Hi Hans,
I am attaching a scan of a 'no so good' 8sk stamp which is causing me a problem.
It is obviously RM2A and also appears to be OM4. The problem arises as it also appears to be OF3 which according to TOFDATA does not exist with this RM. It is possibly print 2 and probably from position .5 to.0 which I am unable to verify.
Perhaps someone who is more able than me may be able to help.
Regards Ed.
Hello Ed
If it not is print 1 then it can be print 2 and pos. 70 and according to the perforation could it by row 0.
OF.3 does not exist in print 2 and 3 but in pos. 16, print 1 and in pos. 25 in print 4. But none of these positions have RF.2A.
RF in pos. 70 is described in TOF501 and I interpret this to arising after print 2 ????
It would be nice if there were any "out there" that could recognize the stamp.
Regards Leif
11.12.2014, reply from Bernd
Hi Ed, hej Leif,
First of all I agree that the stamp should be from print 2.
“OF.3 does not exist in print 2 and 3 but in pos. 16, print 1 and in pos. 25 in print 4.” ???
Why not?? It is a very small oval-flaw, which easily can be overlooked especially on cancelled stamps!
Probably this OF also exists in print 2 and 3, but we just do not know the positions!
(And – by the way – it should read: print 1, pos. 25 and print 4, pos. 16.)
My vague suggestion for the position – if it really is an OM.4 (I am not very good in distinguishing ovalmatrice-types on skilling stamps?!) – would be pos. 49, which has OM.4 according to TOFDATA (and was a grey field back in 2001 in Lasse Nielsen’s books), while pos. 70 has OM.3. And I do not know, if the small dot between shield and ball in NNE can be a help for plating.
The perforation could also be from row 9 – sometimes hard to separate. (Where is the watermark placed?)
Another explanation: it is just an accidental colour-dot, which looks like OF.3 and appears only for a short period in this print –
We need to find some more examples…
Best regards! Bernd