Questions About Russia

I put them under red led spectrum lighting
Moving it around I don't see varnish
So took pictures With and without a flash
Thinking the contrast would show a glimpse of something
But I don't see it
I also tried changing the filters on my phone to see
Nothing
Will Black light or uvb will either help me see it?

No, probably not. It can be frustrating and it is not unheard of for these issues to not have the varnish. Have you looked while dipped in fluid?

It all looks the same
It's frustrating
I can take pictures of them in fluid Tomorrow
and post to see if anyone can see what I don't

I figured I could catch something in these
Maybe you can see what I can't
With not much experience I'm clearing having a issue

On my phone I could change the filters and still nothing seen by me

I'm as frustrated as I was when I was trying to
Find a # for a 5 ore sverige imperf
Ya that took days.....happy I was able to search that one up
The hard way I'm sure

Keep in mind that Scott is not even close to being a specialized catalogue. For older issues of many (most, all?) countries you're not going to see a lot of information for perf varieties, shades, etc.

And the process of identifying some stamps will put you through your paces. I've been working on my Austria accumulation recently and there are some early issues that had varnish as well. Much of the time it's easy to identify the ones with varnish bars, but there have been some where I'm just not sure.

Dale

Thanks
I'll have to get another catalogue I guess
And one for Austria as well, when I take that journey

I was gonna ask about this one but the new Scott's
Gave me the answer as far as I can tell(not listed in the old books)
Is not a 3 pearls but How's this a inverted surcharge?
It looks fine to me

#117a

Sorry thought I fixed that already

For lozenges of varnish, read and heed: www.stampcommunity.org/topic...OPIC_ID=17888

Not 117a since the surcharge is not upside down. 117.

Dale

Thanks dale
This is what was in the new book
That's why I asked how is that inverted

Thanks emaxim
Read that!
still don't see how bout you?

I tried every lighting source I have
All different possessions
I'm probably just not seeing it cause I've never done it before
So I drove to a couple places today to get
New catalogues again
No luck
I'll try a few more tomorrow