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General Philatelic/Identify This? : APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

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lemaven
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18 Apr 2020
03:09:07pm
Another unusual one.

A ">" mark under the C of "Cent".
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lemaven
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19 Apr 2020
10:03:45am
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

Doh! Saar lulled me to sleep. Here's the stamp in question:

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All my other copies of this stamp do not have the mark under the "C".

Is this also a known variation?

Sorry & Thanks, Dave.

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Benque
19 Apr 2020
10:22:59am
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

Hi Dave,
I have 1 copy of this stamp, which has neither the ">" you mention, OR the dot to the left of the 2.

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Greaden
19 Apr 2020
12:45:41pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

Both Maury and Michel list numerous plate flaws for this stamp, but I do not recognize this specific flaw in any of the descriptions.

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musicman
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19 Apr 2020
04:15:23pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

To me, the chevron does not seem to be a plate flaw - it looks intentional.

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AGKING
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20 Apr 2020
08:55:04am
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

Looked through my 4 copies of this stamp. No marks to be seen... interesting

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musicman
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20 Apr 2020
07:42:40pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

I have looked at a dozen or more image of Saar 107....

...none have the chevron.


Very curious indeed.

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gerom
20 Apr 2020
08:43:58pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

Hi Dave,
I think it is C with "cedille" Michel#100I

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lerivage
21 Apr 2020
09:39:25am

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re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

My copy does not have the sign either. Michel

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21 Apr 2020
12:52:23pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

If the printing plate was assembled with separate
printing slugs to create the letters and values,
then it could be an easy error to use a "C" with a
cedilla on one stamp per sheet.
And possibly later corrected adding to scarecity.

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Benque
21 Apr 2020
01:07:05pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

What is the dot over the word "C???"...Cent?) to the left of the 25. Is this one of the many plate flaws?

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lemaven
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21 Apr 2020
01:08:26pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

Thanks for the info. I have a handful of that stamp but the one I posted was the only one I've noticed with that mark.

From gerom's scan it looks like there may be other artifacts worth looking for in that value (and perhaps others). I'll get my magnifying glass out!

Dave.

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Charlie2009
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25 Apr 2020
02:51:23pm
re: APOLOGIES: SCAN NOW ADDED ...Saar # 107 "Secret Mark" ?

As stamps go this is a mess but it shows the same "Error" or mark. I would not have known I had this, but thanks to Hockey nut I decided to actually do some stamp collecting and so began to put things into some order at first, when I remembered this post and had a look.
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