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Thread: Red Line Across Stamps

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    Can anyone explain the red line across the stamps shown in the images with this post ? Although I cannot verify it, I think it was caused during the printing process, and has not been "added" by misuse at a later stage. If it has been caused by the printing process, does this sort of thing happen a lot? It is the first time I have seen it.
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    Default Re: Red Line Across Stamps

    could it be worth money because its odd

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    Default Re: Red Line Across Stamps

    Looks like a print error; I would offer it for sale as a print error but wouldn't get excited about extra value.
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    Quote Originally Posted by billsbooks View Post
    Looks like a print error; I would offer it for sale as a print error but wouldn't get excited about extra value.
    Thank you both for your replies. Bills term "print error" has me thinking about errors and flaws generally. Am I now right in thinking that "print errors" - such as the one I have illustrated, probably caused by a blob of red ink on the print roller - are fairly common and of no real interest, whereas errors / flaws in the print die itself (whatever it is now called), and which are catalogued, are of more interest and generally fetch a premium?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raymondwatkins View Post
    Thank you both for your replies. Bills term "print error" has me thinking about errors and flaws generally. Am I now right in thinking that "print errors" - such as the one I have illustrated, probably caused by a blob of red ink on the print roller - are fairly common and of no real interest, whereas errors / flaws in the print die itself (whatever it is now called), and which are catalogued, are of more interest and generally fetch a premium?
    Some errors can greatly add to value. others such as this are more of a curiosity value. The most famous error is possibly the 'Upside down Jenny' which features an upside down aircraft. One sold for almost $3 million
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    Default Re: Red Line Across Stamps

    I was interested to read that in some cases where an error has been made and slipped through the checks that they have deliberately printed and flooded the market with errors to prevent 'speculation' on the genuine errors.


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    Quote Originally Posted by astral276 View Post
    I was interested to read that in some cases where an error has been made and slipped through the checks that they have deliberately printed and flooded the market with errors to prevent 'speculation' on the genuine errors.
    That has been a US tactic - masked with words like "to allow ordinary collectors to own this curiousity"
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