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 Having no personal knowledge of any printing process, I wonder how this donut happened. I'm slighly colour-blind so am not certain of the colours on this stamp. Were the inks creating the yellowish-orange colour applied before the reddish ink? If so, perhaps the yellowish-orange colour inks splashed onto the area where the red would then be applied. Then the application of the red ink caused the yellowish-orange to flow outwards causing the ring. I don't see how a piece of paper could do this as the piece would have to be the shape of the yellowish-orange colour and fall into place prior to the red ink appliaction. I'm hoping that wert and others can better explain how this happened. |
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I've heard tell that sometimes the ink settles in the containers, a blob gets gooed onto the plate and presto voila! That's French for and there you have it. |
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LeperFish I took printing classes for 4years in high school and when ink rubberizes, it can cause blobs, tails, etc. Here is another odd thing on a King George V block...Look at the top right corner stamp on my block...I call it a "Mustache Hair". Don't know if it is a one time oddity or possible constant variety..?? Hope some one can come up with another. Robert   |
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Kinda odd that all but one stamp has a "DASH" between the "W" and "B" of New Brunswick stamps...See below. Robert   |
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Edited by wert - 02/01/2021 3:58 pm |
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Often, there were differing engravers, employed to do the vignette, and others to do the frame, and even the value tablet. Differing engravers, differing design approaches. I don't consider it that odd.
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What caused the extra serif on the E of CENTS of wert's Mustache Hair King George stamp?  |
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littleriverphil..I did not notice the accent..After I looked at it I thought it might be poor inking, but that does not seem to be what happened.
Could have been a piece of paper stuck and then fell off. I checked all the rest of my King George V stamps and they were ok..
Robert
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Edited by wert - 02/02/2021 6:24 pm |
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Re: 774a Wert says: Quote: steve123...WOW Let us know what the Vincent Graves Greene guys say about it...Good luck Here's a copy of the certificate...   |
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steve123...WOW...{Again}
That is so cool..Congrats buddy...Great find.
Robert
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Here is another freak/oddity. Scott 427 "Floral Emblems" Newfoundland stamp. Position 31 on the sheet has a small dot instead of a full line...It is the only dot on the sheet that I can see. Robert   |
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Here are a couple more Scott 120a - Extended eye lash.  This Scott 442 - Looks like plant is on the eater and not on ground -Weird.  Robert |
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Odd colour on a sheet of Scott 621 in position 17. An odd colour in Queen's hair. Robert    |
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