USA Scott Number 295 Block of 4 with unusual Postive Orientation of 2C
Thanks for stopping by to see this unusal 295 block of 4. What's unusal is there is a positive orentation 2C which is smaller than the (red 2C and black 2C which are normal in the reverse orientation). See scan and arrows
At first I thought this was a simple offset fold over image (but smaller) I've tested this block and cannot detect a fold over crease, I also used watermark fluid and again cannot see any evidence of a fold over crease. I ran it thru ImageSeluth but no crease found!
So I cannot explain how this error occurred.
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msgtdavid
OP9 months agoThank you posters who provided info.
There noting else to say, so lets end it here!
jaywild
·9 months ago2C is engraved into the printing plate in the correct orientation so the printer can read it. But when the plate is printed the 2C appears backward (mirror image) on the stamp sheet.
On your sheet the top left corner was folded down over the red 2C when the ink was still wet, thus "offsetting" some of the red ink, which of course is oriented as a mirror image to the one on the sheet.
Close inspection of the corner will reveal a diagonal crease running equidistant between the two red 2Cs. I can see it on the scan.
msgtdavid
OP9 months agoThanks.
But one 2 is larger then the other smaller 2!
malolo
·9 months agoThe 2s are the same size. Though the top one above the fold has less ink since it didn't duplicate the complete inking of the original. I can see the fold as well. There is no other answer.
msgtdavid
OP9 months agoThanks
Would someone be kind enough to add an arrow indicating when the fold is please?
malolo
·9 months agoIt goes top right to lower left in the top corner margin. Pretty much starting at top perforation to side perforation. It has been flattened and possibly ironed out. It goes diagonally between the black 2 and the top red 2.
msgtdavid
OP9 months agoThank you!
msgtdavid
OP9 months agoI've added an additional arrow to what you call the fold over, this is not a fold over you are seeing, hopes this helps you see!
msgtdavid
OP9 months agoSorry forgot to attach the scan, here it is.
malolo
·9 months agoThe fold is between the two short red lines I drew on the scan. This shows that the top red 2c had to be created when it touched the wet ink of the lower reversed image red 2c. The soft red line that originates by the top perf and slants down and through the red 2 is a printing artifact, not a fold or crease. Folds and creases must be straight and can't curve, unless you can show me a paper fold that is curved.
msgtdavid
OP9 months agoI suggest we end ths now
Thanks for your posting
jaywild
·9 months agoI did a careful transparent overlay of the errant 2, and applied it over the normal 2 on the sheet, and they do not fit. But they aren't really different sizes so much as stretched/torqued relative to each other.
The fact remains that the errant 2 is some kind of offset because of the spotty, uneven character of the ink. Where did it come from? Likely some careless handling of the sheet at some point. For instance, if the sheet was bent over in that corner and the folded portion had a curl to it the offset image would be distorted. Be aware that intaglio printing requires that the paper be damp, and thus somewhat limp.