#444 Coil On Cover

Pretty sure it's a 444. Any reason to be suspicious ?

Cool cover and stamp

It looks like a Type III to me. So the possibilities are 455 and 492 depending on the presence or not of a S/L watermark.

Using "photoshop", the top and bottom are very parallel. The top and bottom edge should measure about 21 to 22 mm according to this site: http://www.hgitner.com/reperfing-2-...d-coils.html

However that doesn't make sense because the design size is around 22mm tall. Anyone have a correct figure?

540 is also Type III but is coil waste with vertical perf 10. However, the top and bottom perfs would be 11. I can't see anyone cutting the top and bottom perfs off of a stamp in current issue so very parallel for any reason.

Positively Ty III... higher likelihood of 492
given the CDS date, but wouldn't preclude the
possibility of 455... the EDU's were only two
years apart from each other...

Highly doubtful there's any possibility of a tampered 540...
there's hundreds of 455 and 492 on cover on ebay... both
with very low catalog value... many with much better centering
than this example...

Ok, well that answers the question on whether or not it's anything to be suspicious about :)

disi, I was just stating the obvious to help satisfy any of stallzer's doubt. Do you or anyone else know what these horizontal coils should measure from top to bottom edge of the overall paper (not just design)?

stallzer, no worries and skepticism is always a good trait to have.

Quoting Bill Weiss from the current 384 discussion...

It is either a 455 or 492. If it is a genuine coil, which it appears to be, it can not be anything else. It is Type III. It is a rotary stamp. If it is watermarked it is 455. If not then 492.