No cancellation date, but the watermark is parallel on symmetrical wire, direction of paper parallel to the short edge of the stamp ["m"] ... 1E2 or Austrian paper:
I wonder if there is a systematic way of classifying the plates of this stamp using the background. I definitely see major differences in how the ocean is layered.
tony
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I finally have a chance to plate this beautiful stamp. Here is the sheet scanned as quarters.
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This variety is found on the first stamp of the five by two repeatable grid used to populate the plate, yet interestingly, the variety only happens on the left half of the sheet with the exception of one case where I find it on the right side.
Row 1 Position 1
Row 3 Position 21
Row 5 Position 41
Row 7, right side, Position 66
Row 9 Position 81
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This variety is found on the first stamp of the second row of the five by two repeatable grid used to populate the plate, yet interestingly, the variety only happens on the left half of the sheet with the exception of one case where I find it on the right side.
Row 2 Position 11
Row 4 Position 31
Row 6 Position 51
Row 8, right side Position 76
Row 10 Position 91
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This variety is found on the second stamp of the second row of the five by two repeatable grid used to populate the plate, but only on the first three blocks on the left side.
Row 2 Position 12
Row 4 Position 32
Row 6 Position 52
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This variety is found on the fourth stamp of the second row of the five by two repeatable grid used to populate the plate.
Row 2 Position 14
Row 2 Position 19
Row 4 Position 34
Row 4 Position 39
Row 6 Position 54
Row 6 Position 59
Row 8 Position 74
Row 8 Position 79
Row 10 Position 94
Row 10 Position 99
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Other plate varieties on the sheet of the 1p1E4-SO
Position 10
Position 16
Position 20
Position 42
Position 67
Position 77
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This variety is found on the fourth stamp of the first row of the five by two repeatable grid used to populate the plate.
Row 1 Position 4
Row 1 Position 9
Row 3 Position 24
Row 3 Position 29
Row 5 Position 44
Row 5 Position 49
Row 7 Position 64
Row 7 Position 69
Row 9 Position 84
Row 9 Position 89
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