1851 3c Washington - Double Left Line

Here is an interesting 1851 3c Washington that has the left border line doubled. It is creased but the double line caught my eye and it was cheap.

One of the famous "Three Rows" stamps. It also has only one line at right. Lots of fun to be had collecting 1851-61 stamps.

Sinclair, I kinda of see a second line on the right about 1/4 way down. Do you have any idea which plate it came from? Do all the ones with a double line come from the same plate? Is there a specific row that it occurred on? The lines in the triangles look awfully sharp for this issue.

The Three Rows stamps come from the 8, 9, and 10 columns of Plate 3 Left. Your stamp, with a doubled line at left and a single line at right, comes from the ninth column. There are other plates with doubled lines but am limited in my ability to lay it all out because I am only on my phone!

Sinclair, thanks so much for the info.

Jaxom, is there a dot behind that bend in the lower right hand corner?

I will check for guide dot in that corner when I get home.

I was wondering the same thing re: dot.

Also, the three-rows are a great substitute for collectors who don't want to reconstruct a full plate, but still to get some practice with plating some interesting positions. Plate 3 material is plentiful.

You are very limited in possibilities in regards to plating this one as stampcrow laid out which ones to look at. Which is GREAT! If that dot is there, then you REALLY narrow it down. You can go to http://www.stampsmarter.com/feature..._Plates.html and compare the pics concerning the possibilities. Possibly 49L3?

That corner has a paper separation. It looks like a piece of the top paper is missing but I think it is folded under but I cannot seem to free it. It is so small. It has some OG on back. The postmark there does not help either.

Go to

http://stampplating.com/stamps?plat...ines%5B%5D=9

you will see six possible solutions -

29L3, 39L3, 49L3, 59L3, 69L3, AND 79L3.

You can click on each of the recommended stamps and zoom into hi res images and figure it out pretty quickly.

I checked both sites. I would say there is no plate dot at LR. That eliminates 29-49-69L3. While I like 39L3 as a match, I had to eliminate it because the line at right separates from the symbol block at top right. I saw 4 copies and all showed a separation there. I eliminated 79 for the opposite reason on the top left corner, the two split lines almost touch at the top which was the same on 3 copies. That leaves 59L3. stamp smarter has 3 copies and plating wizard has one. I could find no reason to eliminate it (or really confirm it for sure). So after staring at them for 4 hours (not knowing what to look for), I think it is 59L3.

I agree.

Thanks. That was a quick response. Did you have the answer and waiting for me to make my choice?

I disagree. Try harder. Start by learning how to identify which relief on the transfer roll entered the position. Would hate to not give credit when credit is due, so you may want to strongly consider a previous suggestion.