Saturday, December 18, 2021

Czech Hradčany stamps - 1 haller 1.1

The 1 haller brown stamp (design III)

different 1 haller stamps

There are small errors described for each of the 100 stamps on plate 1 and plate 2 of the 1 haller stamp.
With some luck, and a lot of time, you might be able to find one of each, and compile a full sheet of each plate.
Although the different positions in each plate are well described, I still have a number of these stamps, that do have plate flaws, but that are not mentionned in the lists, It might be coincidental errors that are not typical for determine a position on a plate.
Often, one error is determinating for the position, and other, small errors confirm the position.
Some of the minor errors do occur on multiple stamps as well.

Plate I, position 1

Plate I, position 1

On this stamp, we see a spot in the C of CESKO. There are other stamps with spots in that C, but here it's at the same level as the line in the middle.
At the same time, the V of VENSKA has an additional spot too:

detail of spot in V
In the 9th spiral, there is a colour spot, that doesn't belong there.
And finally, the 3rd heart is connected to the spot right of it.

All four of those flaws indicates that the stamp is the first one of Plate I.

to be continued ...

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