A couple of oddities

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Wilding Mad
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A couple of oddities

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On trying to trace the plate numbers of these two stamps I thought it would be easy as they both appear to have individual markings, the Derby one has what looks like a finger under the check letter 'R' and the Retford one has a blurred 'M' or is it an "H" ?
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Not sure about RA, but I would put money on the “Retford” one being OE from Plate 91
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Hmm! There's no mention of any special markings for check letters OE on plate 91 in my SG part 1 specialised. WM
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I make RA to be plate 149 and would agree with Petrod on OE as plate 91
The E on 91 is very blured.
the mark on 149 is just an ink stain not normal on this plate. In my opinion.
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The info in Brown/Fisher Vol 2 regarding Plate 91 OE is quite clear and backed up by the extension west of the top of OF.
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Thank you both for pointing out that the OE is from plate 91, you have used a section of the adjoining stamp OF which has an extension line to verify its plate number : 5 brownie points . WM
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Only 5?
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Go on then petrod if you insist! 5½ WM.
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