A recently acquired album contained this stamp in the Scott 481 space. The plate # reveals issued as Scott 424. Did someone intentionally cut down this stamp to produce an imperforate? Neither being high in catalog value, I wonder to what point, or was this produced for a different purpose?
My guess as well. 100 years ago no one was thinking about the potential collecting value, it was purely postage. It could have been cut before applying or or more likely when it was removed from paper. Someone will still find it interesting because of the plt #.
The reason they kept changing the perfs was because they were at first too easy and then too hard to get apart. Some secratary who had a sheet of stamps would have very well back then cut it all down with scissors to make it easier on herself.
Consensus appears to be suicide by scissors. Hard to believe someone wouldn't be concerned cutting it that close, it might end up as returned mail. But I don't think a postal clerk would have cared too much to take the time. kcaramat, I agree that it still is an interesting plate # single so all is not lost. Might even make an interesting conversation topic.
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