South Africa Scott 258

A very interesting, inexpensive stamp, that is loaded with error potential.

A Die 1 and Die 2 beside each other. The description of a Die 1 is "Lines of Building Faint", but, as you can see, the entire porch is also missing (which is normal for this stamp).




Also please note that the right hand stamp has some sort of pink "cross" that only affects the underlying violet color. There is also the slight misspelling in "CONSTANTIA" that shows up as "CONSTANYIA".

Your two stamps are normal-----I will show a scan from my South Africa . The change in lettering change looks like a piece of dust or dirt while being printed . The pink line is a chemical of some kind like bleach . The reason the bleach/chemical didn't effect the green is because it is a totally different material in the ink ,more of a shiney or glossy ink .

sorry for the delay ,here are my copies from my collection as you can see the missing door frame details is a regular on these stamps.