Is This A 500 Type 1A On A May 7, 1919 Postcard?

Seeking opinions on this postcard is the stamp the 500?

I believe it to be, flat plate, 1919 usage, good deep color, more common poor centering, and the solid line in the toga.

It's on an Akron OH postcard possibly a newest Earliest Recorded Use (ERU) I am considering sending to the PF.

TIA,
Jeremy

No, not a 500 just based upon the toga lines and button.

I must assume that what I think I see in the toga button is an illusory "DID" … and that, due to the postmark, the stamp must be engraved. With that assumption made, I think the stamp is more likely type I rather than Ia. I'm not convinced the toga button outline is strong enough. But as I've mentioned before, I am no expert. I do remember the first 500 that I purchased … once I had the stamp in hand, I decided it was a 499. The PF agreed with me and back the stamp went.

Type I. Save your money.

send it in, its only money, you can prove us experts wrong

Chasa, Why do you give false hope to someone asking a serious question?

EDU on #500 is Dec. 15th. 1919. Its very unlikely the May date would make this a #500.

Thank you all for the free opinion. It is greatly appreciated.

From another thread.

http://stampsmarter.com/1847usa/was...cType1a.html

The stampsmarter.com description of Scott 500 is incomplete. A partial second line will be found in the right or left ribbon. The die roller positions from the five-subject and ten-subject die rollers have been plated. Plating diagrams may have been posted previously in this forum.

There is an excellent article on this in the USSS archive. Anyone with more than a passing interest in Washington/Franklin stamps should join the United States Stamp Society.

See

Volume: 69 Number: 2 Year: 1998 Specialist: 816
Article: The 2c Washington Type la Identifier - It's "Partial Line"
Author(s): Richard Prothero