Well Nells your correct in a sense. There are indeed less of the margin copies however, there is NO premium on them simply because of the perforation symmetry being off and them being less desireable. I'm not positive how many per pane but my thinking is 50 & 50 to make up 100 singles but someone else will have to shed some light on that. I know that they was usually separated by using a straight edge and not a cutting tool, but again it's been a long while since I dabbled wit the banknotes. Best of luck to you! Here are some informational sites that may answer your questions.
On a sheet of 400 subject plates there are 76 Stamps that fall on the cut line. 19 per pane, not including margin / sheet edge stamps because I can't remember if those have perfs or not.
The American banknote issue were printed from 200 subject plates with a vertical guide line between the 10th and 11th vertical rows. The sheets were cut into 2 panes of 100 along this guide line. As a result natural straight edges are known on the left or right but never on the top or bottom.
Your copy is from the last vertical row of the left pane. Below is an image of the right pane of Scott 207.
You guys are great! Just look at that sheet... nice! Some of those websites are nifty, too. Maybe I should try looking at my older stamps a little now that I have some help!
I don't think the US issued Postage Stamps in Booklet form until 1900. I know some Telegraph companies issued Booklets in the 1870's but as far as I know no Postage until 1900.
The first booklet were the 279Bj issued April 18, 1900. They were made from 360 subject plates with plates 988, 989, 990, 991, 1009, 1010 and 1011 all going to press on March 7, 1900.
Below is a copy of the POD announcement which was actually released after the stamps.
Quote: Well, when you think about it, how many stamps were in a sheet back then, and how many were not perfed on all sides? Wouldn't 3-sided stamps actually be RARER???
Digging up this post again...I have never seen or heard of a stamp with three straight edges. Unless it was from a booklet pane which only had one column of stamps (?), or if the perfs on one side were cut off (?). Did they make special vending machine stamps where the first one out from a strip was 3-sided?
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