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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Thanks for any help.
Mel
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My guess would be that it was over-inked. What you see on the back is probably offset from the ink being damp when the sheet was laid on top of another.
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As a specialist in the US Americana Definitive Series, I concur with Sean. It is an over-inked stamp.
David Giles
Ottawa, Canada
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Thanks for the responses. I figured it was just over-inked, but first time I have seen one in this series.
Mel
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Agreed about the overinking. There may be another unexplained issue however-note that after the star field, into the stripes portion, there are 4 black dots on the top 2 stamps, but only 3 on the bottom 2 stamps. A puzzlement, no?
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Dan C.
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The perforations on this block measure 11.2 and has block tagging. (Tagging appears slightly dirty). All this would make the block a Scott #1597. What I am wondering is why the red color bleed and over lap with the blue. Also viewing the back, the colors and image really show through. Is this simply a heaving inking or what?
Thanks for any help.
Mel
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re: Strange Americana Series
My guess would be that it was over-inked. What you see on the back is probably offset from the ink being damp when the sheet was laid on top of another.
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re: Strange Americana Series
As a specialist in the US Americana Definitive Series, I concur with Sean. It is an over-inked stamp.
David Giles
Ottawa, Canada
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re: Strange Americana Series
Thanks for the responses. I figured it was just over-inked, but first time I have seen one in this series.
Mel
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re: Strange Americana Series
Agreed about the overinking. There may be another unexplained issue however-note that after the star field, into the stripes portion, there are 4 black dots on the top 2 stamps, but only 3 on the bottom 2 stamps. A puzzlement, no?
Best,
Dan C.
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