| Guideline And Straight Edge Positions -- Scott #537-550 Various and Pilgrims |  Top |
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400412 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #547 Dark Carmine [1920 $2 carmine and black Franklin] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with VF centering. This example, falls somewhere in between Carmine (#547) and the darker, scarcer, more costly in Mint or NH condition, Lake color (#547a). Though some may classify this stamp as the darker Lake color, I have chosen to classify it as a Dark Carmine shade. A wonderfully fresh example with deep color, "perfect" perforations, and "pristine" original gum. Guideline at bottom. Stamp from row 5 of the sheet; from one of columns 1-4 or 7-10. Originally only 8 of 100 stamps could have had this feature. Scott #423-524 and 547, the 1918-1920 Franklin $2 and $5 values, were printed in sheets of 100, with vertical and horizontal center guidelines which were terminated by arrows in the margins, however the arrows are too far from the edge of the stamp designs for an arrow tip to show in a stamp margin of a normally perforated stamp. Collectible positions include guideline singles (all four sides), vertical and horizontal pairs with guideline between, and the center-of-sheet 4-block with crossing guidelines (very scarce). These stamps did not have any natural straight edges. Examples with guidelines on one of the four sides (left or right or top or bottom) each originally represented 8 out 100 stamps printed or each 8% of the issue quantity, but far fewer remain extant today. (Many guideline single stamps were used for postage instead of being saved in collections; furthermore Used single examples with guidelines were often discarded instead of going into collections. In some cases, on Mint and Used stamps, the guidelines may have been removed by reperforating. As a result, today guideline examples can be hard to find.) I think that collecting the different guideline positions and multiples is quite challenging and rewarding. Interestingly, when the $2 #523 was issued, it had an orange-red frame. Later when this $2 #547 was issued, it had a carmine to dark carmine color (and it also exists in an even-darker lake color). At first collectors thought that the carmine color must be a color error. The post office responded that the #547 stamp had always been that color (i.e. originally #523). However, when confronted with the evidence to the contrary, the post office said that the original orange-red color (#523) was an unintended color (i.e. an ink color selection error). (Scott 2026 value $260 for NH normal example.) ACTUAL item. |
219.00 |
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400415 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #547 Carmine [1920 $2 carmine and black Franklin] Used with VF centering, but typical heavy cancellation and a couple blunted perfs at left. Most of these stamps were used on heavily canceled parcels or registered mail packages. Guideline at left. Stamp from column 6 of the sheet; from one of rows 1-4 or 7-10. Originally only 8 of 100 stamps could have had this feature. Scott #423-524 and 547, the 1918-1920 Franklin $2 and $5 values, were printed in sheets of 100, with vertical and horizontal center guidelines which were terminated by arrows in the margins, however the arrows are too far from the edge of the stamp designs for an arrow tip to show in a stamp margin of a normally perforated stamp. Collectible positions include guideline singles (all four sides), vertical and horizontal pairs with guideline between, and the center-of-sheet 4-block with crossing guidelines (very scarce). These stamps did not have any natural straight edges. Examples with guidelines on one of the four sides (left or right or top or bottom) each originally represented 8 out 100 stamps printed or each 8% of the issue quantity, but far fewer remain extant today. (Many guideline single stamps were used for postage instead of being saved in collections; furthermore Used single examples with guidelines were often discarded instead of going into collections. In some cases, on Mint and Used stamps, the guidelines may have been removed by reperforating. As a result, today guideline examples can be hard to find.) I think that collecting the different guideline positions and multiples is quite challenging and rewarding. Interestingly, when the $2 #523 was issued, it had an orange-red frame. Later when this $2 #547 was issued, it had a carmine to dark carmine color (and it also exists in an even-darker lake color). At first collectors thought that the carmine color must be a color error. The post office responded that the #547 stamp had always been that color (i.e. originally #523). However, when confronted with the evidence to the contrary, the post office said that the original orange-red color (#523) was an unintended color (i.e. an ink color selection error). (Scott 2026 value $40 for a normal example.) ACTUAL item. |
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19.00 |