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Michel No. 180   -  Airmail stamp Danzig

2. Procedure


In order to “plate” a stamp that was issued hurriedly in an atmosphere of inflation in which the rates changed daily, the usual rules don’t apply. Possibly, it is a waste of time unless two or more full sheets are available for study. The reason is that some damage or spots that appear on some stamps aren’t consistent when checked against others that are from the same position or field.

The above illustration is a crossection of an engraved plate, wits both damaged metal (left) and a dry particle of ink (right), showing the origin of two types of printing “errors” that are common in this emergency issue.

Field 98 consistently exhibits a “fried egg” on the fuselage of the larger plane. These concentric circles are puzzling, and could be either a cliche nail or dried ink. When compared with a selvage cliche nail, as seen in the photos at the right, we feel that a cliche nail has the edge. Even with the overprint "5", the nail’s imprint shows up.

 

Danzig Report   Nr. 59 - April - May - June - 1988, Page 11.