Scott 692 Hayes Rotary Retouched Forehead Variety

I see a notation in the Scott Specialized Catalog mentioning a Retouched Variety for #692, Lower Left #20617 2,3.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question.... what does the 2.3 refer to. I am assuming that these are the positions where this variety occurs. Is that the 2nd and 3rd stamps from the upper left part of the sheet(with the upper leftmost stamp being number 1) or does that refer to the position within the plate block?

Thanks

Bob

I believe it is positions 2 and 3 of the lower pane with plate number 20617. French illustrates and describes the variety on page 695 of his book Encyclopedia of plate varieties.

So the convention on how to count positions, in this example(a rotary pane of 100), is as follows?

1 2 3......10 first row
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91 92...... 100 bottom row

Thanks for your help

Bob

Wouldn't a pane reference be need as well: UL, UR, LL, LR or similar?

Here is the section from French's book (page 177 of my version). I hope that this helps to further identify.

"Wouldn't a pane reference be need as well: UL, UR, LL, LR or similar".....

Well the pane reference and plate number is clear for in this case.... LL 20617 2,3

However, my question is a much more simple one...how are the positions "counted"? Which stamp is position x for a particular pane? Is the counting done by moving from the upper most left stamp(position 1) to the lower most right stamp(position 100 in this case).? My guess is that this is correct. Just want to be sure.

Thanks

Bob

ps The inclusion of the page from the French reference is much appreciated.

Hi Bob,
http://www.stampsmarter.com/feature...ateInfo.html

Click on 'See More' link on the page above for illustration on stamp numbers for the plates for 3¢ 1851-57 stamps
Don

Fantastic. That answers my question.

Thank you Don.

Bob