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HPB 1896015 NO
HPC 0906089 NO
HPC 2937829 YES (Very Faint)
HPC 3113889 YES (Distinct)
HPC 6509543 YES
HPU 4228829 NO
HPZ 1245283 NO
HPZ 1402127 NO

HPB 1896015 NO --------------
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Thank you. This is helpful.

HPH 3855227  - very clear
HPR 3229992  - very faint but still there not quite stars

I went through a bunch of fives that were scheduled to be added to the collection, and here's my data:

HAD6668422 bp:34 - Not there
HAD4331672 bp:31 - begins to show
HPB7802283 bp:39, HPB4177850 bp:32, HPE2280050 bp: 13, HPG0941685 bp: 32, HPG0941586 bp: 32, HPG0941687 bp:32, HPG0941688 bp: 32, HPW2001579 bp:30 - visible.

Hope this helps

John

I've got a little more data for you.

HPF0896865 bp:24, HPM7489137, bp: 12, HPR1461680, bp: 28, all very clear.

John

I've got a little more data for you.

HPF0896865 bp:24, HPM7489137, bp: 12, HPR1461680, bp: 28, all very clear.

John

Thx John. Most helpful.

HAD4331672 bp:31 - begins to show

This is very very interesting. May I ask if possible that you could scan the image at the stars for this note.

I have been developing a plausible theory for the occurrence of stars and this could be very valuable because I have run into notes in the vicinity of this serial number for HAD with stars. So far I have catalogued many HAD's from low 35000 to 9900000+ serial numbers in HAD and it seems that it is the range in the 4300000 range that show the stars.

Thx

I see the Star-sticks made the Charlton guide!

HPH 3855227  - very clear
HPR 3229992  - very faint but still there not quite stars

Thx for discerning them as clear and faint. Halfway through my research I began to realize the difference and have been cataloging as such. I am glad to see that someone independent has also seen that.

As I have mentioned earlier in this situation there is a difference between the intensity of the ink and places where the ink is missing.

More on it later.

Sure, I'll scan it and post it.

John

Hi:

I scanned the note, but all the scanning software does is zoomed and not zoomed. And it's 819K. Do you still want it? If so, do you have an email address that I can send it to?

John

I sent you a PM.

I see the Star-sticks made the Charlton guide!

Interesting

I do not have the catalogue yet but are you able to share the jist of the catalogues content?

There is precedence in the catalogue (like the hidden plate numbers) to cover items that may be a result of print registration issues.

Through this whole process I have developed an interest in subtle changes that are created in notes due to some very small changes in the print registration. Hopefully I will compile and share it at some stage.

But I hope that eager sellers do not abuse the information about the star sticks..

So far if you had a note in the the following HP- prefixes with a clear star then I would consider that you have something that is not common:

HPA
HPV
HPZ

The same would apply to any non HP- prefixes (although the sample size for 2011 HA- prefixes precludes any definitive conclusion)

In all other prefixes one can find star sticks although some are more frequent than others (e.g. HPY, HPW less frequent, HPD more frequent) So much so that in some prefixes finding a non-star stick is an aberration.

I have not had much time lately but will get to compiling this information in a more organized manner especially if there is more interest after the Charlton inclusion.

Here is the notation in the guide....

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