Flyspecking will do that to you... wait, what did you think I meant?
Over the last two months I've been spending my off time going through thousands and thousands of accumulated common 1st-3rd issue revenues, compiling a mixture of 10,000 for someone who has a use for bulk revenue stamps.
Of course, me being me, I couldn't just sort them and send them off. I also had to check for any double transfers, plate anomalies, cancels, etc. Let me tell you, that gets fatiguing pretty darned quick... which is why this took 2 months.
I'm glad I did it though, as I found a lot of interesting items (including the potential R15e and R135a that I have already posted about, which are now en route to the Philatelic Foundation). No major Scott-listed double transfers or amazing cancels, but I wouldn't have expected those, as things of that nature would have been pulled when I first received this material over the years.
There was a lot of duplication in the double transfers, especially the R6c. Printing impression and plate quality muddies the distinctions (to me at least) as to just what constitutes a "duplicate". Platers could tell for certain, but I am definitely not a plater. The stamps shown below are not all of what I found. There are another 35 or so stamps that duplicate what is shown below. A lot of this stuff will make for good trade bait or
ebay fodder.
For each stamp shown below, I first show a picture of the entire stamp and then a closeup of the area of the stamp that shows the DT or other point of interest (you may need to click on the images to see them at larger size). I have included reference "dtXXX" numbers just so individual stamps can be referred to easily.
My favorites of the bunch are R6c-dt018, R6c-dt028, R6c-dt042(!), R6c-dt087, R24c-dt103, R46c-dt105, R15c-dt001 (!), R15c-dt048, R15c-dt086, and R15c-dt096.
As a group, I think I like the R15c the most. It seems to have the most variety as far as different types of DT.
R135 dt002. Extreme vignette shift, almost to the bottom margin.
R6c dt005. 
R6c dt007. 
R6c dt009. 
R6c dt010. 
R6c dt012. 
R6c dt018. 
R6c dt020. 
R6c dt024. 
R6c dt028. 
R6c dt035. 
R6c dt037. 
R6c dt038. 
R6c dt039. 
R6c dt041. 
R6c dt042. This one has a lot going on: double transfer, vertical plate scratch, and that parallel dot pattern at left.
R6c dt044. 
R6c dt045. 
R6c dt046. Plate scratch.
R6c dt050. 
R6c dt051. 
R6c dt055. 
R6c dt057. 
R6c dt067. 
R6c dt069. 
R6c dt073. 
R6c dt074. 
R6c dt077. 
R6c dt079. 
R6c dt080. 
R6c dt081. 
R6c dt083. 
R6c dt084. 
R6c dt085. 
R6c dt087. 
R6c dt088. 
R6c dt090. 
R6c dt097. 
R9c dt013. Position 62 plate crack. Also exists on R10c, which I do not have an example of (yet).
R9c dt016. 
R24c dt103. 
R27c dt030. 
R27c dt033. 
R27c dt058. 
R27c dt059. 
R27c dt060. 
R27c dt065. 
R45c dt102. Top frame line doubled.
R46c dt104. Large plate crack at bottom, also shown in the next vertical pair.
R46c dt106. 
R46c dt105. Bottom of bottom stamp in the pair. I think this is an inking anomaly rather than a DT, but it presents visually as if it could be a DT. Great aesthetics.
R5c dt031. 
R5c dt032. 
R5c dt071. 
R13c dt017. Transfer roll marks above design.
R13c dt075. Horizontal guide line across top and vertical guide line at top right.
R15c dt001. This one is just insane. It is a crisper impression of an unlisted DT I first saw at CHICAGOPEX in November. Not as strong doubling as the T15 and T15a Scott-listed DTs, but more elements with greater distance of the doubled elements from their primary position.
R15c dt014. 
R15c dt048. 
R15c dt049. 
R15c dt078. 
R15c dt086. 
R15c dt089. 
R15c dt092. Guide line across top and at upper right.
R15c dt093. 
R15c dt094. More guide lines.
R15c dt096. 
R15c dt098. 
Posted 04/01/2017 7:40 pm
