Looks like Yugoslavia had some excellent engravers.
jjarmstrong47, you could be right about that "blob" but I still don't see any S there. As far as ink bleeding or "overinked" all the stamps shown on my last few posts have more or less the same quality printing. The S on all the other stamps show up quite clear though.
Good point though John, it's nice to see some action on here again. Looking forward to more discussions.
jjarmstrong47 - You've got it! Thank you for pointing out the S clearly to all of us.
lithograving - I am afraid that everything I can do to be helpful is comment.
As for Czechoslovakia Scott # 222, as I said there is no engraved initial. What some collectors perceive to be suggestive of a white S is one of the white S-formations appearing in the engraving of the rock, either yours or another one as published in the philatelic press in my country, located just above the right-hand value tablet opposite the very top of the digit 3. Above the frame of the value tablet, you can see two engraved lines shaping the rock and just above them appears a white S to some observers.
Also note ink bleeding, as pointed out by jjarmstrong47, while examining the enlarged detail, e.g. in the frame of the value tablet, this effect being due to Stickney rotary presses printing on "wet" paper.
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