Scott #1700 - Double Print On Flag..and Snow On Statue..?

Hi..Take a look at this Scott #1700 Self-Adhesive stamp...I checked Unitrade and they do not indicate it's existence...Can anyone help, does anyone have the same variety.Also take a look at what looks like snow on the statue...??..Thanks.

That must be the Arctic Vortex that has been making this winter toooooo chilly this year.

Gilles le timbre...You always make me chuckle..thanks for that one...

Wert, this one is interesting. We know so many times a mis registration will cause the doubbling effect or look. However if the red (magenta) is done in one phase on this issue it may be a true double. Many times yellow will be under the magenta to help create brightness but I don't see it here. Would have to know if the leaf was only on the Magenta color plate in the process to be sure. Can you see any signs of mis registration or simular on the other red bars of the flag?

nitrolures...I do see a red colour shift upwards on the flag bars...About the same distance that the red shift on the maple leaf is apparent...I would imagine that the red is printed all by itself...True, some colours are printed underneath another colour to brighten up or change the colour depth..But, I see NO yellow in this flag leaf.

This stamp, like many of the other "Flag" issues, was printed with two different red "plates". Notice the two red colour dots in the inscription at the right of the pane.



What you are seeing in your variety is a shift of one of these red colours.

This is not a double print, kiss print, double impression, etc., etc.

Studystamps, Very well put. That printing method is notorious for color misregistrations.

I was going to put in brackets under my post ("studystamps where are you??) but I see he received the telepathic message. Magenta is actually more of a pinkish red so to get true deep red like our flag I can see why the 2 sets/plates would be used. Funny how CMYK printing can produce literally anything we see but occasionally there is a need for a 5th 6th even 7th specialty color.

Mine has a red dot in position 8 as well as all of the vertical cut lines are offset by 1/4 inch to the left. The green arrows indicate the actual cut lines.

Only the horizontal cut line is correct.

I auctioned off nine other mis-cut booklets in January 2001, keeping the best for myself.