Misregistration - Fun Or Freaks

Some of these are subtle ... others not so much. In this example, the red is shifted so much to one side, that it almost looks like it's inverted. Normal on left ...

Partime, that is a beaut! Personally, I do not collect these; I don't think misregistrations happen in the Transportation series! But I do collect all the varieties possible in that series, and knowing about these may help me in some way!
And no, I do not believe that a misregistration that you need a magnifier for is anything special!

Peter

This thread prompted me to look at the used stamps in my stockbook and guess what ... I found a Scott #2047 with a similar mis-registration as shown below (so I guess they were pretty common):

Wt1 ... I think mine is a little more shifted, showing the red colors all mixed in with the white letters. Yours does show quite a bit of misregistration also.

Here's another example, that I'm sure we all have seen. The 1931 American Red Cross issue. If the cross was missing ... very big bucks. This one is still there, but shifted significantly more to the left than all of my other examples. (Then again, maybe the red is OK and everything else is shifted?)

You know, Partime, you may have a point! The black on your stamp is shifted quite a bit to the right and also to the bottom. That of course would be the same as the half full or half empty glass; which one is true?

Peter

Here's a couple of other varying mis-registrations. I think I posted them before, but since they fit this thread, I'll include them here, too:

Here are a couple of more for fun. Ironically they are both on subjects in US - Canada relations.

Comparing these two US 1467, there is at least 1 mm shift leftward and somewhat upward shift in the Black.





This poor guys rear end seems to have a life of its own.

Here's a multiple misregistration (on a torn stamp) that makes the owl and branches look quite a bit fuzzy.

Here are my two best Red Cross shifts:

And my best Griffith:

Now that Griffith is very impressive! Thanks for posting.

and a couple of different of the Tom Sawyer:

eyeonwall....the Tom Sawyers are very collectible.
They make some wonderful "blurry" color shifts.

Stationery rulz!

In my previous life (or at least my earlier one) I was a coin collector. The attitude to mispresses over there on the Dark Side is very hostile. Except in cases where a whole die has been misused so as to create a mule, any mistakes in pressing are usually offered at a massive discount to get rid of the horrible things, rather than attracting a premium - which is what we continually see stamp dealers asking for, for their Valuable Rare Errors; or as I am inclined to call it, Printers' Waste.