Plate Errors On Hitler Definitives

I'm pasting a reply that I posted to a similar discussion quite a while back:

"Whenever I'm looking for a headstart on a new term, I go to the glossary section of askphil.org hosted by the Collectors Club of Chicago. Here, for what it is worth, is what they say:

Error: 1: a philatelic item that has something wrong in the design or in its production that makes it different from the stated design; this can be in the perforations, color or printing, not to be confused with flaw. 2: a consistent abnormal variety created by a mistake in stamp production or in a postmark

Freak: partial while error is total; an irregularity in a stamp that makes it different from a normal stamp such as albino, color shift, color smear, double print, foldover, inking smear, miscut, misperforation, paper crease, partial perforation, partial ink, streak, under and overinked stamp, etc.

Oddity: a collectible philatelic item that has unusual variations such as a different design, gum type, different color, odd or unusual cancels, etc. and is not a freak or variety.

That makes it clear, right?

Thought so.

C.
(I'm not offering these as the be all and end all definitions...)"

Still not offering it as gospel...

Then we need an EFO catalog or website would be better that allows submissions from the public. Wait a minute we have the website and a decent following we just need a EFO section! Not saying we can properly value some such critters but would be an interesting archive of some oddballs (stamps not members)

Thanks again Tony for the scans.

Cjd, thanks for the quote.

I have an old 1997 DarnellStamps of Canada Catalogue
which lists Canadian Varieties (E.F.O's) thus:

1.- Constant varieties
2.- Inconstant varieties
3.- Tagging varieties
4.- Paper varieties
5.- Comparative varieties
6.- Colour varieties
7.- Offset varieties
8.- Smudges and smears varieties
9.- Paper folds
10- Perforation varieties
11- Oddities and freaks.

Clear as mud.

Nitro that might be a good idea, why don't you
approach the new Moderator regarding a separate
EFO section.

jimjamtwo,

When I am unsure of anything on German Stamps I have a source at one of the largest Philatelic Libraries in Germany. He has confirmed what you already know. Their have been no other reported plate errors on this issue.