Canada's Efos And Weird Mistakes.

For BlackJag:

Here is the stamp without UV, scanned at 300dpi.

Steve

While looking for Blunt "G"'s on O47, I found a "scratch on Queen's Neck". I show it below in a block with three normal. Scratch is on UR stamp.




Another similar on a different block:

Those marks on the neck, are these from a doctor blade or something else? Could they be scratches on the printing plate? If so, there must be other examples and maybe even different states to the scratches.

I don't think they look like scratches, so a doctor blade could be the culprit. The area of the effected part of the stamps are generally the same, so the blade not clearing the excess ink properly could make this happen, in my humble opinion...

So if I understand correctly, it seems that an excess of ink or a lack of ink in streaks can both be doctor blade flaws.

I certainly am no expert in that field. Perhaps there are several ways that those flaws can be created.

I don't think a ductor blade. In this Newfoundland thread from 2018, I noticed the same, but repeating on several stamps. We never came to any conclusion, but I think it is an ink drip that continues until someone notices and then wipes it off. There are many plate scratches at the same time, so perhaps someone was just testing the system?

https://goscf.com/t/59181

Hello Partime,
I understand what you are saying. I just had a look at the link you posted and I was totally impressed with the way you handled this subject. I learned so much from the way you exhibited these "flaws". I am presently in the preparation stage to exhibit and this has changed my whole way of seeing. Thank you so much for this. It does not quite answer my questions about doctor blade but the search continues to understand better. I love how you handled this difficult subject.

Take a look at this. Some silver ink is missing from
the word NICKEL. What is missing looks like the top
of the NICKEL.

Yes Alanl, these stamps with foil, gold or silver have come out with interesting flaws. I don't have any of these foil missing but I would love to examine a few. Maybe one day with luck. There is a lot of speculation about these, but especially gold foil, on the supposedly easy way to fake them. Maybe that is possible. I did buy, on ebay for a couple of dollars, a stamp with missing letters,(not foil) and under magnification (and with good eyes) you can clearly see that the letters were scratched off. I kept it as a souvenir and an example of really poor attempt at making money by altering a good stamp. This nickel stamp looks like it may have lost some silver with a little help. It's difficult to see on this picture.

What are you saying here? That I scraped the silver ink off the stamp
to make a variety.
You have a lot of nerve!
The stamp was found in an on paper mixture. I don`t sell stamps so
what would be the point of making a fake variety.
How about all the stamps you have posted. How many of those are
the result of you playing with a sharp tool.

Wow - went ballistic quickly! #129320;

Dear Alanl,
Where in the world did you get the idea that I think you may have altered your stamp. The thought had never even crossed my mind. I assumed you had found it in a mixture because you seemed so happy about it. Maybe you need to re-read what I wrote. I talked about a stamp I once bought that had been altered by someone (I never even suggested that it was the dealer) but I did suggest that someone probably did that to make money. I didn't say it was the dealer. And I had recently read a thread about the possibility that gold foil on stamps could possibly be taken off without evidence. It's all conjecture. I saw your picture and I liked your stamp. You mentioned with your post of the picture, that it looks like the top of the nickel is missing. Yes that's what it looks like to me also but the picture unfortunately is not completely clear. I thought that by saying that your stamp "looked like it may have lost some silver with a little help" that you may wish to post a bit clearer scan or picture so we can all see what you expressed yourself. I do love to see stamps with problems and I will still look for them and try to understand what exactly caused these irregularities.
I did not take offence at your comment at all. I can see how you could have taken this the wrong way. I will try to be clearer next time I comment.
If it is at all possible, I would appreciate another scan of the missing silver if it is possible. I'd love to see how this foil adheres to the paper and your stamp may be the missing link to show us what the other missing silver ones don't show.
Thanks.

Interesting Partime. Thanks for your link and work.