Acsc 381 Christmas 1960

Could someone please provide a scan of the left side - 2400bpi ir better if you can - of this stamp. It is a pretty common stamp but I can't find a duplicate in my boxes. I think my copy may be the variety 381ea; retouch to correct weak entry left side causing missing left frame. Two things make me suspect this. first of all, the left frame is very different in nature from the right frame. Also the top and bottom left corners are a bit blunted which would be consistent with a recut frame line. So it would be good to see another copy.

There is also a disturbance in the shading lines - looks a bit like a spider - close to the top corner of the bible's cover.

Behold! I bring you glad tidings.......
600dpi Sc#339
My scanner was groaning at 1200dpi

1200dpi

Thanks, Rod. Looks like it's just the common or garden variety that I have. My frame line is a little more ragged than yours, but otherwise seems identical.

And my apologies to your scanner. It has performed over and above, etc, etc.

Frank.

All's good Frank.
I am not aware of the variety,
I usually have large blocks of predecimal stamps, but not of this issue.
What Catalogue are you employing?
Certainly an EFO near the Bible.

ACSC lists 381ea as "Weak entry left side, causing missing left frame - retouched (frame added)". Here is a scan from the 2006 book. My opinion is that would be a very, very difficult one to see.


The right stamp, 381g, is listed as "retouched right frame". You would probably have better luck finding that one.

Thanks Frank,
that is extreme flyspecking, I thought the Kangaroos were tough!
I can see the absence of the left frame now.
Here was my info from 1988 BW Catalogue.

Rod:

I was going by the 2019 QE2 pre-decimal catalogue. I also have a 1996 page which is essentially identical to the current edition, complete with the renumbering from 245 to 381 and the reordering of the varieties.. It's interesting that in the changes by 1996, the Note 1 was also deleted. I wonder if that turned out not to be constant.

Also, I presume that Partime is another Frank person and that your thanks were for him. 10pm is my nominal beddybye time so I didn't see your previous until I was up this morning. It brings back memories of doing business with OTCA and APO back in the olden days with the attendant time shift problems.

Frank.

BUMPING this older topic. I just came upon a Scott 339 (ACSC 381), with an interesting look that doesn't appear in my copy of ACSC, nor is it shown on reentries.com.

What I am seeing is re-entry indications in the AL of Australia. Any ideas?

Sorry, I do not see anything.
I have an issue with many SCF "re entries"
For me, I look for where the siderographer, has rolled in the master die
twice on the plate, with a minute shift, resulting in a double line, or ghost line,
somewhere in the design.

The Western Australian Black swan. with a double lined neck, is a prime example.

Many others I see as re entries, I am not convinced.
but, as always open to correction.

The circle encloses the horizontal lines of interest. To me, they don't look like an ink-pull, so I sent a copy to Re-Entries.com to see if Ralph has any opinion. Thanks, as always, for your comments.

Please let us know, his response, very curious.
I was opting for ink pull, or wiper / ductor blade.

A re entry of that magnitude would result in a discard,
and would be seen across all letters.
(opinion)