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J38 Plate Crack Upper Right Corner

 
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Posted 11/28/2018   8:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Stampman2002 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I had two quesiions.

First, is this a plate crack? Perhaps more a plate scratch>?

Second, does anyone have any information about it? There's no mention in Scott.

Here's the stamp:



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Edited by Stampman2002 - 11/28/2018 8:56 pm

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Posted 11/28/2018   9:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a smudge.
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Posted 11/29/2018   7:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 91stang to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I think you would have a more pronounced 'crack' and would be easy to see-I think-
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Posted 12/31/2018   06:13 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ClassicPhilatelist to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It's likely just a foreign object on the plate at printing, if it's "defined", it's hard to tell if its a smear otherwise. Have seen these a lot in many types of engraved plates.
Doesn't look like a crack to me, too straight a line.
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Posted 12/31/2018   06:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ClassicPhilatelist to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry, on the second point, there's no information in Scott because that type of anomaly isn't significant enough. In generally it falls into the category of "Errors, Freaks and Oddities", where this is a freak. It's repeatable and frequent but usually not 'permanent' in its variation.
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