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| Title: | German Stamp color error | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted By: | Giles du Boulay (giles.duboulay@btinternet.com) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted On: | 31/10/2021 at 06:07:24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Message: | hello Don, The Michel Deutschland Spezial catalogue has a note that stamps from that set including your 3Pf (Mi. Nr. 410) as well as stamps from the previous definitive set of 'famous Germans' are known with 'masks'. The 'mask' is described as a 5-10mm wide band in the stamp colour across the upper part of the stamp and is an ink smear caused when the printing roller stopped. The catalogue prices the error at double that of the normal stamp (minimum 200 Euros on an unmounted mint example). However that minimum does not appear to apply to mounted mint nor used examples like your 3Pf used so its catalogue price apparently only doubles from 0.80 to 1.60 Euros. It's an interesting anomaly. Best wishes Giles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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