Identifying 1908 To 1920 3 Cent Washington Booklet

Trying to figure out scott's number for the two stamps. Since the porforations are off center is this consider a error. Any kind of info would be great to help with to pin point year etc. Like is this a regular violet or deep. How do I find water mark ?

et1, first things first. Your booklet seems to be Scott BC6B. These booklets were issued from 1917 to 1927.
From your pictures I can not tell if the stamp is a type I ( Scott 501b)or a type II ( Scott 502b ). Type I was issued Oct. 17, 1917, Type II was issued Feb. 25, 1918.
The two stamps you show are not in my opinion errors. Just a tad misperforated.

Peter

thank you. Your info was great

Umm. Just one minute. Are those imperforate in-between? (Horiontal pair, vertical imperf between?)

No. Just severely off-center. Follow the vertical perf line from the top margin and you'll see it travels right through the right stamp.

Oh, yes. Very tough to see, but visible once you look for it. Thanks.

Perfs are visible on the right hand stamp...

yes they go threw the left side of right stamp,and not down the middle of both stamps so what does that mean ? Different scott's number or ?

et1, it does not mean much. Misperforated stamps are common, especially when it comes to coils. Yes, the perfs should have been exactly in between the two stamps. but this does not mean a different Scott number. Like I stated above, it is not really an error, although collectors of EFO's would certainly collect this!

Peter

why would they be coil instead of flat or plate ? To me a coil stamps are in a roll one after another

He mispoke, they are of course booklet stamps, but booklet stamps from this era are often poorly perforated like this - these are not bad enough to be of significant interest as a freak.

Another example of either 501bs? or 502bs? (booklet single) which does not seem to have any right side perforations. Perhaps they were so far right that sender cut them off? Just curious! Thank you...jrc

This was the bottom right stamp of the booklet, so there would be no perforations on the right. Again, it was off center enough to show a small part of the stamp from the next booklet, a very common occurrence.

There was never any watermark on these perf-11 3 cent stamps.

From a distance the stamps look like type I. It would be easy enough to check using the 1847usa site on http://stampsmarter.com. A 10x to 15x magnifying loupe will be needed. Low power optics are not usually sufficient to see all of the die variety detail clearly. However, checking the toga button and the lock of hair to the right of Washington's ear can be done with minimal optics. See the 1847usa web site for all of the details:

http://www.stampsmarter.com/1847usa...1_02main.htm

revcollector:

You are certainly correct, I did not give this item sufficient thought before posting, my mistake. I am sorry. Thank you...jrc