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05:55:30pm
I can see part of the cut off perforations at the bottom of the stamp. Sorry!
I just looked at my copy of 352, I don't see part of the perfs on mine but maybe it was trimmed better! Can any one answer your question and say what the size of 352 should be?
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I'm hardly a professional but the bottom appears to have some very slight remnants of perforations, especially on the left side. It also doesn't look like the bottom cut is even with the right side higher than a left. Did this one cent series ever come in booklet format?
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Thank you for the responses. The perfs didn't show up so clear before I uploaded it but you are right, it appears to have been modified. Hope the former owner didn't pay the premium for this stamp. Also as far as I know there is no booklet for this stamp as I believe this is the first coil of a Franklin stamp. Is there any information out there on the measurements of full width and height of vertical and horizontal coils?
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07:30:50pm
My suggestion - get an accurate measurement of your 352 and I'll do the same with mine and anyone else who is interested will do the same if they have the stamp. Then we can compare. I also have 353 and 355 and they appear to be the same size as my 352. I just have to find my accurate scale to measure them. Then I'll let you know.
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The 352 also has a double line watermark (191). Should be fairly easy to see.
Mel
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That's one of the worst, most obvious fakes I've ever seen! The perfs are CLEARLY trimmed from the bottom. No doubt about it! The height of a real coil should be approx. 25 mm. (EDIT: Plus or minus about 0.25 mm)
Source: United States Coil Issues 1906-38, Martin A. Armstrong.
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05:25:57pm
I am a new member to StampoRama and am a little green at this so bare with me if you will. I have a used Franklin coil stamp, vertical perf 12, supposedly Scott# 352. It has no water mark that I am able to detect but am wondering if it could be a Scott# 331 that someone has cut the perfs off top and bottom to make it a valuable stamp. What I can't seem to find is the original full paper height of the Scott# 352 vertical perf 12, coil stamp.
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07 Apr 2020
05:55:30pm
re: #352 fake or real
I can see part of the cut off perforations at the bottom of the stamp. Sorry!
I just looked at my copy of 352, I don't see part of the perfs on mine but maybe it was trimmed better! Can any one answer your question and say what the size of 352 should be?
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05:55:54pm
re: #352 fake or real
I'm hardly a professional but the bottom appears to have some very slight remnants of perforations, especially on the left side. It also doesn't look like the bottom cut is even with the right side higher than a left. Did this one cent series ever come in booklet format?
Geoff
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06:21:52pm
re: #352 fake or real
Thank you for the responses. The perfs didn't show up so clear before I uploaded it but you are right, it appears to have been modified. Hope the former owner didn't pay the premium for this stamp. Also as far as I know there is no booklet for this stamp as I believe this is the first coil of a Franklin stamp. Is there any information out there on the measurements of full width and height of vertical and horizontal coils?
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
07 Apr 2020
07:30:50pm
re: #352 fake or real
My suggestion - get an accurate measurement of your 352 and I'll do the same with mine and anyone else who is interested will do the same if they have the stamp. Then we can compare. I also have 353 and 355 and they appear to be the same size as my 352. I just have to find my accurate scale to measure them. Then I'll let you know.
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re: #352 fake or real
The 352 also has a double line watermark (191). Should be fairly easy to see.
Mel
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re: #352 fake or real
That's one of the worst, most obvious fakes I've ever seen! The perfs are CLEARLY trimmed from the bottom. No doubt about it! The height of a real coil should be approx. 25 mm. (EDIT: Plus or minus about 0.25 mm)
Source: United States Coil Issues 1906-38, Martin A. Armstrong.
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