First US Experimental Electric Eye Stamps (# 634)

Does anyone on here collect the first U.S. experimental electric eye stamps (# 634) which are collected in plate blocks of 10 stamps with the plate number in the middle?

Yes, I have one.

I think I have one also.

I used to seriously collect these a few years ago, but not anymore. At the time, they were harder to find and more expensive to get if one was trying to get one of each plate number. However, I have now seen these on sale by a dealer for less and for many different plate blocks. Sometimes timing has a lot to do with things.

I collect these for my plate# single collection. I need 21368 and all of the scarcer ones [21600 series]. Anybody have extras?

All this talk is interesting, but can somebody please show a picture so I can see what all the excitement is all about? Thank you, Peter

These aren't mine, but I took them off the internet to illustrate the difference between the #634 experimental electric eye and the standard stamp:



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Wt1, thank you. Please tell me if I am correct. What you show me is plate blocks from a sheet that also shows an electric eye bar (?) somewhere on it? I was under the impression that these blocks would have an electric eye bar or line on it but that does not seem to be the case.
I was interested because I have several coil stamp EFO's that have EE-bars printed on them!

Peter

Not quite. The examples previously posted show the plate blocks only. To see the "electric eye" dashes you'd have to view the whole pane as shown here:



Actually, I took the above pane example from this ebay listing where the item is currently for sale at auction:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/634-1926-2c...054897.l4275

Thanks, Wt1. I see what is happening here.

Peter

FYI....that sheet price is ridiculously priced high.

I agree. Which explains why the previously posted ebay listing never sold. Right now the same seller is promoting a similar EE #634 pane -- but with the plate number on the opposite side -- for $86! I guess he hasn't learned that is overpriced too.

Going through some of my stamp panes I noticed a few that had the plate number in the 3rd stamp position but I see no other indications like the solid bars going up the selvedge. Is that proof enough of the electric eye sheets wt1?

Here are two examples I have?

That 3c Jefferson pane (Scott 807) appears to be an electric eye. Since the plate number isn't included in the scan, is the plate number opposite the third horizontal row? If so, it is an Experimental EE and boosts the catalog value of a vertical margin block of 10 to $125 as compared to $1.10 for the typical plate block of 4 with the plate number opposite the corner stamp.

The commemorative stamps shown are not EE's, as they are noted in the Scott Catalog as being produced with central guide lines. Of course, with the position of the plate number, they are collected in plate blocks of 6 stamps.

Those are flat plate issues and not rotary press issues. The electric eyes were used originally for Stickney rotary press issues at first. Then for other presses that replaced the Stickney rotary press like the Huck-Cottrell press, etc.