50 øre OF.8 og OF.20

[Ed Mildenhall]

Hi Hans,

I am confused. I have looked at the Museum scans and have the following questions:

Is OF 20 the same as OF 8 and are there two OF20s in print 4?

This what I see on the scans:

50 ore print 2 has OF20 pos. 68
3 OF20 pos. 38
4 OF20 pos. 79 and/or pos 24
5 OF8 pos. 79 also looks like OF20
6 OF8 pos. 21 also looks like OF20

Does anyone else have the same problem?

Ed Mildenhall

[Bernd Stein]

Hej Ed,

First of all: the dots in R are not exactly at the same position - so these are two different oval-flaws.

But you are right, that OF.8 has additional signs: a dot at the top of R (placed slightly higher than in OF.20)
and a minor dot at the left top of M (did you notice that?). Both can be seen already from print 2, the break of the oval-line under D originates from print 5.

Furthermore can be noted that OF.8 always has a rather thick oval-line under FRIM while on the cliché with OF.20 the oval-line under FRIM is rather thin.

Here the positions of OF.8:

50ø2 42, 50ø3 55, 50ø4 24, 50ø5 79 and 50ø6 21.

For comparison the scan is showing 50ø5 pos.79 with OF.8 and 50ø3 pos.38 with OF.20.

Mange hilsener! Bernd


50ø5 pos.79 with OF.8 and 50ø3 pos.38 with OF.20

50o5 79 OF_8 og 50o3 38 OF_20

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