ARC Varieties

  • During plate layout, compass arcs were etched on the printing plate to help ensure that the rows of stamps would be aligned.

    Occasionaly the "Arc" varieties can be found on the finished product.

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2¢C 39UL2.webp
An arc in the left centre oval.

39UL2

Flaw Zone 9

2¢C 72LL90.webp
There is an intersecting pair of arcs through a guide dot in the lower…

72LL90

Flaw Zone 2

2-carmine-72ll100.webp
It appears that the arrow is pointing in the wrong direction. 

72LL100

Flaw Zone 2

2-cent-carmine-75ll95.webp
"A retouch of the vertical line in the lower left from line 1 to the…

75LL95

Retouch Zone 1

2-cent-carmine-136lr100.webp
"Doubling in GE with a line below these letters and another line in…

136LR100 Q

Re-entry Zone 20

2-cent-carmine-144ul1.webp
Guide Dot and large Compass Arc in the Upper left margin.

144UL1

Flaw Zone 8

2-cent-carmine-arc-at-left.webp
Arc in the left margin at centre which almost touches the frame.

Unknown

Flaw Zone 9

2¢C Arc RC.webp
A 'Compass Arc' line near the centre of the right frame which…

Flaw Zone 6

2-cent-carmine-coil-arc.webp
A short, horizontal Arc with a central Guide Dot in the right margin…

Unknown

Flaw Zone 2

2-cent-carmine-dotted-arc-at-right.webp
A complicated group of lines in the right margin. Two vertical lines go…

Unknown

Flaw Zone 6