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United States: Stamps: EFOs: Errors, Freaks, and Oddities

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EFOs: Errors, Freaks, and Oddities

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270596

Scott #549, 1920 2c carmine Landing of the Pilgrims. Used. STRIKING PERF SHIFT SHOWING EDGE OF ADJACENT DESIGN AT RIGHT. A visually appealing accent piece!

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10.00

259337

Scott #804, 1938 1c Green Washington Presidential Dry Print. Mint Fine. Spectacularly underinked. Lightly hinged. A very nice freak accent piece.

16.00

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241305

842 [1939 3c Violet Jefferson Coil] NH PASTE-UP 3-strip. NH Fine. Paste-up between left two stamps. The strip has cut perfs, likely from vending machine dispensing. Unusual.

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10.00

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235640

Scott #1033, 1954 2c Jefferson. Misperforated pair. NH VF. Nice freak multiple with vertical and horizontal perfs shifted into design.

10.00

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235641

Scott #1033, 1954 2c Jefferson. Misperforated single. NH VF. Nice freak with vertical and horizontal perfs shifted into design.

6.00

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239828

Scott #1058 [1958 4c Lincoln Coil, Liberty series] Misperforated with normal centering top/bottom, but with about 10% of the design showing on the right side. Mint, without gum. Very bright and attractive. Popular thematic.

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5.00

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241756

Scott #1058 [1958 4c red violet Abraham Lincoln "Liberty" series coil issue] NH Fine (centering as expected for this type of variety) SET OF TWO LINE PAIRS: showing about 10% of plate number 26145 at bottom of left stamp and showing about 5% of 26146 (I can confirm because was in a batch with others of this number). These plate numbers were 384-subject plates, which Durland notes had the plate number farther from the stamp design, thus miscut examples showing the plate number are much scarcer than plate numbers from the later 432-subject plates.

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9.00

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239263

1286 [1967 10 cent Pres. Andrew Jackson, tagged] NH VF full sheet with MISPERFORATION. The vertical perforations are shifted 3-4 mm to the left, cutting off the W and N on the right side of each stamp. The marginal inscriptions (plate number 34348, mail early in the day, and use zip codes) on the left side of the sheet are not in the selvage, but are ON THE RESPECTIVE STAMPS! Unlike coil issues, it is extraordinarily unusual to find sheet stamps with plate numbers actually on the stamp. This misperforation may have affected as few as one printer sheet of 400 (4 panes of 100), in which case only four may have originally existed; because the four sheet positions would thus have been packaged and distributed separately, it is very possible that this is the only remaining example. I have found a few other misperforations of this issue (but none just like this) being offered for $5 to $35 per stamp (none involved the plate number). I believe that the break-up value of this sheet is about $250 for the plate strip of 20 and $5/stamp (perhaps should be $8-10) for the other 80 stamps, totaling $650 break-up value. I offer this full sheet for HALF the break-up value.

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325.00

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239058

Scott #1461a TAGGING OMITTED variety [1972 8c Olympics, Bobsledding] Upper left plate block of ten (plate numbers starting with black: 33331, 33336, 33329, 33328, 33327). NH VF, with only a very tiny spot on the edge of the top selvedge that might even be from the production. Missing-tagging varieties are generally extremely scarce. 2017 Scott has given this one a modest value of $7.50 for a single stamp, but most such items are rarely offered. As a full plate block, this is surely extremely scarce -- it is also a very nice topical item.

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65.00

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239059

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65.00

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239050

Scott #1474 SHIFTED COLORS variety [1972 8c Stamp Collecting] with the two engraved colors (brown Ben Franklin stamp [U.S. #1] and the black magnifying glass) shifted down. The base of the magnifying glass is out in the bottom margin of the stamp. This type of "printing freak" variety is generally limited to only one or a couple sheets of stamps. Though usually not valuable, such items are very interesting. A great coincidence that this variety is on the Stamp Collecting issue! Accompanied by a normal example. NH VF single.

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4.50

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239051

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7.50

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239052

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7.50

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239053

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13.50

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239054

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15.00

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239055

Scott #1478 SHIFTED COLORS variety [1973 8c Post Rider] with the three engraved colors (black, red, and blue) all shifted to the right. The black buildings extend off the right side of the stamp. This type of "printing freak" variety is generally limited to only one or a couple sheets of stamps. Though usually not valuable, such items are very interesting. Accompanied by a normal example. NH VF single.

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4.50

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239056

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19.50

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238780

Scott #1529 MULTIPLE COLOR SHIFTS [1974 10 cent Skylab] This stamp issue seemed to have a lot of production problems. This NH Fine single shows the yellow shifted down and the blue shifted up and to the right -- or at least that is the impression that it gives; there is a lot going on!

6.50

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254284

Scott #1579a, 1975 10c Multicolored Madonna Christmas issue, imperforate horizontal pair ERROR. NH VF.

89.00

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239867

1616 MISPERFORATED [1976 9c Flag Over Capitol coil] NH Superb pair with major perforation shift, with the perforations through 40% of each stamp. Excellent vertical centering. Very dramatic appearance!

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9.50

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227528

Scott #1617b, 1975 10c Violet Justice imperforate coil pair. NH Fine (which is typical for this error).

49.00

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227529

Scott #1617b, 1975 10c Violet Justice imperforate coil pair. NH Fine (which is typical for this error).

