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Need Help With Image Manipulation-Possible New Wm Variety

 
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Posted 03/09/2018   3:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add dynamode to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I will be as brief as possible. Apologies if this is in the wrong place.

I have uploaded a load of pictures to the testing area here.
https://goscf.com/t/60964.

I have a stamp that could possibly be a new watermark variety. C in CA reversed.
In my T2 Signoscope it looks pretty clear to me, but could be an optical illusion.
As far as I know the ink is highly fugitive, so will not put the stamp anywhere near any kind of liquid.

My phone camera is useless and these are the best pictures I can get. Could someone please do their magic, and see if they can make the watermark clearer.

Scroll to the bottom of the test post to see the stamp and a picture of how the watermark should look.

If it looks possible, I will start a new post for opinions.
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Posted 03/09/2018   4:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stamperix to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I don't know this stamp and its watermark, how should it look like normally? But to me it seems that the "C" reads as open to the left.


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Posted 03/09/2018   4:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dynamode to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
stamperix.

The picture you show is how it should look.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the test post, the stamp and a picture of how the watermark should look is there.
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Posted 03/09/2018   4:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stamperix to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
this is one of your photos I showed above :).
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Posted 03/09/2018   4:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Dynamode, your watermark pictures are way out of focus,


Peter
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Edited by Petert4522 - 03/09/2018 4:49 pm
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Posted 03/09/2018   4:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dynamode to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Petert4522. I know. I did say my camera is not good. Its the best I can do.

I have an excellent scanner, so have not invested in a camera. I have a new phone on its way from china with a good camera, but its taking a lot longer than expected.
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Posted 03/09/2018   4:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Watermark 3: multiple crown CA (pic 1),Errors are possible(pic 2)


A John Greenaway from Canberra had discovered a new error on a 1931 2d Red KGV CofA watermark stamp - SG 127. The "C" of the C of A watermark had been soldered on backwards in one position. i.e. the C was reversed (or mirror imaged) from where it would normally be.
(info from Glen Stephens)



The C in the upper middle of the error stamp reads in positive - looking at it from the back of the stamp, where watermarks show clearest on this (indeed most) issues. Worldwide convention is that watermarks are catalogue listed and illustrated as they show from the FRONT of the stamp.
(info from Glen Stephens)








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Edited by perf12 - 03/09/2018 5:16 pm
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Posted 03/09/2018   5:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dynamode to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks perf12.

For those that have not scrolled to the bottom of the test post to see all the pictures. The top right stamp on perf12`s picture is the watermark I am talking about.
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Posted 03/09/2018   5:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stamperix to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I took one of your photos and made image manipulation as asked in your thread heading.

When I look at the photo (see my first post above) I can see a "C" open to the left?
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Posted 03/09/2018   5:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Instead of having people waste their time guessing at poor images, it would be better to take a good image of the watermark. Backlight the stamp something like this


An LED flashlight works well for backlighting.
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Posted 03/09/2018   5:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dynamode to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks stamperix. You have answered my question I think.

When I look at the stamp in my T2, it looks like the C is open to the right.

But I did say in my original post that it could be an optical illusion. I just could not get a good photo.
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Posted 03/09/2018   5:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dynamode to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
51studebaker. Thanks, I will try that tomorrow.

I did not ask for people to guess at poor images.

I asked if someone could manipulate the image to make it clearer.

The title of the post is need help with image manipulation. Not please guess.

Stamperix has obliged.
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