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#26 with right frame line doubled.

My latest ebay acquisition. The left frame line is a normal ruled, top to bottom, single frame line. The right side outer frame line in also a normal ruled #26 frame line. The frame line to the right of the normal line appears to have been more free hand ruled as a #26a would have been.

Hi Fritz - neat stamp.

Does this make it a plate 9 or 15 stamp, then with the hand-drawn frameline ?

Another #26 recent acquisition -- this one a Relief C -- with the left frame line cut into and bisecting the lower left diamond block.

I have never seen this variety before -- and was unable to find anything whatsoever searching through all of the USPCS Chronicle's and Chase's book.

A common stamp with a striking recut flaw.

Nice variety

Ioagoa, I've never seen that variety it's fantastic.

Here is one of my stamps which using Stamp AI came up with 87R7 for the plate position. That does appear to be correct with my limited abilities.
Showing my scan in hopes that I might get a confirmation of the position and that it is in fact Scotts' 26A. TIA

Another came out as 1R6, I think 72L6 might be the better match. I also considered 1RIi and 9RIi. Again I hope I might get some guidance from the community as I am led to believe that the AI will plate these later stamps that used the same [lates. TIA

Hi Chipshot --

PlateAI only works for stamps printed from the 1851-1857 type I and type II imperforate plates. In other words -- for Scott #'s 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 25, and 25A.

It does not work for any other issue -- meaning it does not work for the 1857-1861 3c perforated types III and IV stamps -- Scott #'s 26 and 26A.

Both of the stamps you have shown are definitely either type III or type IV -- so PlateAI is not applicable.

That said -- if you do upload images for a type III Scott #26 or a type IV Scott #26A (as you have done) -- it will produce an absolutely meaningless and nonsensical listing of the top 10 closest matching types I and II imperforate positions.

Your 1st stamp -- (the one with the AUG 24 cds cancel) -- may be a type IV, Scott #26A -- but to be sure -- you will need to unfold the corner perf crease at lower left and rescan so that we can see if the left frame line is continuous or broken?

Regards // ioagoa

Now I have a scan/picture of the corner in question for your revue. Thank you for the information as above. Your patience with many of us is very much appreciated and you continue to make this such a great forum.




by the way this is my first post using a photo from my monitor in this fashion and in the future I will be more diligent in proper orientation.

Hi Chipshot --

Thank you for posting a scan of the lower left corner of your patient stamp with the AUG 24 CDS.

The stamp is definitely a genuine type IV Scott #26A.

In addition to the clear break in the LFL at the lower left corner -- the bends and curves in the side FL's indicate that they were recut freehand (i.e., type IV Scott #26A) versus with a straight edge guide (i.e., type III Scott #26).

I am also attaching a compressed scan of your original image which highlights the bends and curves in the side FL's.

Regards // ioagoa

Here is another 26A with a double transfer I think). It has a rt inner frame line.

I've been going through my 1c Type V's again just to see if I can practice plating them. I want to know if I am on the right track and request if:

1) I I'd them as Va's
2) I am on the correct Relief (Relief A for the left one and Relief E for the right one)

I don't think my scanner is high enough DPI to get the plate position ID'ed, but that's something I can work on after.

Oiman, you are correct on the reliefs (good job!) but would need to plate to be sure of Type Va in either case. The A Relief is from Plate 5, 7 or 8 (as we can tell by the position of the guide dot). Type Va only came from Plate 5, but top-row positions from all these plates tend to have more complete-looking right-side ornaments than are seen on positions from the other reliefs. The E Relief to my eye looks like a Type V.

I think that does appear to be the case for the Type V. I am used to seeing those with the scratches being prominent like on the C/D reliefs, but this is all a learning process so no worries there.

I also just got in the mail today a lot I won at the Americana Stamps Philatelic Icons auction from last month. It has a very nice Ex-Wagshal T relief #20 type II from plate 11, which I only realized what that meant after I won the lot.

Nice stamp and cover.