Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Czech Hradčany stamps - 1 haller 1.4

In this post, I present two stamps on position 49.
The first one is from plate I, and the second one from plate II.

Plate I, position 49

plate I, position 49
For this position, all flaws are in the upper part of the stamp.
There is an additional spot in the frame, left of the 3rd spiral, above the P of POSTA, and on top of the frame, between the S and the T of the same word.

detail plate I, position 49
All dots of the sun are equal, except the one on the 10 o'clock position. This dot is bigger than the other ones.

The next stamp is on the same position, but on the second plate. Except for the position on the plates, there is nothing common on both stamps.

Plate II, positon 49

note: the colour of the stamp is dark brown as well, the picture below was taken with background light, which made the image look yellowish brown.

plate II, position 49

This stamp was not an easy one to determinate.
There is a clear gap in the frame right below of the last circle.
A second indication for position 49 (plate II) is a colour line under the M of Mucha (the signature).

There is another stamp with a gap in the right border frame, but this requires a connecting line between the C and the H of the signature.
With a closer look on the signature, my best guess is the line under the M.
Although the catalogs indicate a larger line than what i found on my copy, I must conclude that it is not the version with the connected  C and H.

detail of Plate II, position 49
Any suggestions are welcome.

To be continued...

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