Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Czech Hradčany stamps - 1 haller 1.3

Two more varieties of the 1 haller stamp.
Both are from the first plate again.

Plate I, position 36

This is a very nice flaw. The P is open, where the curved line touches the vertical line.
In case this might be covered by a postal cancel, some other indications can help identifying the position.

Pl I, pos 36 - broken P

Right of the third circle, a spot can be found in the frame border.
A bit lower, right of the pigeon, there is also a spot outside the frame.
Finally there is a colour spot in the E of SLOVENSKA.

Plate I, position 36
There is an additional flaw which is not mentionned in literature.
I mention it as a possible additional flaw.
The branch of the right leaf is broken on the right hand side.
possible flaw position 36 (PL I)

Plate I, position 48

Another example of the same plate I, but now position 48.
This was a hard one  to determinate, as the described flaws are rather 'smal'

Plate I, position 48

In the south west corner, there are two gaps in the frame.
One is left of the tail of the pigeon, the other one is below the foot of the pigeon.

frame is broken twice

On the other side, a colour spot can be found under the tail of the right pigeon.
Also here it's a smal flaw, that easily is covered by a postal cancellation.

tiny spot under the wing

Finally when you look at the sun, there is a spot missing at 10 o'clock.
A combination of all flaws, result in the conclusion that it is position 48.

Two more remarks (not mentionned) of flaws that I found, can be coincidential, but I give them as additional information.

There is a clear colour spot above the left side of the T in POSTA.

colour spot above the T

And one of the spots above the value frame, has a line towards the oval.

Line under the spot

Those last two flaws are not determinating for the location of the stamp in the sheet.
But if would be interesting to see more of the same positioned stamps, to conclude if the flaws are permanent or not.

to be continued...

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