NUMERAL ISSUE

Re-entries

Seven Cents Scott #81

(Printed from a single plate of 200 (20 X 10) divided into two panes of 100 each.)

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Scott #81

7¢ Olive Yellow

Major Misplaced Entry 1 - Type 1 - The 'Mid' Version

Position 53*

Pane: Unknown

Here we have yet another Major Misplaced Entry on the Numeral Issue, extremely similar to the appearance of the foreign entries on the 10¢ on 1¢ green and 5¢ blue Numerals. However, whereas the bottom framelines of the latter are seen through the 'N' of CANADA and 'A' of POSTAGE, here we see the misplaced bottom framelines through the 'S' of SEVEN and 'S' of CENTS. The lines also extend all the way across the design. When you examine the close-up scans that follow the full stamp scan, you will also see that here we do not have another foreign entry, but an entry from the 7¢ design itself (unlike the two examples mentioned above), as evidenced by the three strong lines of the frame. In the 'S' of CENTS on the right, the inner frameline is also seen above the main bottom frameline.

*As with the famed 5¢ on 6¢ SQ, the 1¢ SQ 'strands of hair,' the 10¢ on 1¢ Numeral and the 5¢ Numeral foreign entry, I am certain that this misplaced entry was also caused by the over-rocking of the transfer roll.*

With this knowledge now in hand, I was able to locate a copy for myself in fairly short order. Scrolling down below John's scans, you will find scans of my copy.

Just added, my newly acquired mint copy, showing the details exceptionally clearly. Scroll down to find it.

Hardly able to contain my excitement, I just HAD to share this incredible discovery with my friend, Peter Spencer, the author of a wonderful series of full-colour books on plating the 1¢, 2¢, 5¢ and 10¢ Numerals (The Wearing of the Green, Pretty in Pink, Blue Opaline and Mrs. Brown, in that order). Well, Peter immediately started going through his extensive stocks of Numerals he had amassed for his research, and found not only several used copies, but also came up with a beautiful mint copy. This is shown below the scans of my copy, if you scroll down.

However, anyone who knows Peter knows that he does not do anything in a 'small' way...Scroll down to see TWO more amazing discoveries that Peter has made in searching for copies of this one!

My sincere thanks to Peter Spencer for jumping in with both feet when I notified him of the existence of this discovery, and for sharing his discoveries with us here.

*Discovery of plate position by W.G. Burden

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^ Plate Proof Pair - Positions 53 & 54 - Courtesy of Gary Lyon (and W.G. Burden) ^            **See Stamp *5 below for a closer look at pp54 (above)

^ Plate Proof - Position 53 - Courtesy of Gary Lyon (and W.G. Burden) ^

v  Courtesy of John Routledge - The Discovery Copy  v

^ Scans Courtesy of John Routledge ^

v Copy below from the RETrimble Collection v

^ From the RETrimble Collection ^

v Newly acquired mint copy below from the RETrimble Collection v

^ Mint Copy above from the RETrimble Collection ^

^ From the RETrimble Collection ^

Mint copy below Courtesy of Peter Spencer

^ Courtesy of Peter Spencer ^

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Scott #81

7¢ Olive Yellow

Major Misplaced Entry 2 - Type 2 - The 'High' Version

Position Unknown, but likely from the third column. (See #1 & #3.)

As mentioned above, Peter Spencer made TWO more startling discoveries while searching for copies of the misplaced entry discovered by John Routledge, above.

The first of these is seen here as Major Misplaced Entry #2, Type 2, and is described as the 'HIGH' version of the one above. The reason for this will become obvious when you compare the position of the misplaced details compared to #1 above.

You will note that the misplaced framelines in the 'S' of CENTS on this one are located HIGHER than those in Type 1 above, as well as the lines across the centre of the design, which can be seen on both sides of the necklace. There is also a large dark diagonal mark on the throat of the Queen which echoes the crossbeam of the 'N' in SEVEN. There do not appear to be any marks visible on the left.

