First posted on wrong forum. Sorry.
1851 9a A3 Error???
Outer lines: 21.25/21.5 wide, 25mm tall.
Inner frame lines: 19.5 wide, 22mm long/tall.
Brown or tan.
Significantly larger than (authentic)#6 A3 attached.
Have looked at Lyons "Album Weeds" ca 1920 and this stamp does not match any of his forgery stamps, however two things are of note: neither Scott Catalog nor Lyons gives stamp dimensions, and my brown stamp r4 corners filigree are different from the #6 A3 but do not match Lyons listed known forgeries.
Also of note is that the number of pearls and inner circles on pearls match Lyons 'authentic' and I believe there are the correct number of chin and neck lines to consider it a possible error stamp.
Any help is appreciated. Hope it really is the error stamp! Sure would make my day.
Bob+

