Show Your US 1857 Perforated Stamps

Oiman, I sent you an email about this.

Here is a nice one that I got today. it is position 2L9.
Neinken did not plate this position.
I wonder what kind of grade this would get.
Would they take into account the small spacing between the vertical stamps?
It showed a PF cert as a pair 2L9---12L9, with a small tear at bottom of 12L9.
I am guessing that was why it was separated.


Here is the cert they posted for this stamp.
I wish they would have not cut the top.

Pretty stamp.

For grading, it might be centered a bit low - but I am no grading expert, nor do I care to be.

Probably get at least 90.

I had a #20 on cover, but I also decided to get a nice off cover example from Plate 12, B relief (I think). I will see if I can plate it myself, but it's a pretty example with a red express cds. My first possibility is 87L12. The stamp above is just visible, and appears to be a type 1, which does correspond to 77L12. I based it off of the S, T, U, X, and Z ornaments being shaved at the top too.

Here's a turned cover I purchased that contains both the 1857 series and the newer 1861 series. The side with the #26 was mailed from Detroit to Chicago on 31 April(?) 1861 (the month is smudged), and the side with #65 was mailed in I believe 2(?) August 1862 (but the date is also smudged) from Chicago to Blackrock NY. I believe there was a paper shortage in this era so reusing a cover by inverting it would happen, but it's interesting to see the mixed series being used on the same cover.

Neat cover.

I have one with a single #9 on each use; with yours it looks like the original cover sat around for a bit before being reused.

You find a lot of these with Confederate postal history.

Very nice.
But ... There are only 30 days in April, so unlikely this would be from April 31, 1861. Any chance it could be Aug 31, 1861? If so, this could be a demonetized use, making it even more special.

Here's an Aug 30, 1861 demonetized cover from Chicago that got a rare ""Old Stamps/Not recognized" handstamp and sold for $10,000.
https://bennettstamps.com/php/lot_a...297&lot=3056