OK John, I know my eyes are bad, but these o/p's look the same to me, unless I'm dyslexic when I look at the right stamp, but not the left.
BTW, Welcome to SRO.
Ekim
It's the over/under of the overprint that he is questioning.
The normal overprint is:
Venetia
Giulia
On his stamps the overprint is:
Giulia
Venetia
I looked in Michel and was unable to find anything about this, but I'm not sure I have looked at all the possible places.
In Michel it says "numerous errors on overprint is known". Could be something like that?
You'd have to check Sassone -- sorry, I don't have one.
That being said, the overprints (and the both stamps, in general) look suspect.
All the "normal" overprints I've seen are much sharper. The overprint at the right looks like it is at an angle. Definitely not an expert on cancels, but the cancel looks, well, weird. I've seen the thin outer ring combined with the thick inner ring/bar, but never seen the thin outer ring so incredibly sharp. But I certainly don't claim to have seen all the different cancel varieties for Austria.
Now what makes the reversed order overprint even more odd is that the few examples I've seen are all on canceled stamps with -- you guessed it, Görz cancels of the same type.
Given that both your cancels are the exact same date, I find it odd that the Görz block lettering in your cancels differ, yet the date lettering is the same.
I would suggest taking a genuine overprint and compare the spacing of each letter (i.e., see if the points of the V, i, l... line up properly), not just compare the total width of each overprint line.
Perhaps it is an example of the very rare
"Leaning Overprint of Trieste."
Well, I feel better knowing it was just my pea-brain, not just my bad eyesight. Another observation,
"The overprint, however, is reversed (not inverted)"
These two stamps appear to be the normal Scott N20 & N21 issues for the post-WWI Italian Occupation of Austrian territory. The overprint, however, is reversed (not inverted) "Giulia/Venezia" instead of "Venezia/Giulia." Scott has no mention of them.
I am particularly curious about these, as both were cancelled apparently at the same place and time (8.XII.18), yet both have full, unused gum. Perhaps a deliberate philatelic "pseudo-error?" Does anyone know of any reference to these in the literature? Any premium value?
Thanks
re: 1918 Venetia Giulia reversed overprint error
OK John, I know my eyes are bad, but these o/p's look the same to me, unless I'm dyslexic when I look at the right stamp, but not the left.
BTW, Welcome to SRO.
Ekim
re: 1918 Venetia Giulia reversed overprint error
It's the over/under of the overprint that he is questioning.
The normal overprint is:
Venetia
Giulia
On his stamps the overprint is:
Giulia
Venetia
I looked in Michel and was unable to find anything about this, but I'm not sure I have looked at all the possible places.
re: 1918 Venetia Giulia reversed overprint error
In Michel it says "numerous errors on overprint is known". Could be something like that?
re: 1918 Venetia Giulia reversed overprint error
You'd have to check Sassone -- sorry, I don't have one.
That being said, the overprints (and the both stamps, in general) look suspect.
All the "normal" overprints I've seen are much sharper. The overprint at the right looks like it is at an angle. Definitely not an expert on cancels, but the cancel looks, well, weird. I've seen the thin outer ring combined with the thick inner ring/bar, but never seen the thin outer ring so incredibly sharp. But I certainly don't claim to have seen all the different cancel varieties for Austria.
Now what makes the reversed order overprint even more odd is that the few examples I've seen are all on canceled stamps with -- you guessed it, Görz cancels of the same type.
Given that both your cancels are the exact same date, I find it odd that the Görz block lettering in your cancels differ, yet the date lettering is the same.
I would suggest taking a genuine overprint and compare the spacing of each letter (i.e., see if the points of the V, i, l... line up properly), not just compare the total width of each overprint line.
re: 1918 Venetia Giulia reversed overprint error
Perhaps it is an example of the very rare
"Leaning Overprint of Trieste."
re: 1918 Venetia Giulia reversed overprint error
Well, I feel better knowing it was just my pea-brain, not just my bad eyesight. Another observation,
"The overprint, however, is reversed (not inverted)"