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Found this nice mint coil it goes from plate number 5 to plate number 6   I never knew there were stamps out there with these on them. How scarce are these. |
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The strips you have there are not very scarce. Read more about these on www.pnc3.orgBy the way, they are called 'plate number coils' or pnc's Peter |
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| Edited by Petert4522 - 02/20/2020 9:11 pm |
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Wait, different plate numbers on a contiguous strip? I didn't know that was possible. How are these printed? I figured it was some sort of rotary process such that one plate number every 25 stamps meant 25 was the number of stamps per cycle of the press. Clearly that's wrong if different plate numbers are possible on a given coil strip. |
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It does sound as though the OP is claiming these stamps are in the same strip. Extremely unlikely since there are two different plate numbers. Perhaps the OP will chime in and either verify or clarify his original post. |
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This is Scott 1897. Plates 5 and 6 were printed together. What you have is completely normal. |
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These coils were printed on the old Cottrell press. Two plate numbers were used for each printing, as Germania states this was completely normal
The plate numbers on Cottrell issues are 24 stamps apart. On Scott 1897 plates 1 & 2, 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 were used together
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| Edited by Petert4522 - 02/21/2020 3:23 pm |
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Thanks guys … it's surprising how much new stuff I learn on this forum! |
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2 different plates were wrapped around the printing cylinder with the ends butting against each other, which is where the joint lines form. Think of a u shape and a n shape against each other. |
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Posted 02/20/2020 8:44 pm
