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The top block I cannot ID but the perfs do not look correct. The bottom block I believe (was) Scott #482 Imperf. It appears to me that someone added some bad perforations.
The middle block is from 1909 Lincoln Centenary of Birth, either Scott #367 or the rarer #369. The #369 is printed on bluish paper and is quite valuable. There is an imperf version of this (Scott #368) |
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Bottom one - Plate number 8070 is Scott #482 (imperf). This late number was also used on #499 but those perfs aren't right for a #499. (And certainly look odd.) don
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| Edited by 51studebaker - 02/20/2014 3:10 pm |
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I agree that the bottom block appears to be 482 with perfs added. The plate number does restrict the choices to 482 & 499. It seems to me that all the 499 blocks I've seen have perfs that run all the way to the edge of the selvage, while the ones here do not. Nor, as it has been pointed out, do the perfs look normal. Added: In the top block, I just noticed that there appears to be a row of "blind perfs" on the lower stamps across Washington's forehead. |
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| Edited by JLLebbert - 02/20/2014 4:29 pm |
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thanks for the help you are giving me, I'm really complicated to classify, block 1 has the indentation blind, or skip perforation. To distinguish the block n2 do not know if it is bluish paper from the paper I do not have a comparison to determine this. Thank's Simone |
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The bottom image is totally contrived for at least 2 major reasons. 1.) the perforations are added to a imperforate stamp block. 2.) The plate number is a dead give-away as they was only used for imperforate stamps. |
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If you closely examine the top block, (not a fake, but a legitimate EFO) you can see the blind perfs across the top of the bust running across the top of the forehead, most visibly in the bottom pair...
P.S. (IMHO) the bottom block is the crummiest re-perfing I've ever seen... |
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| Edited by disi123 - 06/12/2014 2:06 pm |
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