Show Your US 1851-57 Imperforate Stamps

txstamp, thanks. Appreciate the advice. Here's the rub, I don't have a copy of Neinken for the one cent imperf. Yep, I know, too bad for me! Right! =) Is that book posted anywhere in PDF? I looked to pick one up online but about swallowed my tongue noting the price. Wow!

Hi Moyock13 --

Nienken's 1c 1851 - 1861 book in PDF format is free at USPCS website's "Electronic Library".

Link is here:

https://d2jf3tgwe889fp.cloudfront.n...okmarked.pdf

Hopefully this link works!

Regards // ioagoa

Sorry about that - here :

https://d2jf3tgwe889fp.cloudfront.n...okmarked.pdf

You guys are awesome! Thanks!

Here's another item I've been meaning to post. I've always like these stamps. So, here's a Scott 15, relief B, type III... (I think). I have the Neinken book on the ten cent stamps.

Beautiful stamp except for the diagonal slice beside the upper left X.

Returning to my previous post regarding the folded cover with the triple one cent 7 or 9's and reviewing Neinken, it looks to me that the left stamp is a relief B and the center and right are a relief T.

Tried to edit my original post to include a higher resolution image of the three one cent'er on the folded cover. It's been too long, can't edit so I'm posting the higher resolution image here.

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Thanks Classic Coins

Left stamp is a B - good job.
Middle stamp is an A.
Right stamp is a T.

So you have one of each, which was one reason I brought all of this up - its a good exercise to study all 3 key reliefs here for these plates.

More later.

Right stamp appears to have a pair of guide dots in the upper right corner. This would support it being a T relief.

So in determining the types, the next step would be to decide if you see a recut at top or bottom of any.

See my post here, for knowing how the relief can help aid this process:
https://goscf.com/t/72775&whichpage=118#717926

Since Moyock13's link to the 1200-DPI trio of 1-cent stamps appears to have a glitch, here's a link that should work better:

From trying to plate the three cent stamps, recut lines always seem to be a thicker more pronounced line if not doubled. Given that, there could be a recut(s) on the bottom of the Right (T relief) stamp under the "E" of "ONE". And there could be a recut on the top of the Left (B relief) the "OST" of POSTAGE. I don't see any recuts on the A relief.

Good answer.
The left stamp is definitely recut once at top. Can't see the bottom. That makes it a #9, Ty IV, for sure.

The middle stamp is not recut. That makes it a Ty II, #7.

The right stamp, being top row, is not recut at top. It is not recut at bottom either, and is therefore, a Ty II, #7. I agree that it is a bit hard to tell for sure if the bottom of the right stamp is recut or not -- so the key here is to look at the tidbit of the stamp beneath it that you can see. The top of that stamp beneath it -- which will be an A relief, is clearly not recut. That, therefore tells me that the T relief is not recut either, based upon overall plate layout, and, thus a Ty II.

So one takeaway here, is if you want to get a lot better at figuring out types of the 1c stamp, without a full investment of plating them (which is necessary sometimes) - I'd say two key things to learn are:

- learn the reliefs
- learn the layout of the reliefs by plate

That will help you figure these out a lot quicker and easier. Good luck.

txstamp, thank you!

Gotta love the lessons learned here on this forum. You guys are the best thing since sliced bread!

Thanks again!

Pretty stamp, previous owner said type II. With the bottom design slightly hidden, I'm not sure. Anyone want to weigh in? Thanks as always.