#26

what is this #26? and where is the perf left and right?

is this on a whole cover?

I see perfs on the right I think its just that far off center and was cut on left, they did use green cancels in VA in that time period

hallo, this is from mailer left und right to cut.

as defined #26 typ II

Looks like a blue cancel on a yellow cover (0r piece)= green.
The cancel on the stamp is blue.

Hard to be sure about the green cancel, as it appears bluish on the stamp itself and a blue cancel on a yellow cover will appear as green. Very nice straddle pane margin example!

How can one tell that this is not a 26a? (I don't understand what is written in Scott.)

I mine is green cancel?

two scans

to me it does but it could be blue, what does the part on the stamp look like to you in person?

i find unusual cut above the plate?

dittrich - Your stamp is Scott #26, one of the left-most stamps of the right-side pane. The bold line between the partial and full stamp is where the panes should have been cut apart. As stated previously, this is "straddle pane" mis-cut which is probably the most common error seen on classic material. It will add to the value of the stamp, sometimes by a decent amount in the cae of a bidding war.

The stamp is definitely a Type III, Scott #26. It is an A relief stamp from the top row and is one of the damaged transfer retouched with two vertical lines variety. I think the stamp may be 1R24. The straight edge at left is normal albeit severely misaligned creating a very large straddle pane stamp. The straight edge at right was likely created by scissors at the time of posting or some time later to fraudulently attempt to create a stamp that is imperf vertically.

Nice catch on the damaged transfer, Sinclair!

I have one of those stamps! Not a damaged transfer.

I just remembered I posted some #26 damaged transfer images in the thread below:

https://goscf.com/t/38556#38556

BLUE cancel