A Line Through Three Cents. Not The "Line Through Three Cents"

Hi Winston,
Bill and I spent a lot of time talking about the future of the hobby, this was shared ground for two guys who were dealing with their mortality. We both had gotten grim cancer prognosis's and wanted to give something back to the hobby we loved. And I found that Bill did not like talking about cancer or medical crap; he preferred sharing our vision on how we might be able to better educate buyers, attract new collectors, and preserve the large amount of knowledge and experience that was lost when hobbyists died. So with this vision I have put a lot of time into building Stamps Smarter as an online educational resource.

I think that online publishing has distinct advantages over traditional hardcopy publishing. It is faster, cheaper, and easier. And a significant amount of our philatelic information changes over time; no 'facts' are immune from change over time. For example, Scott occasionally changes catalog numbers for existing stamps. Regarding the publishing of philatelic opinions, have not opinions always been a part of hobby? In fact, I would love it if Linn's would expand their editorial content. I think that editorial content allows for more latitude or freedom to push the boundaries of our hobby.

What I envision for the Stamp Smarter publishing feature is a way to share our experience and knowledge. I am considering expanding it to include recorded 'oral histories' for folks who might not be inclined to type; any way that captures and records our experience is better than losing this to the ravages of history. I have the basic structure of this new publishing feature coded, and one person who is testing it now. If anyone else would like to start and maintain their own philatelic 'column' they can contact me. It will support a single article or it can support very frequent submissions.
Don

Don,
will a contributor be able to add images to their articles?
Will others be able to respond to an article?

Images, yes. Anonymous users adding feedback? This is possible but I have not implemented; I am unsure who would review the daily input (for spam and unacceptable content) in the likely event that I am no longer around.
Don

51Studebaker

I enjoy writing about fun stuff as much as anyone. I wrote for the OSS for a few years, and I've been published in the AP and Postal History Journal. Your web journal sounds intriguing. I contributed some unbelievable postal history to the Frajola site.

These days I am nursing a huge postal history exhibit and am working on advanced articles including more unbelievable finds. This kind of material requires the application of sources and methods that are hard to describe.

I'm not saying I can't contribute, I have plenty of interesting tidbits. Rather it's more a matter of time. I'm not quite retired yet, still working a day job, and that really limits my availability. Certain philatelic and paper history projects require me to travel and do research, so I have to plan my schedule carefully. Little things to write about are fun, but they are just not on my radar at present. I'm not saying no or never, it's just not practical for me at present.

OK Please educate me. Where do you see the double transfer? I don't see anything out of the normal.
Thank you,
Robert

Yup that's it exactly ^^^

Mine (the one above) is a fairly lite impression but matches the 3R1L plate position. Scott lists this as Double Impression, "Line In Three Cents".

The more easily recognized one is plate position 92L1L which Scott calls, "Line Through Three Cents" and is shown below.

OK great. I do faintly see it on the littleriverphil pic but is even more noticeable on the stampcrow pic. I thank you littleriverphil and stampcrow for the scans
Robert

Is that yours, Stampcrow? What a nice stamp.

Winston, not the 92L1L. That's from the Rosen Stamps web page. I was at work when I read thepackrat's post and wanted to respond.

My 92L2L is far less stunning. But a nice impression anyhow.

Below has nice pedigree as it comes from a Farmville, Va. cover in the Dr. Chase collection.

It's a '52 Brownish Carmine w/Red stamp, but the color is not as deep as I'm used to seeing. Possibly it may have been chemically washed and reused as the cover is postmarked August of 1857.


Photographed by Samsung Galaxy Note 5.