Newfoundland Re-entries
First Cents Issues 1865-1894
Page A
Scott # 24 - 38
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Scott #27
10¢ Prince Albert
Major Re-entry
Plate Position 8
It is always exciting to come across a 'new' re-entry that I have never seen reported anywhere before. This was certainly the case when I recently examined a nice corner imprint block of 8 of this issue that had been submitted to The Greene Foundation Expert Committee for certification. I always take the opportunity to examine all stamps that come before me for signs of re-entry, and I was very pleasantly surprised when I put this block under my glass. Lo and behold, in position #8 (on the sheet of 100) I spotted sharp doubling in many of the letters of NEWFOUNDLAND, particularly clear in the bottoms of 'OUND.' The block and close-up of the re-entry are found to the right.
As you can see, position #8 on this plate is found directly below the right imprint on the plate. This worked greatly to my advantage shortly after finding this re-entry while browsing around on eBay. There in a lot with four other Newfoundland stamps was a copy of this stamp with the imprint contained within the borders of the stamp itself, due to a perforation error. (This was a fairly common variety on many of the First Cents Issue of Newfoundland.) Taking a chance on this being the right imprint, and not the left, I bid and won the lot. Needless to say, I was extremely pleased when the stamps arrived to find that this indeed was the right imprint and the stamp had the re-entry!
What would we do without eBay???
Courtesy of Eastern Auctions Ltd.
Courtesy of Eastern Auctions Ltd.
Stamp with imprint
Close-up of stamp with imprint and re-entry
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Scott #27
10¢ Prince Albert
Re-entry
Plate Position #80
Jean-Claude Vasseur has made some new discoveries on the 10¢ Albert. On this lovely plate proof corner block of 16, he located two nice re-entries. The first is shown here, but first, since some of the details of the regular design may prove misleading, there is a scan showing the 'NORMAL' appearance of the lower right corner of the design immediately below the proof.
Below that you will find the first re-entry showing doubling of the entire lower right corner of the design. Note the bottom frameline, the corner ornamant, and the longer extensions of the vertical lines into the tops of 'TS' of CENTS.
Courtesy of Jean-Claude Vasseur
^ The above stamp is a NORMAL copy, included here for comparison purposes ^
v Below is the re-entry on pp 80. Note the corner doubling. v
Courtesy of Jean-Claude Vasseur
Scott #27
10¢ Prince Albert
Re-entry
Plate Position #90
It is interesting that on the second of Jean-Claude's re-entries, the lower right corner exhibits very similar doubling as the above pp80, however, the bottom frameline below the 'NTS' of CENTS does NOT show the same downwards doubling as the stamp above!
Courtesy of Jean-Claude Vasseur
Courtesy of Jean-Claude Vasseur
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Scott #28/29
12¢ Queen Victoria
Major Re-entry
Plate Position 25
This re-entry is distinguished by marks of doubling in the bottom of the 'U' of NEWFOUNDLAND on the left, and the bottom of the 'E' of TWELVE on the right. As the doubling is in such a narrow band across the middle of the stamp, it is likely a result of the transfer roll being placed down on the plate in the incorrect position. This was noticed almost immediately and the roll was lifted before any further damage could be done.
From the RETrimble Collection
Scott #28/29
12¢ Queen Victoria
Dropped Transfer Roll
Plate Position 24 & 25
Here the two side-by-side dropped roll re-entries (see above and below) are seen in a plate proof pair.
Courtesy of R. Maresch & Sons.
Courtesy of R. Maresch & Sons.
Scott #28/29
12¢ Queen Victoria
Major Re-entry
Plate Position 24
This re-entry is almost identical to pp25 above, except it is not quite as strong. It is also distinguished by marks of doubling in the bottom of the 'U' of NEWFOUNDLAND on the left, and the bottom of the 'E' of TWELVE on the right. As pp25, the doubling is in such a narrow band across the middle of the stamp, it is likely a result of the transfer roll being placed down on the plate in the incorrect position. This was noticed almost immediately and the roll was lifted before any further damage could be done.
