SHIM HUNT:-'~ mTTER NO. 30.

Bureau Issues Association Flate varieties Committee ~eleased with the 3ureau Specialist, Arril, 1931

Lyle Daigneau sends us the t"-. .top rovrs fr_o in the uprier r!ght pane of Plates 8990 and 8995, 3¢-0ffset, 1rype rv. Po sition 6 sh•ws the blot of color under the'S' of •u~s.' as :produced 1Jy a BLIS~R on the 400 su'bJect glass ( or celluloid) negative. ?his variety is co~stant on all plates made from this negative as illustrated and described in the Rota.-;-:irint accompa~ ing this letter. We would lilce to receive cop­ies showing the recut rlate and the retouched negative, so that tl10y mo.~' be illus­trated.

On plate 8990. position 7 shows a da:7aged cheek in the :,ortrait and position 8 shows a i!hite line or l:>roo.d scratch through the 'U' of'U.S.'. As these varieties do not ap,ear on r,l~te 8995, they are DAMAGED PLATE varieties and not NEGATIVE va­rieties. Thm1ks to llr. DaigneZl.u.

Alexo.nder Dulf.:;r through Theo. L. :Sehr, sends us his fine collection of sh ifts on the 2; -Brown, Hawaii, Scott's No . 75 of 1894. This display is so attract­ive that we have illustrc.ted them in detn.il in the Rotarirint. r.:r. Dulfer thinks t hat o. different ::,late was used for the rose colot'e'1 stamp, 1:o. 81, as none of these varieties have been found on this color. 1Ir. I)Ulfer is not ons of the Shift :::runters ( a s yet) and his courtasy is greatly u~reciated.

Thrt.11ks t o Don ::t. '3ennett, wo h,we bgen .:i.b l e t o deterMine the plate :po sitions :J f all th0 knov11 CRACKS -:m the 50¢-Hortgo.ge , Civil Wo.r ;'.tevenue. ':1he yiositions are s:1own in the diag ram on tho Rota.print. A furthe r c hec \ : h.:. s been po ssible through tne as sisto.nc e of w. S. 2to1,ison and Severly s. King. There a re a number of Double Transfers y e t to be p-la.~cd on tho 50¢-Utg ., t-nd ~rour 11ss i st:mc0 is needed. Pl0aso cr..ll tnis to t11c o.ttcntion of ~rour ~evonuc Collccti,r .friends. H. B. 3ea.umont came t :1rough A1cron en.rly in !:.,r il, o.nd I hn.d the ::'.'Jle[,sure of checking his plating of the 5¢ -C artificnt-3 r evenue. He is doing an .:i.ccur~t0 and po.instn.king piece of work thnt wi ll be a real contributi on to the philatelic litero.ture nhen it is published. A. 1!1. Carpenter h'.ls n.lso shovm me his yilating of the $1.00 Power of Lttorney revenue in which tho plc.ting h'.ls i,lre.:-,dy tied into all four margins. This stamp with its r:ic.ny RECUTS reminds me of th0 ff 3¢-1851. 'ile prophesy that this stur.ip will be q_ui to popular o.ftor t he data is published. Both Ur . Ca.ri)entcr and Hr. Bon.umont deserve your assisto.nce in obtaining the lonn of p~irs, strips or blocks of tho respective stn~ps in which they arc interested.

H. M. Southgn.t o C.'.'L lls our a tt0nt ion to 3.11 outstanding vari e: ty on tho 5,;-bi­colo r nd t~ ir 1:o.il quite n irnilur t o fac 'Blue Hoon'. It is c.. 3luo Pln.te defect in the right r!it:i.rgi.n opposite r o . 10 of · the second r ow and is o. rather perfect ir.ii tn.tion of o. 'BLIMP'. This ii;; f ound in t he u,per right :p.:-.ne of pli.::. te F 19690.

J. G. Kue s ) ert sends a Left strip of ~hree wit:1 imprint ond :plc..te nw.1ber 4977 of foe 2¢ Lincoln, v-•he rein · t i1e right frn.rne line is defective in D.11 three s t a mpsJ Ls nll t hr ee stc.m?S seem to be very nc:irl~r ic1.entical, this r.ny be o. d.:i.mnged nJliaf. ;'/ill those who hn.v o o the r :pl c.te number blocks fror.1 plate 4977, please re­port the ir ob s orv.:.:. ti o:r;.s r •"g:'.rding them. _

w. s. Robison, find s the TJ su::-.1 ~.,ype of shift for the 12\i-1914-17, on the (p l. 00 , }To . 342 of 1908, sho,:ing n.t t 1,c bottom of tho vignette and in tho top of '1 DOLLAR l'.

Cordio.lly yours, C • Yl. 3Gdford,

319 Vaniman st., A1cron, Ohio.

BUREAU ISSUES ASSOCIATION M D ~ ~ D D SHI;:••:UN::i•::~R co;:•::~~~ (l) Ln_J &--0, w ~ C. W. Bedi'ord, 319 Vaniman, Akron , Ohio. (~) ~~ o· □- · Mr A.Dulf'e r thru Mr The o .L. Behr , sends us his fl. • A shifts on t he 2J-brown,Hawa ii , 1894 . His display is s o attractive that we have illustrated them

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~he pl at e position of this well lmown variety. It is position 6 in the upper right pane and occurs on all 3i- plates from8720 thru 9270. It was corrected by re cutting on plate 9274 and therea.fte r "RETOUCHED" on the negative so that plate 9278 and later plates from the same negat ive show the extra painted lines, rough and wavy with the tip of t he

leat· missing. We would like to illustrate the Recut and the Retouched varieties if someone will loan us thelr""copi es .