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Back in the day, there were all kinds of irregularities. Blotches here, re-entries there, all over the place! The dot is interesting, but not mentioned in Unitrade.
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I believe this is a guide dot.
Guide Dot: a dot placed upon an engraved plate as a guide to the siderographer in properly placing subjects upon the plate.
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Thanks folks.
So, obvious next question, does a "guide dot" enhance value at all?
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Guide dots aren't mentioned in the Unitrade catalogue. Sounds plausible, but if that were the case, it would be mentioned as a constant variety. Seems to be an oddity that may enhance the value to a particular collector.
JMOT...
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got it....thanks
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01:14:21pm
My copy of 24b also has a small dot of green in the lower left corner, but in a slightly different spot. It's either another plate or, my guess, just a little spot of misplaced green ink. To me it would be worth noticing, but would not add any value to the stamp. Just a guess, or an opinion, but I could definitely be wrong!
By the way, you should make sure it is not #32, check the type of paper - laid or wove. Remember, the third copy found was just in a batch of odd 2 cent green Queens!!
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" ... To me it would be worth noticing, but would not add any value to the stamp. Just a guess, or an opinion, but I could definitely be wrong! ..."
Such things may not acquire any notice by a catalog editor, but are usually of interest to a certain kind of collector. In fact books are sometimes written about such oddoties.
The Admiral Issue, 1911 - 1925 by George C. Marler,
The Ship Stamp "Dromidarius"
and, of course,
The complete Machin Hanmdbook
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"In fact books are sometimes written about such oddoties.
The Admiral Issue, 1911 - 1925 by George C. Marler, "
... and of course my brain being a sieve, I have that book, which I failed to reference! I hope it isn't going to get worse. I'm only 66-½!
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Going through a collection today with a number of large queens. I noticed this apparently round green dot outside of image in lower left corner. Any thoughts?
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re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
Back in the day, there were all kinds of irregularities. Blotches here, re-entries there, all over the place! The dot is interesting, but not mentioned in Unitrade.
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re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
I believe this is a guide dot.
Guide Dot: a dot placed upon an engraved plate as a guide to the siderographer in properly placing subjects upon the plate.
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re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
Thanks folks.
So, obvious next question, does a "guide dot" enhance value at all?
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re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
Guide dots aren't mentioned in the Unitrade catalogue. Sounds plausible, but if that were the case, it would be mentioned as a constant variety. Seems to be an oddity that may enhance the value to a particular collector.
JMOT...
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re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
got it....thanks
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06 Jul 2022
01:14:21pm
re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
My copy of 24b also has a small dot of green in the lower left corner, but in a slightly different spot. It's either another plate or, my guess, just a little spot of misplaced green ink. To me it would be worth noticing, but would not add any value to the stamp. Just a guess, or an opinion, but I could definitely be wrong!
By the way, you should make sure it is not #32, check the type of paper - laid or wove. Remember, the third copy found was just in a batch of odd 2 cent green Queens!!
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11 Jul 2022
06:49:55am
re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
" ... To me it would be worth noticing, but would not add any value to the stamp. Just a guess, or an opinion, but I could definitely be wrong! ..."
Such things may not acquire any notice by a catalog editor, but are usually of interest to a certain kind of collector. In fact books are sometimes written about such oddoties.
The Admiral Issue, 1911 - 1925 by George C. Marler,
The Ship Stamp "Dromidarius"
and, of course,
The complete Machin Hanmdbook
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re: Canada Large Queen Green Dot......oddity?
"In fact books are sometimes written about such oddoties.
The Admiral Issue, 1911 - 1925 by George C. Marler, "
... and of course my brain being a sieve, I have that book, which I failed to reference! I hope it isn't going to get worse. I'm only 66-½!
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