Cinderella? Not Pretty ... With A Love Stamp?

The two blocks shown here were "filed" together. Do they go together?
Do you need one of each? I don't know what "F" postage is.

Scott 2521, 4-cent make up rate when the rate increased in 1991. The non-denominated "F" flower was issued at the same time, and that one paid the full 29 cents.

Collin

[edit for clarity...the 22-cent Love is unrelated to the make-up rate stamp. The 22-cent rate was around 1985...my reference to the non-denominated "F" is to a stamp that isn't pictured. Sorry if that was (is) confusing.]

Thanks.

That 4c make-up rate stamp was one of the most hated of modern US stamps when it came out. I remember all the ranting and raving.

I loved it when I noticed it had a nice series of doubled plate number combinations (exactly A11 through A99, total of 54 plate numbers/positions). Never did finish plating that stamp...

What exactly does "plating that stamp" mean...???

"plating the stamp" means different things to different collectors. For some collectors, it means getting an example of that stamp from every position on that sheet. Collectors of early Great Britain Queen Victoria stamps like to do that because each position on the sheet is uniquely identified by a 2-letter combination printed on the stamp. Usually (not always) the actual plate number is disregarded when doing this.

For other collectors, plating the stamp simply means getting every single plate number for that stamp. This also happens on some early Great Britain stamps, where the plate number is actually printed on the stamp. Also on US plate number coils.

Now for the context in which I used it...

Some collectors like to collect plate blocks.

Some plate block collectors drink a little too much Dr. Pepper, and suddenly their mind envisions all the plate blocks of a particular stamp, displayed by their plate numbers and according to their original position in the press sheet. So for me, when I say plating the stamps (with respect to plate blocks), I mean getting a complete set of plate blocks for a stamp showing each plate number used and every different position in which the plate number appears.

For the 4c make-up rate stamps, they were issued at the post office in panes of 100. However, those panes of 100 were originally cut from a much larger press sheet of 600. The panes of 100 you buy at the post office correspond to 6 positions from that press sheet, called upper left(UL), upper center(UC), upper right(UR), lower left(LL), lower center(LC), lower right(LR).

For the 4c make-up rate stamp, there would be plate blocks showing...

A11 (in UL, UC, UR, LL, LC, LR positions)
A22 (in UL, UC, UR, LL, LC, LR positions)
.
.
.
A99 (in UL, UC, UR, LL, LC, LR positions)

That's 9 different plate numbers with 6 different positions for each plate number, for a total of 54 different plate numbers/positions.

That's what I mean when I say plating a stamp (in regards to plate block collecting). It is also often called collecting matched sets of plate blocks (the set being all the known positions for each plate number).

If you want to see all the US non-denominated postage stamps and stationery (including the make-up rate stamps) check out this link:

http://www.knottywood-treasures.com/id39.html

Thanks so much for that great link! It helps a whole lot. :)

k,

it would help if you stop your class and go look for ms cindrella unless you want me to be single all my life :)

Spock... didn't know you were looking. Matchmaking... hummm. new career, right after I auction off all this stuff.

i cant possible get any older drop the auctions till you can find empress spock and I will buy all your lots myself. :)

As already posted, the cinderella isn't a cinderella at all. But I think it is cool and don't suspect we'll ever see one like that again. Whickh makes it that more interesting.