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Perforation And Grill Questions On A 1861 12c Stamp

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Posted 07/14/2017 07:32 am

Hello,

I have spent quite some time in identifiying this one, but I struggle with:

- perforation at left looks strange to me?
- grill seems to be E grill, has 18 point in height (as I can see), can an E grill have 18 point?

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Posted 07/14/2017 07:45 am

Hi stamperix,
Wow on those perfs, yes it is a horrid reperf job. As for the grill, can you scan the back with the stamp flat?
Don

This stamp is crying out for a good bath!

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Posted 07/14/2017 08:13 am

How would I make a good bath for such a stamp? Normally I just use water for some minutes to remove the hinge, but it isn't cleaned then.

I made a scan - but for me the oblique look shows more grill points.

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Posted 07/14/2017 08:22 am

A bath using clean, fresh water.

It appears to be an E grill to me.
Don

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Posted 07/14/2017 08:46 am

Ok I hope it will clean somehow (will do the next days).
Yes, E grill should be the normal thought. But there are grill point (weak) below the last obvious line at the bottom, one or two lines.

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Posted 07/14/2017 10:58 am

Stamper- easy to use this rule for 99% of the grills from the 1861-8 issue:
Column count = 14, E grill
Column count = less than 14, F grill
Column count = 15, D grill

much easier than counting rows, which you really don't need, unless it's a Z grill.

Good luck, hope this is helpful. Yours is an E grill...agree with Don here..
Ray

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Posted 07/14/2017 1:50 pm

thank you Ray, I was too much focussed on the rows, indeed. So I have a 90 with wrong perforation - nice! :)

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