Definitely something funky happening on those stamps. Second one looks like some blue ink transfered from somewhere, and the first one also has some schmutz on it. For .75¢ I don't know if it's worth your having to pay postage again to return it, but I would definitely complain. If you got them off of ebay, a serious seller should be happy to help you to avoid a bad rating.
I think if you look closely at the man's hair on the 44c stamps, you can see some slight orange.. when the ink from these stamps rubbed onto the 22c stamps, maybe the blue brought out the red to make it look more orange..
Coinsearcher83...i put the blocks face together..and sure enough you can see where the ink smudged on the other stamp...i would have thought that the ink was more permanent....and not likely to bleed.. Go figure...thanks for solving this mystery.
It just reinforces that using a stock card with a tight fitting plastic jacket so no stamp movement can take place while they are in the mailing system is the way to go.
It to me looks like very poor packaging. A very good lesson for everyone!
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Posted 01/24/2013 9:10 pm
