Errors, Freaks And Oddities

itma..Does not look like a halo around words as we see a close up.



This is weird..Looks like an upside down "A"



Put the "S" upside down like you suggested...Still looks normal.

The 42c Christmas stamp with the pink look is a damaged stamp, due to improper soaking.

The border around the edge of the stamp is the underlying tagging. It repelled most of the contamination from a red (or pink) coloured envelope that came into contact with the front of the stamp when being soaked in water.

I would throw the stamp out so a future collector a hundred years from now is not confused by it.

Here is an oddity/freak stamp...Scott 929 "Cradle Stamp"
This is the only one I have seen and was supposed to come from Beliski sheet.













Still a mystery..
Robert

P.S.-MY NEXT POST IS ANOTHER WEIRD ODDITY.

Here is my block of 4 and a single of the Admiral Scott 104

Nice freak/oddity to keep
Robert







This is me making sure it is Belinski's actual signature..And it was

Wert:




The smaller loop of an S is usually uppermost. As the stamp is printed the smaller loop of the S is at the bottom.



This struck me as unstable and odd from the moment I first saw it. Your modification looks far better to me.

Frank.

Frank.
You are correct..."S" mistake upon printing..Maybe
There are mistakes made like the reverse "Z" in a Newfoundland Scott 92.

I even have a couple of covers that have the YEAR date upside down.
Good eye Frank on the "S"..You are becoming a good flyspecker.

For all others out there to become a flyspecker, below is my 2 rules to become one.

Flyspecker rules.
1 - See what is there that should not be.
2 - See what is not there that should be.

Robert

Flyspecking? Not a problem. My food and drink are the Australian KGV Sideface definitives. Can you see what identifies this stamp?

Or which of the million flyspecks indentifies this one?

I'll give the answers tomorrow.

Canada Scott 166
Look at my block and the weird upward line just outside of the border of the right numeral "2"

Maybe {maybe} not a variety..But just an oddity..??

Robert

Wert,

WHAT are you trying to say?

I tried before, but failed, Please define very clearly in words your definition of:
What is a variety?
What is an oddity?

No pictures, just words.

variety is a differing from other stamps of the same kind

Errors are stamps with serious mistakes.

Freaks are less serious defects, being stamps whose variations are minor.

Robert

I give up.

Ya..Give up John.

Robert

I only give up because I asked two simple questions and I can't even get answers to them.

John

Please go back 3 posts.
Stay safe John...Robert