Newfoundland - Scott 92 And 92A

Hi guys...Take a look at these 2 stamps...Scott #92 and #92a...The difference is in the backwards "Z" in the word "colonization"...#92 has the backward "Z" and #92a is corrected.



There are a couple of things going on with these stamps...
1 - Maybe first donut ever.....See picture below.



2 - 92a has all the verticle lines over "the guiding spirit" missing that 92 has..See picture below.



3 - Dont know what this is on the number "6"..?...See picture below.



ANY HELP APPRECIATED..THANKS, ROBERT

ALSO THESE STAMPS ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A PERF. OF 12 x12...TAKE A LOOK BELOW..??

Wert, I believe you do not own a Newfoundland catalog, do you? The stamp with perf 12 was from the first printing. The perf 14 stamp is from the 1911 printing. I looked it up on Stampworld!
I believe the circle around the 6 was something amiss on the plate? The 'z' that is reversed you should know! The printer had a party the night before and had a few too many!

Peter.

The spot on the stamp was caused by a piece of dirt on the plate during printing. Printers call it an 'ink hickey'. Happens all the time in printing and certainly does not add any value to the stamp.

Peter....first congradulations on 1000 posts my friend...
Ya...got to get a good NFLD book....thanks jamesw for that info...helpful.

Wert,

stop teasing me--and thanks for throwing all these Newfies out there.

these stamps were part of the John Guy issues from 1910/1911 to commerate the 300th anniversary of the second British Plantation in the Americas--at Cupers Cove (Cupids) in Conception Bay in 1610, under...John Guy.

Lithography was used for the first but had poor quality, so a second series was engraved. Occasionally there are watermarks (so check) : MONCKTON BASTED MILLS KENT or WHITEHEAD MORRIS & CO LTD/LONDON SOUTH AFRICA & EGYPT

Your stamp on the left is Lord Bacon, from 1910, and claret color, and Die I (z reversed). There is also a very rare variety where the "W" and "F" are joined (so everybody check). NSSC Value is $65 VF H or $325 for the WF variety

There was also a Die II (normal Z), also claret in color. Both perf of 12x12


Your stamp on the right is still Lord Bacon but from 1911, with brown violet color, 14.2 x 14.2 (there were no cataloged varieties, presumably because the engraving was better process.


By the way, the 1 cent King James from this issue is probably the single NFLD stamp with the most litho-error varieties cataloged...at least 5 (NFW, JAMRS little g etc etc)

Thanks

Ya tommy...I did notice that King George Scott #87 had a total of 25 errors associated with it......good eye on you...