#411 Washington Web Splice?

I first noticed the bottom of the stamp and noticed there wasn't a bottom frame line, but saw a clear line running the width of the stamp. Strange! Then I turned it over and saw what I thought was an old hinge remnant that wouldn't come off, but after scrutinizing farther I noticed it went the across the entire width of the back. It wasn't looking like any hinge. It started looking like maybe a splice in the web. It's pretty much in a straight line. Also if you noticed, it looks like you can see it from the front as well when held up to a light source. So, tell me could this be a splice in the web or am I starting to fly speck.
Thanks Newby

Newby, it is a paste-up single, taken from a pair where they put together two strips of sheet stamps in the making of a coil roll.

Than you Rhett. That's what I was thinking. So, with it missing the bottom of the design it's pretty much not worth anything but a space filler?

Newby, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It certainly looks sound and exactly as it was produced. The design was cut off as part of the regular production process so I would not consider it to be faulty. My advice would be to put it in your album and be on the lookout for a better one in the future. So a space filler but not a damaged stamp, in my opinion.

I agree with Rhett's last comment. The stamp to the top or bottom of this stamp would look completely normal. This stamp tells a story about how early coils were produced. What some collectors would call damage would be coveted by others as evidence of the gradual evolution in postage stamp technology. So I would not call it a space filler.

More of a variety, the upper half of a paste-up pair.

Thanks everyone.