Newfoundland 254 Diagonal Lines

Scrathes on a plate....not a success for the printer, who should have been "fired" as one guy in the States would say

Interesting findings, though - keep up the good spy work please !

Rene

Trodent wrote:




Here is another scan of a pair of stamps. This is cancelled May 15, 1942, and the perf is 12.5, so this is Scott/Unitrade 254.


As you can see, this pair has the same inking mark in the Lower Right corner of the right stamp.


As requested by Trodent, here is a better scan of the A in Newfoundland. It is the same color and density of ink as seen in the lower right corner.


As a bonus, the left hand stamp also has a consistent mark of the same color just below the O of Postage on the Left Side.


I actually found (4) copies of the same pair of stamps, so this is a constant variety. I would hope that they have some type of added value, but I am not holding my breath. Any more theories about the cause?

There are the Newfoundland study group at http://bnaps.org/studygroups/newfie...ie_intro.htm and the Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue at http://nfldstamps.com

Trodent ... Any comment about the mark in the A of Newfoundland? I have several other examples that I can post later. It sure seems that the plate scratches and odd marks abound on this issue. (Nothing back from the Newfoundland Study Group yet.)

Hey Partime, In my opinion I think they are just random ink spots that just fell on the sheet or possibly an ink pull.
IF you could find multiple copies maybe it could be classified as a variety.

Now your cracked plate, I strongly believe it could be. I think I read somewhere that the plates where curved/bent? for that issue and that it might be a result of it.

Trodent

Hi Trodent. I have multiple copies of all of the examples with those ink spots. For example, the stamps with the mark In the A and the curled spot under the right 2 are two different stamps.

I'm away from my stamps now, but will post them side-by-side in a few weeks.

Here's something interesting that you might like. Look at the "A" in NEWFOUNDLAND on the left stamp of these two pairs. These belong to a friend of mine and are a different stamp from the same issue.

Here's a closeup.

Wow Jimjung..You might have some thing there..Will have to check mine now.

Robertt

That is a known variety, Unitrade 255i, broken A. I found a few in my searches. A very nice, clean example.

Here is one of my copies on the unknown Die 2 variety.
Broken A in block of 4, top left stamp.

Notice the lines are not crisp/clear, but are from a different plate.

almost a "no cross hatching variety"

Very nice block Trodent.

Robert

Earlier, Trodent wrote:




I actually have found (8) copies of this variety, some in different stages. Five of the copies are paired with the left stamp which shows a mark near the "O" in Postage. In no particular order, here are the (8) examples, along with a closeup of the mark under the right "2".

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Similar differences can be seen in the A in Newfoundland.