A Few 1c Franklin Identifications Please

I agree with Winston that stamp #4 is 100L12 with perfs cut off.
The bottom of the stamp has perf hole remnants.
Here is a copy from Siegels that could almost produce this stamp margins.

I'm enjoying reading this. Could one of the plating experts here explain what marks you are seeing that imply that #4 should have perfs? Thanks.

The dot in the colorless oval at 9:00 indicates plate 11 or 12, both of which are perforated only.

The centerline here matches the one from plate 12.

The bottom of the stamp above this one is clearly a C relief from Plate 12 - note the largely complete bottom plumes.

The top-left ornament on this is mostly complete, which points to a likely C relief - Ty I #18, as Winston pointed out.

Rslny, first is the mark in red at the left pointing at the dot in the oval frame. This dot is on all plate 11 and 12 stamps. The line at the right indicates that it is a 10th column position of the left pane. The full plume from the stamp above (orange arrow) indicates that is can only be plate 4 or plate 11 or 12. Plate 11 is scarce so plate 12 is assumed. The fact that the full plume ("C" relief) is above a "C" relief (in 10th column) stamp, indicates that this stamp is a bottom row stamp. Therefore, the stamp is plate 12, 10th column, bottom row = 100L12. The pink arrows are plating marks.




ps: did not mean to rehash what txstamp posted as I did not see it before I posted.

excellent details - thank you

If I owned this stamp, I'd send it in for a Richard Doporto 1c plating certificate. Cost would be $16.

You can see details of Richard's 1c plating archive here:

http://www.slingshotvenus.com/Frank...hv_Main.html

Here's the mailing address:

Sonic Imagery Labs
c/o Richard Doporto
PO Box 20494
Castro Valley CA 94546

Thank everyone for the comments!