Does This Johore 1903 Overprint Have A Tall T?

SG55a is a tall-t variety, but Gibbons does not illustrate it. I show a normal and what I think and hope is a tall it variety. Is that just wishful thinking?

Both measure the same to me.

Peter

I am not familiar with these stamps but in the link below there is a tall J variety.In fact it's tall because the bottom part of the letter is below the rest of the other letters.. So your stamp on the right could be a tall t variety.? It is just 1 line below compared to the left stamps t.

https://worldwidestampscollector.bl...-malaya.html


In fact the s is low also.Is there a ts variety?

Perf12, you are talking about a totally different stamp - one with a Johore overprint. On the OP's stamp there is no J in the overprint. I think the t of cents looks larger on one stamp is because of the location away from the shoulder. But I measured it, and there is no difference that I can tell.

Peter

To me, the "t" in the overprint is the same size in each. The "10" looks different, though, with the "0" in the left example noticeably higher than the right example. (It could be an optical delusion on my part, though.)

I compared them digitally, they are the exact same size.
Don

Such errors are typically single letters of type in the wrong typeface, sometimes the wrong type size. Pieces of type were/are stored in divided trays, one tray per size and typeface. It's very easy to drop or sort a stray piece of type into the wrong tray. Everything is checked before printing, but stuff happens.

The "1"s are in the same typeface. The right stamp has a "1" with broken top. I don't know whether this is a listed variety somewhere or whether this is common in this issue.

A couple of varieties I found in old Grosvenor auctions, Tall 1 SG55ba & Thin 1 SG55b ;both with original value uncancelled.

Not sure why the original poster described SG55a as a tall-t variety. In my SG catalogue it says quite clearly
55 10c. on 4c. cent green and carmine
a. Tall "1" in "10" (R. 9/12)
b. Original value uncancelled
ba. As b, with tall "1" in "10" (R. 9/12)

I am grateful for your help-- and disappointed it is NoT a tall t. I greatly appreciate this forum
Michael