Bombadil
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Post by Bombadil on Dec 5, 2017 16:36:36 GMT
Dear All, I am a new member also a new collector and this is my first official post . Below is Out of set Stamp - 80Fils - 1966 Inauguration of Iraqi Museum-Baghdad . Right side is the original Stamp design with CV 3-5$ . Left Side Error Stamp . Shifted design Can anyone help me recognize the Error Type and Stamp Value for such error ? I failed to find any information or similar Error on this specific 1966 issue . Appreciate any new info
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 5, 2017 17:01:35 GMT
Below is Out of set Stamp - 80Fils - 1966 Inauguration of Iraqi Museum-Baghdad . Right side is the original Stamp design with CV 3-5$ . Left Side Error Stamp . Shifted design Can anyone help me recognize the Error Type and Stamp Value for such error ? Great to see that you are already making your first post outside of your intro thread. Well done! I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I don't think that this shifted design is considered an error at all. When stamps are printed in multiple steps, with different colors in each step, if alignment is not perfect, then there will be some mis-registration of the design. In order for you to have an error, the stamp would need to have one of the colors omitted entirely, or part of the design inverted, or something more dramatic like that. This is just my opinion, of course, so hopefully others will comment as well, in case I have misunderstood something here.
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Bombadil
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Post by Bombadil on Dec 5, 2017 17:20:57 GMT
@beryllium Guy
Thank you for your utmost clarification
I still have small knowledge about freaks and errors.
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Post by Anping on Dec 5, 2017 17:53:56 GMT
This souvenir sheet might help you understand how mis-registration of colours occur. Here, six 'colour separations' were used to create the final product, which entailed printing sheets of stamps six times. Alignment is critical during each of the six print runs. Mis-alignment at any stage will produce an effect similar to your stamp. Should one of the six print runs be omitted by accident, then a missing colour will be the end product. This happened numerous times on the actual $20 stamp shown, as it proved to be difficult for the printers to keep track of; and similarly on all the large format high values in this set.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Dec 5, 2017 18:04:14 GMT
Per the definitions below, taken from the U.S. Stamp Society's Glossary of Terms for the Collector of United States Stamps, the stamp you've shown would be appropriately characterized as a freak. With regard to valuation, I don't believe the perforation and color shifts such as on the stamp shown are significant enough to merit any premium.
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Bombadil
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Post by Bombadil on Dec 5, 2017 18:57:02 GMT
Thank you everyone for helping me understand more about Errors and freaks.
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