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for see watermarks , you generally need watermark fluid or ronsonol lighter fuel and a black plate to see the contrast
And more important, you check at the back of the stamps not at the front
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| Edited by area66 - 05/31/2017 5:26 pm |
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Due to my cancer my eye sight is at a loss thats why I tell the image can one recognize this script?? from the impression |
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I believe it is a watermark 6.
The U277 was only issued in watermarks 6 & 7.
W7 is rather simple ( A "U" entwined with an "S"), whereas W6 is more fancy with "USPOD" all entwined together, with "82" off to the side. |
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The watermark, which is fairly large, is often in the body of whole envelope. It is nowhere near the embossed design normally. |
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| Edited by hy-brasil - 05/31/2017 8:44 pm |
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I stand corrected here, this is a partial Scott watermark 6. The year date of paper manufacture (given as two numbers and not present here) is positioned to the right of the intertwined USPOD. |
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i think I found the wrapper on a site its a fawn envelope 1883 Plimpton on site wikimedia commons |
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The following is the aforementioned scan from Wikimedia Commons:  A very nice example of watermark 6. |
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The scan of the Wikimedia Commons example is indeed on Fawn paper. However, I believe the cut square shown to us by the OP is on white paper. |
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