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1897 Gas Inspection Stamp Error

 
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Canada
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Posted 10/09/2017   7:29 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add steve123 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
For a little fun, find the error(s)...

I discovered this error a little while ago, but wanted to share here.
It has been written up in a newsletter before, so if you have seen it, please let others guess.

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Edited by steve123 - 10/09/2017 7:35 pm

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United States
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Posted 10/09/2017   8:38 pm  Show Profile Check 3193zd's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add 3193zd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Can't say for sure but looks like a ghost number behind 334302. maybe on the others also??
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Canada
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Posted 10/09/2017   8:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add steve123 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great guess! That's what I thought at first. However, it is a printers error. The first two stamps were printed "334300 and 334301. Being that the sheets start at 01, 02 etc., the printer noticed the error, erased as well as possible, then renumbered correctly with the sequence "334301 and 334302".

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Canada
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Posted 10/09/2017   8:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add steve123 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A closer shot:


A conversion to b/w by Chris Ryan shows a little more detail of the erased print.



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Posted 10/23/2017   09:23 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add displaced_hippie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wow Steve, that is a beautiful block, and with the numbers edited too! I find the Canadian revenues very attractive and have been enjoying collecting the few I have.
Willie
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Posted 10/23/2017   09:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find steve123..I checked mine and no match.

Robert
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Posted 10/23/2017   09:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add steve123 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks, Willie! I've had a few offers on it but not sure if I am ready to part with it yet. As far as I know, it is only the second example of this error.
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Posted 10/28/2017   11:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add displaced_hippie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I don't think I would be able to part with it either!
Willie
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