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  • The 3¢ Carmine is one of my less appreciated Admirals, but Jonathan Woensdregt has motivated me to put some 'under the glass' more frequently. He has discovered a very interesting spin on Reiche's #9 ~ the 'hammer' flaw inside the '3' of the left numeral box. Previously reported examples were all from position LL10, showing straight edges at the top and right. Jonathan has found a very similar CPV, but on a 'perfed all around' stamp.

    Simon Young has provided us with a really nice example of one of the manually created cutting guide arrows, which is composed of dots. This 1¢ Green is from position UR1, and with the upper selvedge intact, it provides us with a view of just over 50% of the arrow.

    During my process of re-visiting Marler's personal collection more closely, I have found a considerable number of retouches and plate flaws, which have now been listed.

    Keen observers may notice the change to the primary search page. After using this new page for the past few weeks, I believe it is ready for prime time.

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    There is a new, experimental search page found in the Search Options (Alt Search 2). In addition to a new page layout, an option to isolate Original from Retouched die types has been added. This option should reduce the number of objects to be considered when a search returns many items.

    The Marler collection had many pages devoted to the various retouches found on the vertical lines of the four spandrels. Over the past few days, we have added about 50 of the most interesting examples.

    There are numerous retouches in the lower left, which are identified as Marler Type R28, which have yet to be addressed.

  • I am always pleased to add plate position data to the Admiral Coil listings. With the help of Steve Hellsten, there are now two more images of coils with plate positions. You will also note another newly confirmed Plate Flaw and additional Is It Constant candidates, with help from Steve.

    A very special "Thanks!" to Bob Brown. I am now in the process of very carefully revisiting Marler's personal collection. It will be an ongoing process that will add significantly to the value and depth of the site. Current plans include:

    • Listing several dozen new re-entries. 
    • Plate Flaws for which we have a second, confirming example, will be posted. 
    • There are dozens of retouches in the collection. Creating useful listings will be a challenge.
    • Stamps that were assigned Marler Type values by Marler himself will be incorporated into the Marler Type listings.

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    The 3¢ Carmine has a group of very similar "mystery marks which are comprised of several pairs of parallel, vertical dashes found at either the bottom (most common), the top and bottom or just at the top (least common) of the right side.

    • Marler had a number of these items in his personal collection. 
    • An example was reported by Reiche in his booklet The Admiral Flaws. 
    • Beaudet and Morris included these CPVs in their article "Mystery Markings on Admiral Stamps", The Admiral's Log, Vol. 20, #1, January 2008.

  • The pages for the 5¢ blue cutting guide arrows have been updated. Several new images have been added. 

    At this time, we have images for all but 2 of the 16 positions from plates 5 and 6. These are the plates known to have had cutting guide arrows added to the plates after the printer's proofs were prepared.

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