I am not quite sure what to make of this admiral. The inner frame line in the number tablet is weak or broken, and the number 3 has a fat end on the bottom extremity of the 3.
The bottom line of the letter E in postage looks broken, the S of postage looks slightly doubled, and there are some anomalies around the 2nd A of Canada.
Sorry smauggie...I don't see any indicators that this stamp is associated with a re-entry...Just over inking and ink pulls in my opinion..Don't take my word for it, send it to Ralph at re-enries.com for his opinion.
Robert - I certainly was not confident that it was a reentry, just not sure what it was I was seeing. It seemed odd that the frame line around the number tablet should be so weak, especially given, as you say, for an over-inked stamp.
I can easily think of a term of "weak strike" in terms of minting a coin. What causes a weak strike in the printing of a stamp? Do we say that the paper was not pressed against the sheet enough?
Could be caused by worn plate or etching..Remember back in those day when they used platen presses the part that printed was exactly .918 inches high..if for some reason it was not that height or maybe the ink tray dried out..lots of reasons.And yes when it comes to coins a weak strike is not all that uncommon..I have a large coin collection to (well, large enough for me...haha)
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