Newspaper Periodicals, Nice Print Error

72 cent newspaper periodocals with a small printing error at the "o" of "postage" , I looked at the stamp from several angles. The colors are available in several layers, that means, it is very likely not a fake, but of course I'm not sure.

What is your opinion on this?

I see some extra ink at the "O", not an error.

Errors are total mistakes: no perforations, colors completely missing, or full stamps on either side of an interpane gutter. They are often given catalog listings.

Freaks, also called "varieties" or "minor errors" by some, represent production problems that are partial or not exactly repeatable, such as paper creases, misperforations or partially missing colors.

Errors will sometimes be found within freak pieces. For instance, a paper fold (freak) may result in a miscut booklet pane containing a pair of stamps that are imperforate between (error). Or an ink fountain on a press may have run dry, depositing a minimal amount of ink on one row of stamps (freaks) and none on the adjoining row (error).

Oddities as a class include unusual variations stemming from stamp designing through the preproduction process, and even cancellation varieties. They may be normal for what they are, but tend to be found in small quantities and are of special interest because of their properties.

First the extra ink on the "O" of postage seems to be either an extra drop of ink or a printed flake of thin paper which has affixed after the stamp was printed. The later suggestion is based upon what seems to be a pattern of the ink in area of question.

Next the term "error" has a broad general definition of just about any human mistake. Now what rogdcam was trying to explain is in USA philately and this is a USA based forum, the terms of Error, Freak and Oddity are terms of art in US Philately. As detailed review of they types of errors, freaks and oddities can be here: https://www.efocc.org/Resources/Hot...AA_Cover.php at the website of the EFO Collector's Club. That listing was first developed in the late 1970s and was considered complete by 2000 for the stamp printing and production methods up to that time.

That said, I am aware that the term 'error' is frequently use to describe any fly speck or greater issue found on stamps of other countries, especially the British Empire matter. In US terms of art, yours is if an ink splatter is a freak. If post printing adhesion, damaged.