Another Scott Unlisted Variety: This Time Its On The Ro37e Match Stamp.

This stamp shows a Scott unlisted double transfer on the RO37e Match Stamp. The double transfer is not great but needs to be reported to those collectors, as myself, that collect revenue stamp varieties. The doubling will be noted outside the "CLEVELAND< OHIO" circle and the top of the ornaments outside the circle. Also there is doubling at the outer frame lines of the wings outside "US" at the top right of the stamp.

This is a minor slip transfer type of DT. It's nice to find but I am not sure it is major enough to deserves a catalog listing.

I am providing these pictures for the benefit of collectors of Match Stamps who see the listing in Scotts Catalogue of Specialize United States Stamps & Covers for double transfers but no pictures of the transfers are shown. As it stands now, we are left to speculate which double transfer Scotts is relating to, since several stamps have more than one double transfer, until they show a picture or description as to what the transfer looks like in the catalogue. Now, it sounds like you are discriminating against double transfers on whether they warrant being listed in Scott "it is what it is", I haven't seen another double transfer on this scarce experimental silk paper stamp, have you? Taking into the scarcity of this stamp, I believe it deserves a listing. I don't know if Scott has a criteria for listing double transfers, do you? I believe it is best to refer to the October, 1979 "The American Revenuer" Vol. 33 No.8, Whole No.318 article "Design Doubling on U.S. Private Die Stamps" by Richard F. Riley and W.R. DeKay concerning the classification of double transfers. I would consider this double transfer to be a Class 3 double transfer. I'm hoping Match Stamp collector's will benefit from the pictures of the different double transfers I have provided so they will examine their stamps and possibly find new ones and send pictures in so we can form a comprehensive list of the double transfers on Match Stamps.

I collect double transfers, I certainly don't discriminate against them. I am discriminating however, about the level of the doubling. My attitude is that if one needs a 15x or more glass to see it clearly then it does not deserve a listing. And I am well aware of the TAR articles. I also have unlisted or multiple types of DT's on various m&m's.
Scott requires a cert (preferably from the PF) for inclusion in the catalog. But if you are waiting for Scott to start putting any more pictures of revenue double transfers in to the catalog you will have a very long wait. They don't even show most of the postage DT's, only a few popular high catalog items. They don't even show the 332 foreign entry, a rare high catalog stamp.
As for seeing DT's on experimental silks, if it exists on the old paper it should exist on the e paper since they were printed using the same plate. Clearly survival rates determine the likelihood of finding one, just like all DT's. It's fine to post images, which is always a big help, but I do think a certain amount of proportion about an item is required.

Thanks for the pics Joe, keep em coming.