49.00

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241760

Scott #1706-9 [1977 13c Pueblo Pottery, American Folk Art series] NH VF set of four singles with TAGGING VARIETY. The tagging is shifted horizontally about 50% so there is a vertical untagged stripe through the middle of each stamp (they had been attached at one time). Shifted tagging is not so unusual -- and is nearly invisible without a short-wave UV light (this one IS visible in daylight if held at an oblique angle) -- but when it is this extreme, it is collectible if you enjoy such varieties.

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5.00

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238783

Scott #2027-30 COLOR STREAKS [1982 20 cent Christmas Children Playing] NH VF lower left corner margin 6-block with Zip and Copyright marginal imprints. The block shows strong black vertical streaking in the left selvage and light streaking in the left stamps. This streaking typically results from a defective wiper blade or one that is clogged.

5.00

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241761

Scott #2070a Block (2067-70) [1984 20c Winter Olympics] NH VF se-tenant 4-block with a TAGGING VARIETY I have not previously encountered. The tagging is very well "printed" (not as if it ran out of tagging "ink". However, the right column of stamps have 21 mm wide tagging blocks (that just go to the left edge) on them but the left column of stamps only show about 13 mm width of tagging on them (and runs off the left edge), with a gap between the blocks of about 12 mm. Usually the width of the blocks is much more consistent. I am not sure what happened on this one and looking at full sheets, I cannot figure out what could have caused this particular variety. Shifted tagging is not so unusual -- and is nearly invisible without a short-wave UV light -- but this one seems very different and it is collectible if you enjoy such varieties.

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5.00

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237866

2281a [1988 25c Honey Bee coil, IMPERFORATE, small block tagging] NH Superb pair, miscut so that the design just go over the bottom edge. I have been able to find a couple offerings of #2281a, but not any that have been miscut.

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38.00

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237865

2281g [1988 25c Honey Bee coil, IMPERFORATE, large block tagging] NH Superb pair. I have been able to find offerings for #2281a (imperforate with small block tagging), but not #for 2281g!

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45.00

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238784

Scott #2619 COLOR SMEAR [1992 29 cent Olympic Baseball] NH VF left margin 9-block showing significant excess blue smearing or overwash on left two columns of stamps. This type of "freak" usually results from excess ink coverage combined with inadequate plate wiping. Such items are seldom seen, especially on such a strongly topical stamp issue.

8.00

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238785

Scott #2619 COLOR SMEAR [1992 29 cent Olympic Baseball] NH VF left margin vertical 8-block showing significant excess blue smearing or overwash, stronger on the upper stamps. This type of "freak" usually results from excess ink coverage combined with inadequate plate wiping. Such items are seldom seen, especially on such a strongly topical stamp issue.

6.50

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237731

4481d [2010 Holiday Evergreens / Christmas booklet stamps, tall format] DIE CUTS MISSING ERROR: Die cuts completely missing from the 12-stamp side. Found in a small-town post office in North Carolina (no, not by me!) when the discoverer overheard another post office patron complaining that the stamps (of a different #4481d) could not be separated. The discoverer examined all the booklets in the post office stock and found a another example of 4481d (and also the discovery example of 4481f). This #4481d is still unpriced by Scott, however, sales have been recorded for #4481e (die cuts missing on 8-stamp side) and that is listed by Scott at $800.

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575.00

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237730

4481f [2010 Holiday Evergreens / Christmas booklet stamps, tall format] DIE CUTS MISSING ERROR: Die cuts completely missing from the 12-stamp side AND die cuts completely missing from the bottom four stamps of the 8-stamp side . This is the DISCOVERY EXAMPLE that was submitted to Scott for the #4481f listing and about which a page-one article was published in the August 13, 2012, issue of Linns Stamp News. I have not heard of any other examples having been discovered. Found in a small-town post office in North Carolina (no, not by me!) when the discoverer overheard another post office patron complaining that the stamps (of a #4481d) could not be separated. The discoverer examined all the booklets in the post office stock and found a couple examples of 4481d, but only this one example of 4481f. This #4481f is unpriced by Scott, however, sales have been recorded for #4481e (die cuts missing on 8-stamp side) and that is listed by Scott at $800. This #4481f is apparently the only recorded example and deserves a higher valuation.

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950.00

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240867

J89 Shiny Gum [1959 1c black on red Postage Due] Mint VF lower left corner margin single (position 91) showing unusual variety: Clear break between the head and the shaft of the "1". While the denomination plates of issue were subject to a lot of wear and thus varieties, they are usually not as obvious and "important" as one like this. It has been beheaded and just does not know it yet -- I have to wonder if a later stage, without the head of the "1", is known to exist. Such plate damages were usually quickly noticed and repaired, thus it is likely that, while this IS a constant variety, the quantity printed (after the damage and prior to the repair) was very limited and almost certainly only within one printing. Not actually hinged, but has slight offsetting and adhesion speck, so cannot be called NH.

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10.00

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242409

J93 and J100 [1959 5c and $1 black on red Postage Dues] Used F-VF with the central black printing severely shifted to the lower right on both stamps. The 5 cent almost touches the frame line; the $1 extends beyond the frame line. The 5 cent is an earlier printing in Carmine Rose, while the $1 is a later printing in Red. While such large shifts are not "valuable", they are quite unusual. It would be quite a challenge to make an "hours of the clock" display of these shifts.

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