Rein escribió:The Scott I refer to is the 1964 I displayed, it is the only Scott I have ever had. In that particular Scott the 12c engraved got mentioned.
Oh, I see... well, it is quite interesting, if you check later editions, now Scott #46 is not engraved anymore, it is
typo.!
I realize you claim that this particular stamp is line-engraved and not typo. But that is your own particular opinion. As I said, I am not claiming you are wrong, only that, personally, I have some doubts, and I would like to hear the opinions of other experts.
The fact that Scott had it as
engraved, and then they changed it to
typo at some point, is quite significant. Of course that I have no insider knowledge about why they really did it. But speculating, the most likely scenario, is that they made a
correction. They corrected because either some Scott editor revised the stamp and said something like "hmm, this stamp seems engraved, but it is really not". Again, this is a bit speculative, and it is
possible that they had it right, and they changed it to wrong, just not very
likely.
Now, if I look at the stamp, I agree that it has a finer and more delicate impression than the other ones of this set, no doubts about it. But I don't see any actual
recess at the back of the stamp, do you? The recess at the back and the relief at the front are the fundamental characteristics for a line-engraved stamp. Granted, it is more evident in some stamps that other ones, but I don't see any at all on this particular stamp, and I have a few copies in both used and mint condition.
As to the 12c Sobrecito blue-green, ALL Argentinean catalogues are WRONG! And have been from the beginning!
This is also unlikely, but of course, not impossible.
So once again, you are possibly right, but personally I am not so sure, at least not yet.
