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Need Help With A #319 Or A #320

 
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Posted 01/07/2023   12:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add lexiberens to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
New to stamp collecting and I am not sure if this is a Scott #319 or a Scott #320? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!




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Posted 01/07/2023   1:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Harper1249 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Your's has perforations so it cant be a 320. It's either a 319 or 319F. Image quality is low but I think I see a "lump" in the lower left corner of the inner frame line This would make it a 319F.

Here is a great link for identifying these stamps.
https://stampsmarter.org/1847usa/1902/319.html

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Posted 01/07/2023   1:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a 319 to me. What makes you think it may be a 320?


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Thank you Harper for the link and your time replying!
Thanks Peter. I am kind of new and was not sure if it was a 319 or a 320. I see now it could not be a 320. Thanks for replying!
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Posted 01/07/2023   1:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lexiberens to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If it is a 319 is the top just cut with scissors most likely?
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No, the top is cut as part of the natural production process.

A sheet of paper is printed with 400 images then cut into four of these along the dividing lines printed with the images:

Oops, I can't get my full pane of 100 image below 300 KB to up load.

Thus each pane of 100 has two sides with straight cuts affecting 19 of the 100 stamps.

Edit: Here is part of a pane showing the arrow and center line along which the panes are cut:


Cropped pane from Siegel's power search of which they have handled only one pane.
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Posted 01/07/2023   2:46 pm  Show Profile Check 51studebaker's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
More info and images on 'straight edged' stamps
https://stampsmarter.org/learning/I...reLines.html
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