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1923 harding 2 cent left stamp cancelled and stamp on right mint hinged! scott catalog say #613 to be worth $45,000 usd>> (if it is perf 11). i'm not an expert on perfs. does anybody know?  |
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Scott catalog is saying the scott #613 was produced from rotary press sheet waste .how does one determine if this is rotary sheet waste? |
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The rotary press 2-cent Harding was produced in two different perf gauges ... 10 & 11. The flat plate Harding appears only perf 11. The rotary press Hardings will be slightly taller than the flat plate. So find yourself a perf 10 Harding & compare its height to any perf 11 Harding you might find. If the perf 10 is taller, then you've got the cheap flat plate stamp. But if, on the other hand, your perf 10 & perf 11 stamps are the same height, you've hit the philatelic jackpot. But be forewarned ... you've probably got a better chance to hit a major lottery jackpot.
Added: The Siegel rare stamp census lists 47 items for the perf 11 rotary press Harding ... one strip of 3, two pairs & 44 single stamps. |
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| Edited by JLLebbert - 10/27/2016 10:27 pm |
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"quote un quote"So find yourself a perf 10 Harding & compare its height to any perf 11 Harding you might find. If the perf 10 is taller, then you've got the cheap flat plate stamp. kool i'm going there now! |
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I suppose you could assume that your perf 11 Harding is the cheap short one. Just compare it to all the other perf 11 Hardings you encounter. If you find a short one, alert the press!
Oops! Got it backwards. If you find a tall perf 11, then you alert the press! |
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| Edited by JLLebbert - 10/27/2016 10:36 pm |
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yours truely JL..thaX
jl.i measured the (2) images in the stamps posted on this post,and find the cancelled stamp on the left to be slightly "taller""higher"than the mint stamp on the right! I can tell this the "JACKPOT STAMP" wow! |
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| Edited by edw_kim - 10/27/2016 11:08 pm |
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edw_kim: Are you sure you measured carefully? I measured the image heights on my screen and the values came out the same. The best way is to place one stamp over the other & then carefully look at the heights. While the difference is small, you should be able to see it. And I should certainly be able to see it via the larger images on my screen. |
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OK..that's correct I did what you told me just a hair line of a difference ..absolutely no jackpot here .sorry bout that JL. |
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Below is an example of Scott 610 (perf 11) vs Scott 612 (perf 10). You want to find a perf 11 of the same height as Scott 612.  |
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Edw_Kim, if they were "findable", they wouldn't be so valuable.
We see this stuff all the time. Good luck with your search but chances are you could see millions of these in your entire life and never find one.
Time might be better spent understanding the US classics, where knowledge can be very helpful in finding misidentified stamps. That would involve reading the various literature available, and a time commitment. Good luck, Ray |
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