Saturday, July 18, 2009

'two dots' 10c Rivadavia Red Type III plate variety

The two dots are found under the letters RN of BERN in BERNARDINO.



I find two specimens with this plate variety, recently reported by Rein. The two I find are different positions in the plate, as are the two from the position immeditely right of this plate variety. Here are comparisons of the 'two dots' specimens;



and of the position to the right of the two examples on hand:



Here is the strip of three with the first example.



Left-most stamp



Middle stamp, 'two dots' (shown at top)

Right-most stamp



top detail of the right-most stamp



bottom detail of the right-most stamp



The second specimen is found top left in this block.



Top left, 'two dots' plate variety



Block labeled for types (2 is II, 3 is III):