Post by Gordon Lee on May 16, 2014 16:56:04 GMT -5
Greetings Mr. guyana1230 . As Mr. Pope said, to err is human to forgive divine. I agree with Mr. Butterflies that this is a colour (or two) omission. After checking with a copy of the "Affordable Foreign Errors on Postage Stamps of the World" by Paul S. Greenlaw, Ph.D., I have a suspicion that this err is divine. It is not listed in this book. It is either an unknown error or an error valued over $200 (1999 USD). . It might be worth getting it "expertized." . Respectfully,
My 2 pennies worth -- I believe this stamp was printed by photolithography. If so (I am subject to correction), you should probably get a good magnifier and check the print screen dots carefully (usually check the very edge of the design first). Just to put things into statistical reality, it is much much much more likely to be an underinking EFO, but a pretty extreme one, so it will command a fair premium. Underinking EFO's are not uncommon with this type of printing, but this one would be an very good extreme example.
Of course, better if it is indeed color missing. But it is very very difficult to confirm this type of color missing error on a used stamp, and nearly impossible just by looking at a pic of the stamp without selvage color registration marks. On most genuine color missing errors of this type of printing (photogravure, photolithography), they were identified because they were removed from a pane with selvage showing the missing color registration mark or color plate ID.
Re getting it expertised -- Does anyone have an opinion on best expertisers here in USA? The APS? I've never sent one in before and I have a few I'd like to have checked.
Re getting it expertised -- Does anyone have an opinion on best expertisers here in USA? The APS? I've never sent one in before and I have a few I'd like to have checked.
Greetings Ms. philatelia . Just like Mr. khj said, the best expertizing service depends on what is needed to be expertized. . Since you are in the U.S. I would recommend looking in the front of a Scott Catalogue. It has a section in the Introduction showing organizations, for a fee of course, that provide expert opinions about stamps. Always contact the service first and ask about their fees. . Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
Last Edit: Jun 19, 2014 20:43:55 GMT -5 by Gordon Lee
They got it right in here. Looks like either the red and green ran out, or, somebody pulled a sheet(s) to check the color registration before the red and green were applied, and somehow put it back in the stack to be trimmed and perforated. I used to office with a printing company and watched the operations when I had some spare time. Very interesting.
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