All about the 3p Cuesta de Zapata

[Rein]

According to Holler:



issued in photogravure on 17.02.1960 and eleven years later - 30.04.1971 - in offset-litho which is rather P&R III period
“Ley 18.188”!? So why again the 3p?????

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[Rein]

According to Bardi:



The chronological order is different from what here was enlisted .

Just as in the case of the 5p Tierra del Fuega in photogravure, we start with the printing that was parallel to the long side of stamps1 Possibly with a tête-bêche lay-out as we find both direction of printing L and R!

And after some time - in 1965/66? - direction of printing U [ink flowing upwards] pops up!

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[Rein]

Sorting out my 3p stamps I found several thousand copies with the direction of paper horizontal and the direction of printing either to the left or right printed on uncoated Zárate paper!

In Bardi's terms this would be "ZA 2 m" !

His "ZA4 M" is rather scarce - just 5 copies found! Not a single "ZA3 M".... Bearing in mind the wrong reference stamp for ZA 3 at all [1959 Red Cross] I wonder whether it exists at all and if so the scarcity must justify a much higher price than 2.00

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[Rein]

There is another aspect that comes with the assumed tête-bêche lay-out.

A few plate characteristics occur in two versions! Some with an extra characteristic in the stamp elsewhere but only depending on the direction of printing i.e. which pane of the double-pane lay-out!

My conclusion so far is that the multipositive film comprises 10x10 stamp images of which a few have these characteristics already! The additional characteristics are either on the top or on the bottom pane..... The multipositive characteristics - NO plate flaws! - are to be found with stamps on uncoated paper AND on stamps on coated paper [either with L or R] whereas other charactersitcs - probably real plate flaws only occur on uncoated paper! The "tuba" does not occur on coated paper!






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[Rein]

A characteristic that is probably present in the original multipositive film:

on uncoated paper - direction of printing L:







on coated paper - direction of printing L:




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