Below the copy directly to the right is another copy that Peter found which now resides in my collection, with thanks to Peter. Close-up scans taken at 50X are found below the full stamp scan.

But that's not all! Continue on down to #3 for Peter's other discovery...

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Copy below Courtesy of Peter Spencer

^ Courtesy of Peter Spencer ^

v Copy below from the RETrimble Collection v

^ From the RETrimble Collection ^

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Scott #81

7¢ Olive Yellow

Major Misplaced Entry 3 - Type 3 - The 'Low' Version

Position #63*

Pane: Unknown

This is Peter's second new discovery, known as the 'Low' Version, or Type 3. Here there is evidence of another misplacement of the transfer roll, with angled lines found lower in the 'S' of CENTS, as well as more diagonal lines in the white oval at the edge of the back of the veil, three solid bars above the 'S' of CENTS. Peter described this one as his "lemon surpriSe" copy. I believe he has found three examples of this one so far.

Courtesy of Peter Spencer

Plate Position discovered by W.G. Burden of Eastern Auctions. Note that this misplaced entry occurs directly beneath #1 above from pp53.

A scan of the proof pair containing this misplaced entry is now posted here, again Courtesy of W.G. Burden.

Along with the angled marks in the "S" and in the white oval where the veil touches the oval, note the lovely extra lines in the bottom jewel of the earring.

There are also interesting lines in the inner vertical frame next to the upper left corner spandrel, as well as below the 'N' of CANADA, and a trio of lines in the 'C' of CANADA.

Unfortunately, there are also numerous smudges and lines on the proof which are not plate-related and should be ignored.

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^ Plate Proof Pair - Positions 63 &64 - Courtesy of Gary Lyon (and W.G. Burden) ^

^ Plate Proof - Positions 63 - Courtesy of Gary Lyon (and W.G. Burden) ^

Scans below Courtesy of Peter Spencer

^ Courtesy of Peter Spencer ^

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Scott #81

7¢ Olive Yellow

Major Re-entry

Position #77*

Pane Unknown

This 'new' re-entry was just discovered by my friend Dave Noss, who surprised me with not one, but two copies at once (one mint, one used), proving constancy.

Like the above, this one appears as a narrow band across the stamp, this time at Victoria's eye level. However, here the details are not misplaced, but simply strongly doubled. Note the 'C' of CANADA and 'E' of POSTAGE. There also appears to be some 'extra' ink across the top of the ear in the centre of the design.

Courtesy of Dave Noss

I have added a copy I just found (below David's two copies), along with clearer 50X close-ups of the 'C' & 'E.' Note that my copy is also somewhat of a dry print, thus the patchy, white areas in the design.

In the plate proof we can see the doubling of many of the lines of the face. While they are indeed visible on Dave Noss' copy at the right, I had not noticed them before.

Plate position discovered by W.G. Burden.

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v  Newly Added: A pair of plate proofs Courtesy of Gary Lyon (and W.G. Burden) from Plate Positions 77 & 78 (Pane Unknown) v

^ Plate Proof - Position 77 - Courtesy of Gary Lyon (and W.G. Burden) ^

^  Courtesy of David Noss  v

^ Courtesy of Dave Noss ^

^ From the RETrimble Collection ^

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Scott #81

7¢ Olive Yellow

Major Misplaced Entry

Position 54*

Pane: Unknown

Here is a much better look at pp54 seen in the pair above (stamp *1 proof pair) that was discovered by W.G. Burden. Bill decided to have a closer look at this position after locating a used single and in doing so, found it to be yet another misplaced entry. Along with the curved marks in the 'S' of CENTS, there are some horizontal lines similar to the misplaced entries seen above. Note as well, the line through the far right jewel on the necklace. There are also numerous dots and dashes throughout the design that may or may not be a part of the errant design.

Courtesy of W.G. Burden

^ Courtesy of W.G. Burden  ^

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Ralph E. Trimble

Specialist in BNA Re-entries
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