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Scott 11A "Three Gents" Variety?

 
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Posted 10/26/2015   9:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add stampcrow to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I don't believe this is the multiple transfer causing the GENTS.
It doesn't match up with, the example I've seen, of the 66R2L multiple transfer THREE GENTS. That stamp is a much sharper image, without all the white spots.
Unless my example is a worn plat version.

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Posted 10/26/2015   11:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
That's definitely not the "GENTS" variety. You would easily be able to see the double transfer elsewhere in "THREE CENTS," even on worn plate printings.

The "white spots" you may be referring to around "THREE CENTS" typically result from a dry printing, where the paper was too dry for all the ink to bond properly, leaving white spots. A stack of printing paper was typically dampened all at once, then set aside before the printing process. By the time the print operator got to the bottom of the stack of paper, the edges of the paper sheets would be drying out faster than the centers, so dry printings occurred more on top or bottom row positions.
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Your stamp is position 95R2L. I have a couple from this position. This 95R2L is one of my favorite #11s in my collection because it is an earlier printing, with fresh brownish carmine color and a blue cancel.

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I compressed (squashed) both of our stamps vertically in an image editor to show how I matched up the left and right inner and outer frame lines to confirm the 95R2L position. Digital squashing simulates what you'd see when you examine the stamp at a low angle. The curve at the bottom of the left outer frame line is very distinct.

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Posted 10/27/2015   4:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampcrow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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one of my favorite #11s in my collection because it is an earlier printing, with fresh brownish carmine color and a blue cancel.

Yours is really nice, mine....well... it has margins lol.
Was pretty sure it wasn't a re entry. I'll call it the poor mans GENTS.

The compressed method (like you used for the USPCS images) is really affective. Thanks.

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Posted 10/27/2015   7:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Classic Coins to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Happy to help!
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