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Took another pic of the back with the 2 pieces together to show the possible paste up or what ever.
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Sometimes, the paper rolls used for printing are spliced (i.e. their ends are pasted together). This stamp appears to have been printed right across such a joint. It is said to happen every now and then. Thank your for sharing these images!
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Ok so what we are looking at is Spain Scott 803 which is a Franco type of 1948.
The word Correos down the left side does not appear to be correct for a pasted up print roll. It possibly is where someone has cut two stamps and tried to join them together.
On a pasted print roll there would not be a gap in the printing, it does not seem to be a crease in the paper as the first "o" is repeated.
The centre of the o is actually a different shape in the one below the pasted strip.
A curiosity certainly.
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It is definitely an oddity and worth hanging on to. I like the idea that it was printed over some type of joint in the original paper.
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Thanks for all the responses. I tried to align the two pieces together the best I could. Notice on the small picture that the O lines up as well as the left hair line and the post mark. But also the head and face on right side do not and also the perfs on the left side do not line up. If I were better at this it might look a lot better. Any way will keep for my oddity collection.
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Tried to put all side by side, but not that smart. So 3 pictures. The dark spot on right of top portion is the remainder of the post mark and not a tear. The 3rd image appears to have had a paste up. Sorry about the size.
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re: Know it is Spanish, but What Happened?
Took another pic of the back with the 2 pieces together to show the possible paste up or what ever.
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re: Know it is Spanish, but What Happened?
Sometimes, the paper rolls used for printing are spliced (i.e. their ends are pasted together). This stamp appears to have been printed right across such a joint. It is said to happen every now and then. Thank your for sharing these images!
Martin
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re: Know it is Spanish, but What Happened?
Ok so what we are looking at is Spain Scott 803 which is a Franco type of 1948.
The word Correos down the left side does not appear to be correct for a pasted up print roll. It possibly is where someone has cut two stamps and tried to join them together.
On a pasted print roll there would not be a gap in the printing, it does not seem to be a crease in the paper as the first "o" is repeated.
The centre of the o is actually a different shape in the one below the pasted strip.
A curiosity certainly.
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re: Know it is Spanish, but What Happened?
It is definitely an oddity and worth hanging on to. I like the idea that it was printed over some type of joint in the original paper.
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re: Know it is Spanish, but What Happened?
Thanks for all the responses. I tried to align the two pieces together the best I could. Notice on the small picture that the O lines up as well as the left hair line and the post mark. But also the head and face on right side do not and also the perfs on the left side do not line up. If I were better at this it might look a lot better. Any way will keep for my oddity collection.
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