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I have to go to the heavy hitters on this..perhaps Warrehouse or Tony Vella..i know what the initials M.A., M.G.,M.H.,M.I.,M.J.I.,M.M.,M.O.P. and M.R.C. stand for...but I have a couple that look to me like M.I.I. ! theres nothing in the scott catalog like M.I.I. I thought it might be M.J.I. but its not..i would show a scan but its not that clear...I KNOW someone has the answer !!  |
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AFAIK there are only 8 variants in the departmentals.
May be a MI double print, or a misprinted MJI ?
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Its possible Rod, if is a misprint they used the stamp anyway..cheers, phil |
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Tony must be on vacation Phil,
he loves these fellows, he will reply in time I should think.
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 Hi Phil. Here is an M.J.I. that I have manipulated into an M.I.I. with a "pastel brush" cloning filter. I have seen misprinted Js before but I have never read any literature about them. In the Ministerio de Religión y Cultura issues I have seen the R. completely omitted but I have never seen any literature in reference to that either. Hope this helps. |
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Thanks Tony, I knew you or someone would have an answer..i am sure errors happen when huge amounts of stamps are overprinted..now to figure where to mount the "oddballs" ! |
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Here are the two miscreants in question !  |
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Thanks for the compliment, PhilB!
I'd agree with Tony Vella, that this is a broken 'J'.
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SO BE IT ! Tony and Warrehouse have spoken ! I will put them with the M.J.I's with a note !! |
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Have these optd issues been forged at all? I have only seen reference to the serifed opts, I notice Tony's and some of mine do not have serifs.  |
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 Hi Rod. As you can see from this Scott intro to the Ministerials, both serif and non-serif were issued officially. I would be interested to know what other catalogues have to say. Hope this helps. |
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Rod, I kind of doubt they were forged..anything is possible but these are stamps that sell for 10 cents ! They exist in multitudes..but they are a fun thing !! |
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Hey Guys. Good stuff. Thanks for showing. The Departmentals are great fun as well as a challenge. I have one that 'overprinted' on a typewriter which I think was a nice find even if no one else gets excited by it. |
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Rod, I was looking at publications and supplies on ebay yesterday..a person could spend a medium fortune on Argentine reference books ! |
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