The Stamps Of Turkey / Turkiye: On Steiner Pages.

Lovely strike.
Thanks Nigel. Saved.

The Latest Middle East Philatelic Bulletin has arrived.
Topics:

Postal Tax Stamps
1947 Steiner Page 25.
Featuring the tricky Sc# RA119 Booklet Pane of 1 (CV:c$25)
Black numerals indicate position in Booklet.

Phew! this stamp collecting gig, can be stomach churning.
Stuff of nightmares.
1. I misidentified a stamp tonight, thinking it was a rarity, (goodness knows what I would have bid up to) I won it for $9 and in the cool of the after bid, realised it was an overprint (CV $12)

2. 10 minutes later won a bid on an inverted Opt, unlisted in ISFILA, so may be a new discovery, have to wait 2 weeks for the fellow to arrive.

Here are two 1914 engraved 5 para postage due stamps. Scott lists them as #J63. They are different sizes. One is taller and narrower than the other. The one shown on the left (or top) is about 22 x 25 mm while the other is 22.5 x 24.5 mm. Their mint condition is not the greatest and they are the lowest denomination. In the second scan I tried overlaying them so the difference in size is more apparent. Anybody have any information?

The stamp on the left kooks like it has been stretched vertically (Paper)a bit.Perhaps during the
printing process(before perforation) . The circles are slightly oval...

I'll have a browse through my bookshelf, if nothing, I'll pass it on to ONEPS.
I have quite a few duplicates, I'll check through mine.
Can you pass on design measurement in mm please?

The image or design measurements are about 22 x 25 mm for the one on the left (top of the vertical picture) while the other is 22.5 x 24.5 mm.

Thank you.

I could find nothing in print, thus far.
My examples varied by 1mm in width, (Opt issue was wider) height was variable, but minimal, this goes for all the stamps in the series.
I'll keep an eye out for any others that arrive.

I wonder if similar variation can be found in other Bradbury Wilkinson issues of this period?

Nigel! Haven't seen you around for a while. We need a Nigel opinion!

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Of course it can. Just look at the 1914 pictorial series...

I really do not want to plate the sheets. Does anyone have any multiples of the stamps (not single stamps, but "blocks" or other pieces) which might show if more than one die was used in the engraving process and/or the extent of engraving after its (their) application?

I like perf12's suggestion that one of the stamps has been stretched after printing.

That seems more likely to me than a second die being used.

Thanks Michael, I had never noticed this difference before.

Bradbury Wilkinson also printed the stamps issued by autonomous Crete in the decade before this issue.

I have quite a few of these so I'll have a look for a similar variation.