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South Africa Bi-lingual pair question
Hello Fellows,
I was cleaning up on some long forgotten stamps and ran across this item. It is South Africa Scott # 28. For those who don't use Scott, it is the 1927-28 engraved issue of the 4p "Native Kraal" as it is listed. What is curious about this particular pair is the straight line cutting the top right corner of the bottom stamp and extending all the way through the top stamp almost to the left perf edge. The line is perfectly straight and inked in the same color as the stamp. It is most apparent (visable) as pictured in the the link below. Question, is anyone familiar with this type of "error" or have any idea how it happened? Is it a constant position variety or a freak. Could be a cracked plate, or something stuck to the plate, but then it seems strange to have it inked that way. Any ideas? Thanks! Wolf-==- http://www.southslope.net/~paradimes/SAline.jpg |
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On Mar 13, 5:46*pm, " w-
wrote: Hello Fellows, I was cleaning up on some long forgotten stamps and ran across this item. *It is South Africa Scott # 28. *For those who don't use Scott, it is the 1927-28 engraved issue of the 4p "Native Kraal" as it is listed. * What is curious about this particular pair is the straight line cutting the top right corner of the bottom stamp and extending all the way through the top stamp almost to the left perf edge. *The line is perfectly straight and inked in the same color as the stamp. It is most apparent (visable) as pictured in the the link below. Question, is anyone familiar with this type of "error" or have any idea how it happened? *Is it a constant position variety or a freak. Could be a cracked plate, or something stuck to the plate, but then it seems strange to have it inked that way. *Any ideas? *Thanks! Wolf-==- http://www.southslope.net/~paradimes/SAline.jpg Sorry, I forgot to say that there is nothing that can be seen from the back to indicate some sort of scratch on the stamp or damage. Nor is there any indentation on the front of the stamp indicating a scratch. That was my first thought, but notta. WB |
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South Africa Bi-lingual pair question
On Mar 13, 6:50*pm, " w-
wrote: On Mar 13, 5:46*pm, " w- wrote: Hello Fellows, I was cleaning up on some long forgotten stamps and ran across this item. *It is South Africa Scott # 28. *For those who don't use Scott, it is the 1927-28 engraved issue of the 4p "Native Kraal" as it is listed. * What is curious about this particular pair is the straight line cutting the top right corner of the bottom stamp and extending all the way through the top stamp almost to the left perf edge. *The line is perfectly straight and inked in the same color as the stamp. It is most apparent (visable) as pictured in the the link below. Question, is anyone familiar with this type of "error" or have any idea how it happened? *Is it a constant position variety or a freak. Could be a cracked plate, or something stuck to the plate, but then it seems strange to have it inked that way. *Any ideas? *Thanks! Wolf-==- http://www.southslope.net/~paradimes/SAline.jpg Sorry, I forgot to say that there is nothing that can be seen from the back to indicate some sort of scratch on the stamp or damage. *Nor is there any indentation on the front of the stamp indicating a scratch. That was my first thought, but notta. WB The mark appears to span the two stamps. Could this mean that it occurred at printing time? Blair |
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South Africa Bi-lingual pair question
The mark appears to span the two stamps. Could this mean that it occurred at printing time? Blair That was my thought, too. A doctor blade flaw? Tony |
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On Mar 14, 4:27*am, Asia-translation
wrote: *The mark appears to span the two stamps. Could this mean that it occurred at printing time? Blair That was my thought, too. *A doctor blade flaw? Tony A Doctor Blade flaw is precisely what I was thinking. Doctor Blade A flexible steel blade which is used to removes surplus ink from the printing cylinder on high-speed modern presses. Faulty operation can cause flaws of a non-constant nature on the printed stamps. |
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Is it possible to get a scan of the two stamps complete? "Rein" wrote in message news Blair, could have been the case of the reel-fed photogravure after 1930, but this is recess! groetjes, Rein Op Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:01:06 +0100 schreef Blair (TC) : On Mar 14, 4:27 am, Asia-translation wrote: The mark appears to span the two stamps. Could this mean that it occurred at printing time? Blair That was my thought, too. A doctor blade flaw? Tony A Doctor Blade flaw is precisely what I was thinking. Doctor Blade A flexible steel blade which is used to removes surplus ink from the printing cylinder on high-speed modern presses. Faulty operation can cause flaws of a non-constant nature on the printed stamps. -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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South Africa Bi-lingual pair question
Blair,
could have been the case of the reel-fed photogravure after 1930, but this is recess! groetjes, Rein Op Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:01:06 +0100 schreef Blair (TC) : On Mar 14, 4:27*am, Asia-translation wrote: *The mark appears to span the two stamps. Could this mean that it occurred at printing time? Blair That was my thought, too. *A doctor blade flaw? Tony A Doctor Blade flaw is precisely what I was thinking. Doctor Blade A flexible steel blade which is used to removes surplus ink from the printing cylinder on high-speed modern presses. Faulty operation can cause flaws of a non-constant nature on the printed stamps. -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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Whew! I was suffering dejavu there for a while Woops, sorry... http://www.southslope.net/~paradimes/SAline2.jpg Wolf-==- |
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I cannot explain it,
an EFO for mine, May I keep a copy of the scan for my records please? Thanks Rodney Woops, sorry... http://www.southslope.net/~paradimes/SAline2.jpg Wolf-==- |
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On Mar 15, 4:57*am, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote:
Is it possible to get a scan of the two stamps complete? "Rein" wrote in messagenews Blair, could have been the case of the reel-fed photogravure after 1930, but this *is recess! groetjes, Rein Op Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:01:06 +0100 schreef Blair (TC) : On Mar 14, 4:27 am, Asia-translation wrote: The mark appears to span the two stamps. Could this mean that it occurred at printing time? Blair That was my thought, too. A doctor blade flaw? Tony A Doctor Blade flaw is precisely what I was thinking. Doctor *Blade A flexible steel blade which is used to removes surplus ink from the printing cylinder on high-speed modern presses. Faulty operation can cause flaws of a non-constant nature on the printed stamps. -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: *http://www.opera..com/mail/- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sure... http://www.southslope.net/~paradimes/SAline.jpg Wofl-==- |
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