*major* Superman Varieties In 2013/03 Quarterly Pack

The Superman coil singles included in the 2013/03 Quarterly Pack have different backing than the actual rolls of fifty stamps. The are rouletted all 4 sides instead of imperforate, and no Kryptonite text on the back.

The strip from the booklet is die cut through the gutter margin in the quarterly pack, while imperforate in the actual booklet. It is also unfolded and die cut through on four sides of the strip.

I will post images later, unless someone beats me to it.

Nice find BeeSee. I hadn't opened my pack yet.

Unique varieties yet again from the Quarterly Pack.

Here are the images:

You have a great eye Bee See. Good avatar name "See". I already had a full booklet. I bought a coil set on Stamp Wants. They had no more at Canada Post.

As long as we're on the subject of the Canada Superman stamp, has anyone ever looked at this side-by-side comparison of what appears to be where the original artwork came from?



Although the stamp's colors are much bolder and they seem to have gotten the Superman logo, along with the shading around it correct, if you look closely you'll see some variations in the lower parts of the stamp.

Most noticeable is on the lower left of the stamp the shading of the blue shirt is shown wrinkled in a different direction.

Also, on the lower right of the stamp, there is only one shading line on the stamp, when the comic book illustration shows two.

There's also similar "artistic license" (?) used in the white area of the shirt where the shading lines do not extend as far down to the bottom of the stamp (presumably to accommodate the stamp's lettering).

Although this doesn't represent any kind of an error, it is an interesting study for those who like to "flyspeck" the similarities (or lack thereof) used on the stamp as compared to the original artwork.

Neat WT1. Thanks for sharing thae photos side by side.

The missing lines in the white area allow the word CANADA to show much better.


I think the stamp looks and feels to be moving sideways to the right, sort of like airmail, off to the receiver, fast and secure; while the original artwork looks to be lifting or rising, as Superman would.

Beesee has this variety been listed? Is it a rarity? I got one too in the quatrerly pack.

I checked my 4 coil singles from 4 quarterly packs and found that the above mentioned singles have a "Canada" watermark in the paper. Is this on all of the coil singles?

Yes they all have the watermark Coinwatcher. I assume the varieties will be listed in the 2015 Unitrade catalogue.

I don't have the stamp, but I have that comic and the others in the mini-series.

Terry

I can beat you, Terrence. I have a page of original art from the mini-series. :)