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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Classic Stamps - As Issued and Used

Wide Top Margin On Not A Particularly Valuable Stamp

 
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wt1
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Posted 11/24/2010   3:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add wt1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I know this is not a particularly valuable stamp, but I have always been curious about the seemingly wide top margin on this:



Was this normal for the issue? As best as I can tell, the stamp has no grill, but does have the secret mark, which would narrow down the options to a 156, 182 or 206. I'm leaning toward the 206, given it's gray blue color.

Any comments would be welcomed.
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Edwin
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you think it missed a perf line and that is the perf line for the stamp above it?

I know next to nothing about early US I'm going to start to try so I'm just tossing this out as an idea not as an educated opinion.
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It is wove soft paper, the upper left ball and arabesque seem to lack the shading lines. The area above U.S. does not seem to have the additional shading lines. I believe it is 182. The wide margins on row 1 (top) and row 10 (bottom) were not uncommon in American/Continential printings.
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