Washington 2 Cent Scott 492

This 2 cent Washington is perf 10, I could not find a watermark, but the argument become moot when I rule out a type I or type II

Rule out type I. The top line on the toga is not faint, and the slanted lines are NOT thin on top and thick on bottom.

Rule out type II. NO vertical line on the sideburn

Rule out type III. No vertical line on the sideburn.

So what do I have, Please help. Thanks in advance - Jeff

Jeff,

I think you have a type III Scott 492.

Here is the sideburn line description from AskPhil's Washington-Franklin Identifier ( http://www.askphil.org/W-F/Index.htm ):




And the example they provide:



To me it looks like your scanned stamp most closely matches the 3B example.

Steve

Jeff- it can't be a T-I or II because albeit faint, there is an extra shading line in the ribbon fold. Really looks to me to be a weak-impression Type III. Difficult to see the top line on the rope,or the dot(s) in the right circle below the top leaves on the right side. Normal Type-III would have 3 dots in the shape of a "V". Sometimes difficult to tell from a scanned image-- hope this helps- Ray

you mean 3a and I would agree just the faintest trace of a line up from the bottom but not touching the horizontal sideburn lines! you did mean 3a right? - jeff

I agrre, looks Type III. Try this guide http://1847usa.com/washfrank/2cT1_3...1_03main.htm

the guy had it marked as 492 and the second ribbon line is VERY faint but partially visible so I guess 492 it is! thanks all. jeff

No, I meant 3B.

This is the best I can do from your scan, but the vertical line appears to connect the 4 horizontal lines within the circled area.