Definitely no blob but an intervention
of the engraver's tool. See
http://www.cpslib.org/pages-large/1936-305.htm or
http://www.cpslib.org/pages-large/1937-327.htm .
Anyone can make mistakes - be it me or lithograving. No
offence meant.
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