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Kenya Geo VI Mountain Retouch

 
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Posted 10/29/2022   9:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Donkey Bart to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Can anyone recommend a clear side-by-side image of the retouch on the 1/- (and other) Geo VI issue. I can't see the difference!!

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Posted 10/29/2022   9:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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Posted 10/29/2022   9:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The bottom stamp is retouched.

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Posted 10/29/2022   11:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Rob Roy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Off-topic, maybe.
Can anyone elaborate on retouching? Who did it? Why? How? At what stage of the stamp production?
I looked at our glossary and it was rather laconic.
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Posted 10/30/2022   12:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
They had earlier problems with this issue . It seems the first design had the mountains disappearing into the clouds and you had a hard time seeing the mountain range . Work was done on it for the mountain range to stand out and then later more work was done on some of the plate. By the time they got to the 1952 Royal visit issue ,they had it right .

I think there was a song written and a record in the 1960's about it by Donovan or Neilson ,"first there isn't a mountain then there is a mountain" I don't remember those days too well .....something about doing acid .
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Posted 10/30/2022   01:08 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Rob Roy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
About the song, I understand it tries to describe climbing a mountain. Here's the song:

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Posted 10/30/2022   07:44 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
"First there was no mountain" -----,are those clouds or mountains ?
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Posted 10/30/2022   07:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
"Then there was a mountain " ---Repair made a correction for viewing
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Posted 10/30/2022   07:56 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
After slapping around a few employees ,we got a redesign or as the o/p said got a retouched mountain top
See what you learn on a stamp chat board before you had your Sunday morning coffee !
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Edited by floortrader - 10/30/2022 07:58 am
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Posted 10/30/2022   08:57 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The mountain retouch story is actually pretty complex. This explains it in more detail:

http://www.kg6.info/RL_Articles/Par...tives239.pdf
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Posted 10/30/2022   10:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks ROB ,haven't heard that song in 35 years .
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Posted 10/30/2022   10:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
ROGDCAM ---- Thanks for the article ,down loaded it and explains many of the issues with this series of printing .

Seems the mountain issue wasn't that clear to the author of the article . Believe having the stamps in front of me and good scans gives a clearer understanding .
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Edited by floortrader - 10/30/2022 10:33 am
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Posted 10/31/2022   3:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Donkey Bart to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks, Rogdcam,
That pair was exactly what I wanted to see, time to get my magnifying glass out!!
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