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

US Scott #734 - Cracked Plate Or Plate Scratch?

 
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Classic Coins
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Posted 04/29/2014   9:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Classic Coins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Is this the cracked plate listed for #734, or is it just a plate scratch? If it is not the cracked plate, can anyone show what the cracked plate looks like?
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Posted 04/29/2014   9:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I believe this is a scratch. It is way to straight for a plate crack in my opinion. I believe a plate crack has much more of a ragged appearance. I have lots of gripper cracks in my collection and if someone does not beat me to it I will try and post some examples tomorrow.

Peter
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Classic Coins
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Posted 04/29/2014   9:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks, Peter. I saw an image of the supposed crack in an ebay lot, but it was a poor image, and I could barely see it.
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Classic Coins
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Posted 04/29/2014   10:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
My stamp shows up in this lot (three stamps up and three to the left of the plate number):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kosciuszko-...em519fd54670
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Petert4522
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Posted 04/29/2014   10:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Classic Coins, I got interested. I looked at your last ebay lead and I can clearly see the scratch ( or whatever it is ) on three stamps!. I also checked the Scott catalog, and I see that under # 732 they show the location of the gripper cracks. Now why would a "specialized" catalog not show it for this stamp? Maybe somebody will chime in and know what is going on!

Peter
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Posted 04/29/2014   10:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lithograving to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Can someone please explain to me what gripper cracks are?
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Classic Coins
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Posted 04/29/2014   10:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here is a thread on gripper cracks:

https://goscf.com/t/15988
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lithograving
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Posted 04/29/2014   10:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lithograving to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the link CC
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stallzer
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Here is an example of a plate crack as listed in Scott Specialized as the R59(C59)


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Classic Coins
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Just checked back on this thread and realized my original image is missing so I'm posting a new image of the plate scratch on #734:

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