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Shermack, Help To ID ?

 
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Posted 12/28/2017   7:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add rlmstamps2012 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I came across this one and thought I would ask for help with an ID and your opinions!


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Posted 12/29/2017   01:01 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Tipzi to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Is the watermark single-line or double-line? Either way, this stamp is fairly common, either Scott #344 or #384 with Schermack perforations; and this particular copy has a lot of damage in the UR corner, so value would be minimal. The variety to look out for is the position having the evidence of a transfer of the One Cent Franklin.

I often wonder if it's possible that a #485, the five cent carmine error, will ever show up as a Schermack coil. Only 50 sheets of stamps, each having 3 errors, were found at the P.O. IIRC; could any have been shipped to Mailometer prior to the discovery? Another question - if the imperforate 5-cent error was never discovered, and the 50 sheets went to Mailometer to be coiled instead, what would the chances be that any survived?
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Schermack Type III to be exact.
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Posted 12/29/2017   10:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rlmstamps2012 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Thank you both very much for your help.

I will keep my eyes open for those error stamps!
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