Canada / Sweden 2010 Marine Life Booklet Varieties

There's a stamp expo at the Sandman Hotel in Longueuil, Québec today and sunday. I'm gonna go see if anyone as any special booklets and how much they're selling them. I'll keep you posted if I find the holy grail of booklet. One with a black mark + cylinder 1 (or 2) and a serial number.

Just came back from the expo...There wasen't a single booklet in the place..and I mean nothing. People didn't know or didn't care. It was kind of sad.

Stopped by the PO as I was coming back from the expo today, and found a blue 1 with a serial number. It was kinda of damaged, but it also had a partial black mark on the front (yes, a blue 1 with serial number and a partial mark on the same booklet). The black mark is faint or even partial, and the booklet is kinda messed up, but I could not just leave it there.

Here's the partial black mark on the front (note that there is nothing on the back.



It was bought in Montréal and the serial # is 012000



As for the damages, I'll let you judge for yourselves.




The upper right otter also as some kind of blue breath

I've also found that on all of my Blue 1 booklet there are 2 little dots on the upper left otter stamp. I seems to be only on the blue 1's



I'm guessing everyone of you should have the same thing.

And on 4 of my other booklets (2x blue 1 and 2x blue 2 with serial) both left otters seem to be dripping.



It's kind of easier to see to the naked eye. I've played with the contrast to try to make pop out a little bit. It's the best I could do. But you should be able to see it on your copies.

Excellent Minesweeper !

Check the back of the stamps for an offset printing too.

I have two booklets with a Blue 1 and they both have similar extra dots on row 1, column 2 stamps. One is kind of smudged a bit and they were among the few that had the offset printing on the back.

(just checked my friends booklets and the blue 1's (all 3) have the extra dots in the upper left otter stamp and some sort of very light offset on the upper right. I also noticed on Blue 2's the offset on the upper right otters is there but fainter)

I had to darken the scan (exposure) and then load it in again and darken again to get the results shown earlier (a while ago) in this thread for the back offset example.

Booklet 014665 and Blue 1 . . . and booklet Blue 1 only


The Blue Breath (cool name) is, I think, an offset printing of the otter cub. I can't (as of yet) get it to show (still experimenting) in a scan. On the Blue-1-only booklet I can see the dark blue outline of a cub's arms and paws, located down and in front of the momma's mouth, in the waves.

To see it more clearly you need to tilt the booklet about 45 degrees with the light shining towards you and have the booklet in partial shadow.

Forgot to post a photo of another "extra dot" that is also on my blue 1 with with serial (012000) with partial black mark.

Sell a Booklet !

One of the bidders in the above mentioned ebay auction that sold for $212.45 US asked me if I had another Full Dark counting mark (tab) on cover with a Blue 2 on selvage. I do not.

They said they would be willing to pay the sold auction price $212.00 for one if anyone wished to sell and asked if I would place such a request on SCF.

I will not make anything on this. This will be between the buyer and you. I will just provide his email to you in a private message. No names need be mentioned at all. Just email me through the SCF system or at puzzler47 on ebay.

edit: the booklet should hole have the hanging punch-hole intact also if possible.

edit sorry for all the edits, getting late in my brain.

Minesweeper and Timbres and anyone else who has a Blue 1 booklet with a serial number: could you please confirm the existence or not of the 2 extra dots in the left-hand otter stamps and I will update the list on page 1.
edit: Please check All your booklets in case some do have the extra dots.

I have added 012000 already. There is now a column for the 2 dots in the list. Thank you.

And if they do exist please check the backs for any offset printing, and check the right-hand two otter stamps for any reversed offset or offset. Thanks again

On booklet 014665 I have noticed a flipped or reversed offset on the front of the right upper (R1,C4) stamp.

But in order to see it in a scan I have had to invert all the colours in the scan so you get a skeletal kind of effect. At 600 dpi then reduced 75% to fit the file size limits:

Row 1, Column 3 Porpoise flipped so you can compare with offset below.


Row 1, column 4 Otter colours inverted.

All of my blue 1's have the extra dots, even the ones with the serial number

What should I do, what should I do...I'm so tempted to sell my dark mark with the 2 in the selvedge. Money is good..212$...I don't think it should be this high, that's why I might sell it. But since I only have one. HELP PLEASE!

Oops, and the reverse offset continues onto the upper right porpoise stamp also. Both upper right stamps have reverse offset printings. (or reverse ink transfers). These are visible under 8x magnification as dark blue ink (the animal outining ink colour).

Row 1, column 4 Otter flipped so you can compare with offset below.


Row 1, column 3 porpoise colours inverted.


Row 1, column 3 porpoise colours inverted.

Minesweeper,

Thanks for the confirmation.

I am at a loss really to say why it went so high. Usually I wait 10 years or so and let someone else figure it all out.

What to do? Throw the dice? I am not sure what your usual plans would be and am not trying to influence you, just saying I do not know.

Interesting... I will check my booklets 2morrow.