oldteddy
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Central Telegraph plate varieties
Soloviebv catalog lists TWO plate varieties for Scott #436 (with WM "carpet") - he calls them "Moon" and "Staircase", but he doesn't show them.
Standard-Collection doesn't list them and I do not have Lyapin. Could anybody show them here?
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GregMirsky
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I was looking for them for number of years, but never sow actual stamps. "Moon" variety looks like large circle in the sky on the right side of the
telegraph building.
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Wouldnt you know Id see this very topic in the "flyspecker" blog! Ive posted what I believe to be a "moon" variety on the general forum! If anyone
knows how to move the post please feel free, otherwise I will repost.
Dave
PS. This was sitting in an old album when I visited the Oregon stamp Society on collectors day. I have to say, I was certainly surprised and pleased.
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Congratulations - a nice find.
Liapin does not list it. The Soloviev has a cryptic /94-я м.ч.т./ -- which I assume is the position on the sheet.
If I am not mistake, you can delete your original posting yourself. As part of the EDIT button you can check "Delete This Message."
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I hate to spoil celebration, but....
I digged through my archives and found original (and probably the only one to the best of my knowledge) reference. There was an article in Filatelia
SSSR , #1, 1971, page 9-11. A. Skrilev, "Rastri and Raznovidnosti Marok" (Screens and Stamp Varieties). See illustration below and corresponding text
from the article. Broken step (stamp on the left) looks like a line (45 deg.) from the main entrance,
"Moon variety" (stamp on the right) has a large light circle under "CC" of "CCCP" touching the building.
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GregMirsky
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Here is related text from the article.
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Hey greg: So what does that make my stamp? Is it a consistent error? or just a flaw? I call it a "planet" stamp!
Dave 
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Dave,
It may be EFO or some other variety we don't know about, but it is definitely not what is described in literature and mentioned in several catalogs
as a "Moon" variety.
Let's try to find another one like yours and may be we will all learn something new. You never know...
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I just received from fellow Rossica member (THANK YOU, YURY!) a scan of a very nice copy of the "broken step" variety of this stamp. See attached
stamp and zoom.
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Here is the zoom picture of the variety
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