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Posted 12/18/2016   12:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Campbell to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi. Another from an old Scott book. It came off the page quite easily. Hope the photos are helpful. Thank you!






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Need a perforation measurement to correctly ID this one - can't do that from a picture. Most likely US Scott #554 or #583. Very common stamps...
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Need a perforation measurement to correctly ID this one - can't do that from a picture. Most likely US Scott #554 or #583. Very common stamps.


Why guess? Count the perforations at the bottom of the stamp. Eleven perforation tips and 10 and a fraction holes indicate that the stamp is perf 11 at the bottom. That, the perfs aligned between rows top and bottom and no setoff on the back indicate that the stamp is a rotary press 634, the most common of all the 2 cent Fourth Bureau stamps.
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Posted 12/19/2016   3:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jkelley01938 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good explanation, Clark. I keep forgetting about rotary press perforation alignment. Also about setoffs. (Thanks for the refresher)

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