Possible Error On Columbian Stamp???

Hi Everyone,

I have these 2 Stamped Covers from Columbia:



Both covers have this stamp:


I was looking at them and noticed some yellow colored shading on the lettering of one of them but not the other one.

Here's a closeup:


I couldn't find anything about it in my Scott Catalog and was wondering if anybody has a theory, opinion or some facts and information to share that could be helpful?

Lucky

Lucky

For multi-coloured stamps such as this, the colours are printed one after the other - so they print the gold, then brown, then blue etc, as the paper runs through the press.

It happens occasionally that one of the colours doesn't line up correctly. I think you'll find that the blue on the left hand stamp was printed a fraction lower, so it doesn't line up with the lettering correctly. If you measure the distance from the bottom of the second O of Colombia to the top of the shield, I think you'll find them a fraction of a millimeter out.

The blue background behind the L is slightly lighter and was printed at a different stage. If you look at the background of the right stamp, you'll see that it's a fraction high left, leaving a thin gold line between the frame and the blue on the lower right. It also causes the frame to appear thicker at about the 10 o'clock position.

This creates a minor curiosity but nothing of value or that will generally be noted in catalogues.

P.S. When I say the left stamp, I'm referring to the first image of the 2 side by side. You changed them over for the second image

Balf

a slight colour shift.

Interesting is you get a bunch of the same stamps and do a study of them but not a big price difference if any at all.

For a price increase of major proportions you would have to have a colour missing in the Errors, Freaks and Oddities market (EFOs).

I would have descried the blue colour shifted downwards a bit on the right hand stamps. But I think now that Mmmmmbalf is correct in the way of describing it.

It's Colombia. Not Columbia.

Yes, who hasn't erred in that region

Haha, yes, when I read the thread title I thought it was referring to a Columbian Exposition stamp.

Balf

I can't believe that I saw a difference in the yellow shading on the lettering but I didn't even notice that they misspelled Columbia on the stamp.

Tomato Tamato
Potato Patato
Colombia Columbia

Actually in all seriousness, thank you Smauggie for pointing that out. I just looked at my label I printed up for reference to location of my Colombian stamped covers and I spelled it wrong there too.

Lucky

It's everywhere
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus jackets
Columbia jackets
Christopher Columbus
Lieutenant Columbo

Yeah, I sure did. Bought my sister a gold ring while we were vacationing in Cartagena. She lost it a year later.

Hi smauggie

My wife being Colombian gave up tyring to tell people that her country was spelled ColOmbia and not ColUmbia. Never been to Cartagena. When we go we go visit family in Bogota and Tunja in Boyaca.

For those interested, from Wikipedia:




Note: In Italian Christofer Columbus is Cristoforo Colombo and therefore the spelling of Colombia with an 'O'.

Jerry B

Hi Jerry,

I have been to Bogota, Barranqilla and Medellin as well. Colombia is a very beautiful country.

Hi smauggie

My wife's cousin owned one of the largest grain mills in Colombia. One of his offices was in Cali. Unfortunately my wife got sick just before we were supposed to go there. If you want beautiful you should go to Boyaca, probably Paipa and area. The last independence battle was fought at the Puente de Boyaca so there is a lot of history in Boyaca. Now that we are retired we are thinking of moveing to Bogota. it is a lot cheaper than flying there from Atlanta (almost $1100/person at Christmas.

Jerry B