stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 24, 2019 18:34:56 GMT
Anyone know how to differentiate?  |
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Post by renden on Nov 24, 2019 19:10:44 GMT
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Post by brightonpete on Nov 24, 2019 20:09:36 GMT
IIRC those are originals. The reprints were on grayish paper, lesser quality than the originals. But my mind has been known to be wrong before.  |
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Post by khj on Nov 24, 2019 20:10:27 GMT
There were 3 printings of this set. The initial printing in June of 1943, a 2nd printing in 1943 of the ½d and 1d, and a 3rd printing in 1944 of the ½d and 2½d. The latter 2 printings are on inferior quality paper, which Scott describes as rough/gray paper and newsprint. You should be able to recognize the latter 2 printings pretty easily by just flipping the stamp over.
The original plates were destroyed after liberation. Subsequent large multiples (perf and imperf) that appeared on the online market much later are facsimiles, broken down by resellers and tossed into wholesale/bulk lots.
That being said, the color (at least on my uncalibrated laptop) looks wrong for your 1d and 2d stamps. They should be "red/scarlet" for the 1d, and orange for the 2d. On my screen, they look pale orange and pale yellow, respectively. Maybe an artifact of the scanner? Or just my bad eyes?
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Post by khj on Nov 24, 2019 20:14:25 GMT
This is a fairly accurate example of the color of the original printing (at least to my eyes on my laptop):  |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Nov 24, 2019 20:25:49 GMT
definitely not as bright as yours, but thanks for settling my curiosity! These are headed to eBay with a very low opening bid (as are a number of other Channel Island "small lots"). I got these in an accumulation
Lundy I have enough to consider being a collector of such things!
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Post by khj on Nov 24, 2019 20:27:46 GMT
Not mine. Pilfered off the internet because it was easier than getting up and dragging out my album and walking over to the scanner. I'm such a couch potato.
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Post by rjan55 on Nov 24, 2019 20:36:05 GMT
I collect Nazi Germany and have always found these relatively inexpensive items problematical. I have several on alleged bona fide covers but fading on use stamps may not make them the best basis.
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Post by khj on Nov 24, 2019 22:10:30 GMT
For those who want to go slightly more in depth, here is an article on Channel Island fakes. There is a small section on Jersey, but there's a lot of other info in the article that some of you may find interesting. www.ciss1950.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bogus-Issues.pdfThis may be a backdoor link, I didn't check. If so, I apologize. If the link gets taken down and someone wants the pdf, just PM me. |
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