Scott 208 Jacques Cartier New Re-Entry

No.

Am I the only one?... but there seems to be two distinct white letters of the alphabet in the area indicated by COINWATCHER, ie. below the blob.

sak...I don't know what you are looking at, but in my opinion this is NOT a re-entry stamp.(major or minor)

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It may not be a re-entry, but a post-engraving mischievous addition.

Ink transfer...That does not make it a re-entry...!

If I may add my two cents worth, it is NOT a re-entry, but a blob of ink. Also, if it is a re-entry, it is a VERY minor one at that. It would barely be worth an added premium value-wise to it because it is only an 'oddity'.

For any value to be added on it, it would have to be a constant type to gain any premium.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Bujutsu.

They are excellent images though.

I have to agree BeeSee, they are great images.

The computer age has sure helped determining different stamp varieties.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I finally got one with re-touch and unknown on same block.

That is a nice example.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I have been collecting Swiss stamps for almost as long as I live (70 years) and it is still hard to see things when they are not indicated or pointed out. Please tell me where the retouch is, and what is the unknown? I DO see some trouble in and around four of the numerals. I do collect this sort of thing on the Transportation Coils, and they look like inking problems to me?

Peter

Peter the "Major re-entry" is on the top of right 1 and CENTS on bottom left stamp.

I agree with Peter. Sometimes it is very difficult to see what the OP is referring to. I like the way some savvy posters add arrows or circles to make it much easier to the viewer.

That being said, I would like to see a closer, higher-res picture of that right number one. Coinwatcher has been able to post some impressive photos of other "errors" so I would like to see a better picture of this one.

I have to add that this may be one of the better ones that Coinwatcher has found, though.

COinwatche....if indeed you are positive that you have a major re-entry and have a hard time believing what some people are trying to tell...Then, do like I have done and many others..contact Ralph at the wesite I sent you and give him a high res. Picture of your stamp..he is the expert and will tell you one way or the other.

Coinwatcher, I agree with Partime in that I would love to see a bigger close-up. The stamp that has your 'Major Re-entry' on it looks to have two altogether different problems. I think I see some scratches at the leftside of the foot of the '1'. Looks like an inking problem like foreign particles on the plate maybe. The top however looks like a different phenomenon to me! As I mentioned earlier, I collect the Transportation Coils of the US. These coils were issued between 1981 and 1995, and for the first two years were printed on the "Cottrell" presses. The Cottrells had a device called the "Chill Roller", whose function was to wipe the plates clean during printing. Sometimes this roller would get too much ink on it and soil the plates. The effect would be called "Chill Roller doubling" and can look a lot like the top of the '1' above.

Peter