26A Plate No.11? Shows Partial Imprint.

"partial" is being kind. But it does show some imprint. That allows me to measure the distance from the frame line. It is 2mm.
Other than that, I don't see any plating clues.

Stampcrow, your measurement to the label leads me to believe it is from Plate 11. The label is running up and right so it is along the right pane.
I believe I can make out the '&' symbol of Toppan Carpenter & Co. Since the label started near the top of the 7th row the '&' fell on the 6th row opposite the 60th stamp approx. to the tight of the 7th perf. That's the best I can do.

My thoughts also.

I had originally just set this stamp aside. Without being able to see the bottom of the frame lines, I thought there was no reason to mark it as a type IV.
I ignored the bit of imprint...

Reading through some USPCS Chronicle articles, I learned about the 2mm spacing. That reminded me of this stamp.
Just not sure if the 2mm space between the frame line and imprint is definitive in identifying this as plate 11.

Your plating is probably correct but I think the stamp is bowed a little in your photo. That always makes it hard. A 2.0mm spacing in and of itself is not proof that it is from Plate 11. Due to the spacing, it would probably be 11i in this case.

See the Hegland article in Chronicle 82 for plating imprint copies.

stampcrow - Quote: Just not sure if the 2mm space between the frame line and imprint is definitive in identifying this as plate 11.


I think the only other option is plate 10 if that is a Scott 26A.

Per Carroll Chase: "On Plate 11(all states) the imprint is about 1 3/4 mm. from the stamps on the left pane, and about 2 1/2 mm. from the stamps of the right pane."

In the next paragraph he states, "On Plate 11 (all states) the imprint is about 1 1/3 mm. from the stamps on the left pane and about 2mm from the stamps on the right pane."

Sorry Stampcrow, just realized in my last reply which included the two quotes from Chase's book both said 'Plate 11'. The 1st should have said plate '10', the 2nd was correctly Plate 11.