Strange Mark On Scott #190

Take a look at this strange mark on my Scott 190. It appears to be initials in script. "tr"

In an extreme close up, the pixels appear to be the exact same colours as the rest of the stamp. Perhaps some foreign object on the plate or paper during printing that just happens to look like the letters you describe.

I see another "Wert"-like item. Just to the right and a bit below the 2nd r of Cartier is a short line in the oval frame. Is that there on all of these stamps?

Peter

jaxom100, Peter and BlackJag, my Cartier is free on those...."Wert"-like items !

You guys are funny, but maybe that can become a standard saying from now on...very good Peter/Renden...haha

I took a colour sample from the stamp colour and the "TR" initials and as you can see the initials on the right has gray tones and the stamp has more green tones...Looks like pen ink..Just my opinion.




Robert

Robert, I am a flyspecker myself. Did you notice the little line I was referring to?

Peter

I love this touch screen laptop I have. I ZOOMED in and what the heck is hanging out his nose? HAHa I did see the mark by the second 'r' in the oval, and IMO, just my opinion, it had to be a piece of fabric or dust the got in the way--
The best part? give this to some young/new collector and get them started with looking for the finer things that aren't on a cell phone---nice picture--

I have a theory as to why Canada appears to have so many fly-speccers... (it has to do with being house-bound due to the long-winters.)
Don

..,Haha.

Peter, that's when we come outside sit around drink beer and eat ice cream...haha




Sure did, but was trying to answer the post problem first.

Robert

I think pen ink would leave some kind of depression in the paper.
The nose does look misshapen. The left side (our left side) looks too high.

jaxom100..When I was in high school and taking lithography (printing class) we had splatters just like this and we called them "tails"..Probably what it is...

Robert

Hi Wert. I am looking at your response on the Strange mark on Scott #190 post. Would you mind sharing how you are taking the color samples? (Photoshop color picker??) I am thinking it could be used to sample a stamp color chart and set an RGB values data base. It would then be possible to take an individual stamp sample per your example to match the colors accurately. Still a renewed newbie so maybe this already exist.

Wheelman, sorry,this is a free software for Linux users, but you may want to try this site..

Robert

http://alternativeto.net/software/g...form=windows

Thanks Robert - A great number of options for what I am attempting to do.