Double And Triple Transfers

Here is my #11A 19L2L with a closeup image

Nice. A veritable one in a million copy.

That's a very nice stamp and a neat shift. Looks like a pretty early, probably 1852 impression.

Thanks for the comments, guys. Good observation about the 1852 impression, txstamp. The upper triangles show the two vertical and two curved lines from the original transfer.

I went looking through my scanner images folder for the scans of this stamp so I could look at the closeup of the upper right corner, and couldn't find it. Then after searching some more I realized these images were captured with a DSLR camera when I was experimenting with it! Here's the upper right corner, which of course shows the line connecting the upper label block to the upper right diamond block and running all the way to the right frame line. The ink quality isn't so good, so the triangle lines are blurred:

Not the best Double Transfer, but still a tough position! I can't seem to find another unused example from this position; currently available, or sold at auction.

10R4

Type 2, Scott 20.

Nice DT in "POS".

Looks like regum??: (gum residue in perfs at bottom)
Reperf on right????

Neinken claims 10R4 one of rarest DT of 1851-1857 issue

rgstamp, I plan on having the stamp certified/plated. There is gum on the back, which is pretty disturbed/messy. I have a couple Franklins with original gum & I still can't tell if the gum is original. If the stamp is regum, I plan on taking the gum off; it's obviously not doing the paper/appearance any favors. I'll just have to wait & see what experts thinks about the stamp. In any case, I'm still happy with the stamp! I'm trying to collect all 20 positions from the top row of Plate #4; I think I have 11/20 positions now.

Terrific find jmt, on that unused 10R4. Since the 1990s, I've only been aware of the one that I used to have, which is ex-Zoellner.

Here is my old poor scan of it. You can check the Siegel Zoellner sale lot 99 for a better scan.

I have a competely different stamp I'd like to show for opinion. I dont know if its appearance is due to what your talking about.

I wont pretend to be an expert on the 3c Washingtons, however, the first stamp looks over-inked to me, while on the second, it appears that the plate maybe wasn't wiped down well.

Is there a double transfer in there that you see, that you want an opinion on, or is it just the printing appearances?

I probably am asking about double transfer. If you look around Washington's portrait and around regular picture its altered.

txstamp,

Thanks for sharing! That's a beautiful stamp, with lovely centering! The one I found has the typical perf shift(same as some other Plate 4 #20's I have). I'm still happy with the find & it also put me 1 stamp closer to reconstructing the top row of Plate #4(all perforated #20's). Recently I found a couple more, I hope are positions I still need. One I recently found & needed is 9R4, but it's on a cover, so I'll probably have Plated & pass on to another collector.

Thanks again for sharing, I was unable to find another unused copy!

10R4

njs - That is an amazing strip.
I remember you made a photo of that years back for the study group.

There are only a few multiples: perf or imperf, of more than 3, top row plate 4 stamps around.

The fact that this includes 10R4 puts this one over the top even more. There aren't many 10R4's in multiples anywhere.