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| APS Affiliate #103 |
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| ATA Chapter #94 |
Errors, Freaks & Oddities on U. S. Stamps
Question Marks in Philately
Dr. Stanley B. Segal
The EFOCC is pleased to present the philatelic community a reprint of Dr. Stanley Segal's work, Errors, Freaks & Oddities on U. S. Stamps. When it was published in 1979, it was a ground-breaking achievement, one of the first works focusing on EFOs, and helped place EFO collecting into the mainstream of philately. You can read this book in one of two ways.- You can view the pages online by clicking on the items in the table of contents shown below to see the related pages. Once you are on a content page, you can move from one page to another by clicking with your mouse on the arrows under the pages.
- You can also download the complete book onto your computer by clicking on the link below. If you do that you need also the PDF Viewer from Adobe software (likely already installed on your computer). Also note that the file is fairly large, and it might take a while to download to your computer, in particular if you are using a slow (dial-up) connection.
The reprinted text and/or images have been taken from "Errors, Freaks and Oddities on U.S. Stamps - Questions Marks in Philately" by Dr. Stanley Segal. The text or images from the book reproduced on this website and in the PDF are the copyrighted property of United States Stamp Society and any reproduction of the text and/or images is not permitted without written consent of the United States Stamp Society. The EFOCC thanks the United States Stamp Society for permission to present Dr. Segal's book on this site.
Cover
Preface
Inverts
1869 Issue - Proofs Inverted Centers
Pan-American Inverts
Misperforations
Change-of-Design Misperforations
Horizontal, Vertical, Two-Way Misperforations
Diagonal Misperforations
Cross-Gutter Misperforations
Margin Copies
Wide and Narrow Misperfs
Crazy Perfs
Double Perfs
Imperforates
19th Century Single Stamp Imperforates
1869 - 15¢ Reissue Imperforate Horizontally
1893 Columbian Series - Imperforate
2¢ Columbian - Imperforate
Bureau Issue of 1895 - Imperforate
8¢ Trans-Mississippi
2¢ Louisiana Purchase 1904
The Electric Eye Perforator and Its Aberrations
Part Perfs
Imperforate Between
Blind Perfs
Horizontal Imperf, Vertical Imperf, Completely Imperforate
Completely Imperforate
Imperforate Between
Imperforate Coils
Combination Perforating Errors
Misperfed Coils
Imperforate Booklets
Misregistrations
Misfeeds, Wet Printing Shrinkage
Color Errors
Smeared and Dry Printings
Stamps Printed in the Wrong Color
Missing Colors
Colors Reversed
Double Sheeting
Dry Ink Well
Improper Cylinder Adjustment
Foldovers
Printing Varieties
Color Variations
Shades
Color Changelings
Broken Inking-In Roller
Solvent Inking Variety
Offsets
Double Prints
Kiss
Tagging Doubles
Offset Doubling
Phantom Plate Numbers
Double Paper
Splices
Repairs
Printer's Waste
Wide Spacing of Overprints and Stretched Prints
Constricted Overprints and Missing Overprints
Postage Due Wide Spacings
Gutter Snipes
Production of Post Office Panes
Foldover Gutter Snipes
Accordion Fold Gutter Snipes
Crazy Perf Gutter Pairs
Favor Sheets
Perforation Variety Gutter Snipes
Interpane Misperf Gutter Snipe
Walt Disney Commemmorative Stamp Production
Major Disney Errors
Disney Perforation Gutter Snipe
Perforation Gutter Snipes - New Finds
Preprinting Paper Creases
Preprintig Creases on Multicolored Stamps
Preprinting Paper Folds
Unprinted Areas on Stamps
INTERPHIL: Bicentennial Souvenir Sheets
Bicentennial Souvenir Sheet Invert
SIPEX Sheet
Booklet Pane Production
Goebel Bookforming Machine
Miscut Booklets
Imperf Between
Misperfed Booklet Panes
Plate Number Collecting - Background Notes
Plate Number Coils
Reconstructed Plate Numbers
Presidential Series Coil Production
Mis-Cut Coils
432-Subject Plate Coil - Imperforate, Miscut, Double Plate Number
Production Techniques in the Manufacture of U. S. Stamps
Giori Press
Giori Press and Harris Press Combinations
Nine-Color Huck Press
Perforating Unit
Huck Press Imperforate Between
Huck Press Misregistrations
Huck Press Misperfs
Andreotti Press
Andreotti Missing Colors
Staircase Misregistration
Andreotti Solvent Inking Varieties
Christmas Stamps: Production
The Question Mark
References and Sources
John M. Hotchner
Errors, Freaks & Oddities
The EFO Collector
The Archives
John M. Hotchner
EFO Corner
The Columns
from Linn's
from Linn's
Articles By
Wayne Youngblood
AG
Files
Ryskamp
on
Computer-Vended Postage
Not
quite
EFOs