The transference of the ink on the back of the stamp makes this a flat plate printing. Multiples of imperforate stamps, such as pairs as difficult to do, and are not usually seen. The perforations also do not look new. It is most likely a #392. Verify by checking the watermark.
My reference (Schmid - How to Detect Damaged, Altered, and Repaired Stamps) on fakes of these suggests 383 is the most likely candidate to be reperfed not 343. That being said it does not seem to exhibit any of the obvious tell tales such as fully aligned perfs. According to Schmid the holes should "exhibit consistent raggedness at the top or bottom of the hole". He also remarks 392 should be green or dark green and bogus issues are yellow green. 392 should have uniform spacing of 2.75 mm between the stamps and bogus issues measure approximately 2.0 mm.
Coils are out of my bailiwick, but would it be a guide line pair because the perfs don't line up?
Has nothing to do with the perf as i understand. Per Lynn's explanation from Coil development led to collecting specialty Aug 7, 2000 article.
... Consider that the flat sheets of 400 stamps (20 stamps by 20 stamps) that were used to create these coils were printed one at a time on a flatbed press, with the intention of dividing them into panes of 100 stamps each that would be sold at post office windows.
Each sheet of 400 was printed with two thin inked lines: one splitting the large sheet from top to bottom, and another splitting the left and right halves. These guidelines simply showed where the large sheet was to be cut apart before it was sent to the post office for sale.
When the uncut sheets were used to create coil stamps, each strip of 20 stamps would include a bit of the guideline that fell along the perforations directly between the 10th and 11th stamps.
I sincerely appreciate all of your kind and generous
comments. Thank you...jrc
To simplify:
guideline pairs = flat plate printing
joint line pairs = rotary press printing
Scott's #392, 1¢ Ben Franklin Head
flat plate, perf. 8 1/2 vertically
a hinge is present
"392" hand written in pencil LL
wmk not checked so 343 fake possible
small red line, back, no clue
all comments and/or suggestions
are welcome
Respectfully submitted:
jrc
re: 392 guide line pair, identification comments welcome
The transference of the ink on the back of the stamp makes this a flat plate printing. Multiples of imperforate stamps, such as pairs as difficult to do, and are not usually seen. The perforations also do not look new. It is most likely a #392. Verify by checking the watermark.
re: 392 guide line pair, identification comments welcome
My reference (Schmid - How to Detect Damaged, Altered, and Repaired Stamps) on fakes of these suggests 383 is the most likely candidate to be reperfed not 343. That being said it does not seem to exhibit any of the obvious tell tales such as fully aligned perfs. According to Schmid the holes should "exhibit consistent raggedness at the top or bottom of the hole". He also remarks 392 should be green or dark green and bogus issues are yellow green. 392 should have uniform spacing of 2.75 mm between the stamps and bogus issues measure approximately 2.0 mm.
re: 392 guide line pair, identification comments welcome
Coils are out of my bailiwick, but would it be a guide line pair because the perfs don't line up?
re: 392 guide line pair, identification comments welcome
Has nothing to do with the perf as i understand. Per Lynn's explanation from Coil development led to collecting specialty Aug 7, 2000 article.
... Consider that the flat sheets of 400 stamps (20 stamps by 20 stamps) that were used to create these coils were printed one at a time on a flatbed press, with the intention of dividing them into panes of 100 stamps each that would be sold at post office windows.
Each sheet of 400 was printed with two thin inked lines: one splitting the large sheet from top to bottom, and another splitting the left and right halves. These guidelines simply showed where the large sheet was to be cut apart before it was sent to the post office for sale.
When the uncut sheets were used to create coil stamps, each strip of 20 stamps would include a bit of the guideline that fell along the perforations directly between the 10th and 11th stamps.
re: 392 guide line pair, identification comments welcome
I sincerely appreciate all of your kind and generous
comments. Thank you...jrc
re: 392 guide line pair, identification comments welcome
To simplify:
guideline pairs = flat plate printing
joint line pairs = rotary press printing