The 1993 "gift-giving" greetings stamps.
May 2, 2022 17:55:54 GMT
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The "gift-giving" greetings stamps of 1993 se-tenant booklet pane.
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A new type of paper was created in 1992 whereby no fluorescence was visible in the paper when seen under longwave ultraviolet light, beginning with the high value "gold head" castles that solved the previous problems encountered in the past such as fugitive fluorescent coatings and variances between dark and fluorescent papers, but on inspecting some of the used 1993 Greetings (gift-giving) stamps (printed on this new type of paper) I discovered variations to the contrary:
Here are 8 selected used copies as seen from the reverse, they all look identical >
Followed by the same stamps under L/W UV revealing 2 distinct papers >
Again, the same stamps but as seen in mono >
Seeing these variances with the naked eye gives a much better definition than the camera can capture, as the lighter coloured stamps are of a yellowish mustard colour, whilst the darker papers show up as a bluish grey/brown shade.
Therefore it's not just a couple of spelling mistakes that was made on the booklet covers such as Thomson with a 'p' and Sorrell with only one ' r ' that had to be rectified "twice" but also 2 distinct kinds of paper was used in some instances as can be seen in the above attachments, of which in my opinion should give them variety status.
From a batch of 37 soaked off, I only found 4 of the lighter mustard papers giving a ratio of around 9 to 1 in favour of the darker paper.
Due to the fact that my findings on several previous issues (including these 1993 greetings stamps) appear to be unrecorded at this point in time, I would therefore appreciate other members verifying some of the differences that I have discovered as being valid or otherwise ! Thank you.
Don't just take my word for it, check them out for yourself and you will see what I mean !
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A new type of paper was created in 1992 whereby no fluorescence was visible in the paper when seen under longwave ultraviolet light, beginning with the high value "gold head" castles that solved the previous problems encountered in the past such as fugitive fluorescent coatings and variances between dark and fluorescent papers, but on inspecting some of the used 1993 Greetings (gift-giving) stamps (printed on this new type of paper) I discovered variations to the contrary:
Here are 8 selected used copies as seen from the reverse, they all look identical >
Followed by the same stamps under L/W UV revealing 2 distinct papers >
Again, the same stamps but as seen in mono >
Seeing these variances with the naked eye gives a much better definition than the camera can capture, as the lighter coloured stamps are of a yellowish mustard colour, whilst the darker papers show up as a bluish grey/brown shade.
Therefore it's not just a couple of spelling mistakes that was made on the booklet covers such as Thomson with a 'p' and Sorrell with only one ' r ' that had to be rectified "twice" but also 2 distinct kinds of paper was used in some instances as can be seen in the above attachments, of which in my opinion should give them variety status.
From a batch of 37 soaked off, I only found 4 of the lighter mustard papers giving a ratio of around 9 to 1 in favour of the darker paper.
Due to the fact that my findings on several previous issues (including these 1993 greetings stamps) appear to be unrecorded at this point in time, I would therefore appreciate other members verifying some of the differences that I have discovered as being valid or otherwise ! Thank you.
Don't just take my word for it, check them out for yourself and you will see what I mean !