Note from the plate proof pair above that the gap in the outer oval above the 'L' of NEWFOUNDLAND is constant.
From the RETrimble Collection
Scott #28/29
12¢ Queen Victoria
Major Re-entry
Plate Position 69
This stamp is a possible misplaced entry, showing a curved arc in the 'C' of CENTS that may well be a result of another dropped transfer roll. It is constant, being found on the full plate proof sheet of 100 provided by R. Maresch & Sons.
Courtesy of Earl Noss
Above single stamp and block Courtesy of Earl Noss
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Scott #30
13¢ Schooner
Re-entry
Plate Position 18
This is a the only re-entry recorded on this value (Lowe p.464) and this is the first copy I have seen. There appears to be evidence of a slightly misplaced entry (or dropped transfer roll) in the left portion of the design. Note the doubling below the ‘N’ of NEWFOUNDLAND, and in and around the left value ornament.
Scans Courtesy of Gary Lyon
Plate Proof Scan Courtesy of R. Maresch & Sons
All Above Scans Courtesy of Gary Lyon
Above Plate Proof Courtesy of R. Maresch & Sons.
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Scott #31
24¢ Queen Victoria
Major Re-entry
Plate Position 9
This is a lovely re-entry showing a downwards shift of the design. It can be easily recognized by the marks in the white oval surrounding the lower right 24. There is also doubling of the inner and outer pairs of vertical lines on the left and right sides of the design. Many other tiny marks are found throughout the design.
Oct. 2010: I just added a beautiful plate proof strip of three with imprint on card showing this re-entry on the right stamp. It is shown below the regular stamp issue to the right, along with a larger close-up.
The main feature is seen above.
^ From the RETrimble Collection ^
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Scott # 33 & 34
(See Page B #39)
For re-entries on Scott #33 and #34, see the next page (Page B Sc. #39)
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Scott # 24/38 1879
Two Cents Green
Major Misplaced Imprint: Inverted
This stamp shows a lovely imprint that on first glance appears to be re-entered. However, a closer inspection reveals that the numerous markings in and below the visible imprint do not seem to match any of the letters above. This got me thinking and so I enlarged the scan of the imprint and printed it twice on thin paper. Holding the two prints up to the light, I was not able to 'fit' any of these extraneous markings together.....UNTIL I turned one of them upside down! Suddenly, the markings fit perfectly!
So, what we actually have here is an imprint that was entered not only too close to the design, but also inverted! Note the proper orientation has the letters of the imprint pointing away from the stamp design. However, the various markings show that the imprint was originally entered with the letters pointing towards the design, that is, inverted or upside down. An attempt was made to remove this errant entry, but portions of the inverted lettering remains.
I have arranged two scans of the imprint, one inverted above the other, lined up and laid out horizontally, to make following the explanation below a little easier.
If you look at the 'No' of "Note' you can see bits of an inverted 'C' crossing through the 'o.' The ONLY place this 'C' could have come from is the 'C' of 'Co.' Below the 'C' of the proper imprint is a diagonal line which is from the diagonal line of the inverted 'N' of 'Note.' The marks below the 'w' of 'New' are bits of the 'B' of the inverted 'Bank.' The mark below the 'nk' of 'Bank' is from the inverted 'N' of 'New' and the two marks below the 'i' and 'n' of American are from the inverted 'k' and 'Y' of 'York' respectively.
Keep in mind that imprints were added to the plateswith their own narrow transfer roll after all of the stamp designs were completely entered. These tiny letters impressed into a narrow circle of steel made it easy to become accidentally turned around, resulting in inverted imprints.
Note: Robert Turkowski has now found an imprint vertical proof strip of three showing the full imprint!
Courtesy of Robert Turkowski
I was just checking through some unsorted stamps and came across the Scott 24 shown here below Bob's stamp. This is the 1870 perforated version, and lo and behold, it also has the inverted imprint! Funny what you find just lying around!
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^ Courtesy of Robert Turkowski ^
^ From the RETrimble Collection ^
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Ralph E. Trimble
Specialist in BNA
Re-entries
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Date Created: January 5, 2004.