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Scott #616 [1924 5c Dark Blue Huguenot-Walloon] Used with VF+ centering and neat, light "LYNN / MASS." double-oval undated cancellation (typically used for registered, third class, and fourth class mail). Wonderfully fresh and attractive with deep color, a detailed engraving impression, and perfect perforations. Complete and clear guideline and natural straight edge at left, from the left column of a right pane. Scott #614-616 were printed in sheets of 200, divided by cutting along guidelines into four panes of 50, each consisting of 5 columns and 10 rows. The guidelines terminate in arrows in the outer perforated pane margins; the arrows are placed far enough from the stamps that non-selvage examples of the stamps showing arrows are rarely, if ever, seen unless the stamps have a perforation shift. Including the 4 corner positions at the center of the 200-sheet, 20 stamps out of every 200-sheet had the natural straight edge and guideline at the right (and same for at left). Including the 4 corner positions at the center of the 200-sheet, 10 stamps out of every 280-sheet had the natural straight edge and guideline at the top (and same for at bottom). Examples with a one straight edge, or corner straight edges, are now hard to find and mostly come from old collections. (Most straight edge and guideline stamps were used for postage rather than going into collections; and of those that remained, some have been reperforated to remove the straight edge.) Examples with the straight edge and guideline are surprisingly hard to find! I think that collecting the guideline and straight-edge positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Scarce so nice!
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