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First reports of newly-found plate flaws No. 177

The first of Giles du Boulay’s reports concerns the anomalies shown at the left. Posi tion 28 has a 1mm break in the horn circle as below:


Fields 57 & 58 show damage to their upper frame corners. Position 57 is flattened and 58’s upper frame (at the left corner) is disturbed. These are apparently constant flaws since Giles has a couple singles with the same problems. Here’s an enlargement:

The block of 6 contains two additional minor flaws. What are the plate positions? The “accent” over the second “e” in “Freie” & a line thru the “g” of the other stamp appear:

 

Danzig Report  Nr. 32 - July - August - September - 1981, Page 4.