Scott 65 Imperf Or Trimmed Perfs?

I've see unused imperf pairs of Scott 65, but I've never seen a used imperf pair, let alone a single imperf used stamp such as this. I'm thinking it is a 65 with trimmed perfs. Any other ideas?

I had some bank notes which likely are trimmed and I suspect this may be the case with your stamp. The answer I got is.

Bank Note era stamp can have very large margins (typically called 'jumbos'). These were often trimmed of their perforations to make 'imperfs'. Here is an example (image courtesy of member essayk)
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Hi Chip, the forum has provided us with help for the linking of specific posts. Took a screen snip of your post to show where the magic button is.

For example, this is on ebay right now:




https://www.ebay.com/itm/OPC-1861-U...AOSw3nNdmpog

Definately trimmed.

One can still see evidence of the perfs on the top margin.

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You're welcome. I struggled for while with "the second post on page..." before I finally found that.

If such a stamp is, in fact, a legit imperf, because other perf'ed examples of the same issue can easily be that big, even a 'legit' single is considered to be trimmed. I can imagine a universe where someone might 'break' an imperf pair so he can have an example AND have a 'trader'. This would backfire drastically.

There is a reason why imperf stamps are valued in the catalogs as imperf pairs. Half an imperf pair isn't worth half as much. Not even close.

Speaking of margins, here is a Scott 94, F grill. Sliver of stamp to left, probably a straddle margin to right. Unlisted as horizontal pair, imperf vertically, and could never get a cert as such, despite the eye appeal.

When it comes to stamps from the margins, huge stamps are possible and actually fairly common. Claims of imperf stamps coming from those positions should almost always be taken with a grain of salt.

Your stamp's bottom margin appears somewhat curved which a real imperf, cut on a machine, would not be. Your top margin is a big ragged and looks uneven, so ditto for that. That it was never issued as an imperf doesn't make it a bad stamp, though. Yours looks impressive with those huge margins.