John Merrick...

I am not certain if I should have start a new thread on this or not. It is a New Zealand stamp after all and may possibly should be moved to that threat.. however. I picked this up in a recent purchase. It is only one of a thousand or so stamps that were in this particular package. It is what I now refer to as my John Merrick stamp. I do not know if it is a copy with bad ink, if it was done in the original printing or? 


 

Does anyone have any input as for this??? There is no B and W stamp with this denomination. In the bottom left, she looks like the bloody elephant man, hence the title of the thread...

It will be here on Wednesday at which time I can get a better scan and post a sharper image of the stamp.

Thanks

Jonesy