Errors, Freaks And Oddities

I know eh Rod..But here is the back..No hole.
Robert

Right,
Thanks Robert.
Remains odd then.

Here's one. The top picture seems to be the standard issue color. I haven't found any others besides this one with the cream color and not brown background. I may have found a sheet with the wrong color. It should arrive next week. Any info would be great.

Hi Stamp Collector
The top normal stamp is assigned a orange-brown colour.
Your bottom stamp seems to be a yellow - brown colour.
I know some times sun light, chemicals in books/sheets can affect the colour over time.

Below are the colours I see through one of my programs.
Hope other can chime in with their opinions.

Robert

That's a pretty big shift. Yet the other colors seem to be unchanged. A mystery for sure. I hope the sheet I ordered is also yellow.

I am noting that the bottom yellowish stamp appears to have some damage. Maybe it may have been exposed to light for some time, as it appears that the tagging is quite a bit darker also. Used stamps have sometimes literally been put through the wringer and any number of different variables may have changed the color and generally mint copies are best for looking for color variations. But there is always a possibility.

That's my guess.

Yes No1philatelist and rod222..

I agree sun light can lighten up stamps colours....Then there is a oddity that can not be explained like my Scott 929 stamp below...I have a contact in LAC { Library and Archives Canada }..She pulled all paper work on my stamp and there was NO trial print, like a possibility of Stamp Collector stamp.

But yes sun light can affect a stamp.
Robert

Found a EFO that put me on a journey into history,
I found nothing about the actual stamp
Gotta love that these get you thinking…

*My day

Here is another odd/weird mark on this 2698a { BK568 } booklet.
Looks like a vampire tooth...Good for a laugh

Robert

Here is one more...Scott 68 "Maple Leaf"
It has "Falling Rocks".
Not recognized in Unitrade Catalouge yet.
Anyone have one of these...???

Robert

I am currently putting all of my EFOs into my Scott album. I have several items that went to PF and came back with a "Warning" label on them. The stamps in question are pairs and blocks of the 1934 National Parks imperf errors, 740a, 741b, 742a, and 746a. Although fake, wouldn't they still fall into the category "Oddities"?

Absolutely, I would call them oddities. Definitely not errors or freaks by the usual definitions, but not normal either, so oddity seems like a perfectly good classification.

Just because the PF calls them "fake" perforations shouldn't disqualify them for collectability. Also there is some implied intent to defraud. How does anyone know the perforations weren't added just for fun, as a novelty, rather than trying to make a profit?

Take for comparison this 731a that is perforated. I have this in my oddities collection. Would these also be called counterfeit perforations, or unofficial privately added perforations?


(p.s. this post is in the Canadian EFOs thread by the way )