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All Forums Category: General Philatelic Discussions (Non Country Specific) Forum: Errors, Freaks & Oddities (EFO)

Monroe 591 Confused?

 
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pbmorris
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Posted 02/17/2026   11:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add pbmorris to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
OK, Been going through some stamps that have been in my mother's attic for 70+ years. I don't know what this is. It looks like the wrong color as well as offset. Comments?


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Posted 02/17/2026   12:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
An offset would show the mirror image.

Could you show the back?
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pbmorris
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Posted 02/17/2026   1:18 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pbmorris to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here is the back. It looks clean.


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NSK
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Posted 02/17/2026   1:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like overinking and contamination, if it is genuine.

The folds show through on the front.
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revcollector
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Posted 02/17/2026   2:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add revcollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It's just a perf 10 stamp that has led a very hard life.
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eyeonwall
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Posted 02/17/2026   8:12 pm  Show Profile Check eyeonwall's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add eyeonwall to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
by offset I think he meant off center
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NSK
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Posted 02/18/2026   01:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Likely. Since perforations are added after printing, there is no offset printing in that sense. And there is no trace of ink offset on the back.
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Edited by NSK - 02/18/2026 05:17 am
3193zd
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maybe a red color cancel on it?
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Michael Darabaris
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I think 3193zd is correct, there is a faded red grid cancel under the smeary black one.
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ZebraMan
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Your odd looking 591 has a friend. Here is my copy of a 10 cent Monroe, overinked and/or solvent contamination. Unused, og.
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revcollector
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This appears more than simply "overinked". Something chemical was almost certainly involved.
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