Cape Verde Accent Error?

I have two of these, and one appears to have an extra black mark above the "V" in Verde. Probably just an ink spot, but definitely different than all of the other copies in my collection.

Normal, followed by the suspect stamp.

Not an accent mark.

There is two of those spots. one to the right of the 'V'. I believe they are just inkspots, maybe caused by over inking?

Peter

Yep, I didn't know what to call it. I think just a rogue ink-spot, but interesting anyway. Thanks for the quick replies.

These stamps are a good example of the reason why I find the colonial Ceres issues (1914-1926) to be so fascinating. I would actually consider these as two different and separate stamps due to the inking flaws on the lower stamp, with the value and country names being different from the upper stamp. The Ceres issues are "flyspecking heaven" for the colonial specialist.

There is a possibility that the lower stamp is a forgery as it seems to show some signs (see "Forgeries of Portugal and Colonies," by D.J. Davies, pp. 60-62). One sign is that the upper right line of the left shield (with the 1) is supposed to be solid, and there seems to be a break in the line on the lower stamp. I also wonder about the very rough perfs in the lower stamp. I have over 1,000 colonial Ceres stamps in my collection and not a one shows rough perfs like this stamp.

But, the overall evidence; forgery or not; is inconclusive to me. Davies also notes that the lowest value known to have been forged is a 1 1/2 centavo value, but he does not specify the country.

Steve. Thank you for the very informative answer. You hit one of my keywords ... flyspecking. I'll have to look closer at my other copies, but I also agree that the perforation on this item is unique. I may have to look up a copy of that book.

Thanks again to SCF for expanding my knowledge, and my collecting interests.