Show Your US 1851-57 Imperforate Stamps

Mootermutt, Alan Cohen is a very highly respected New York City dealer in classic U. S. stamps.

Rhett - now that I see someone else write it, I realize that. I got my copy about 35 years ago, and (I think) the signature was old even then. It looks like it is written with a fountain pen. I found his website and read his bio - he graduated college 10 years before me. I suspect the signature is too old to be his, but of course I could be wrong about that. Perhaps I could contact him.

Mootermutt, sure there could have been another collector with that name in the past. You should call this Alan and ask him about the book; I have talked with him on the phone several times when buying from him in the past few years. He is very knowledgeable about classic U.S. and is pleasant to talk with.

Is this an example of "short transfer" or underinking or something else...?
I'm refering to the areas in the top label and the RDB that lack ink.
I darkened the label close-up pic so it stands out better.

Chase wrote that many of the stamps on plates 1e and 1i show evidence of short transfer, but he didn't mention short transfers occurring on other plates. However, short transfers must have occurred on other plates, since the top of the design was strengthened by recutting at so many positions.

Your stamp looks like a great example of a short transfer to me.

Three lines recut in the upper left triangle. Do you know the position?

Interesting position piece, stampcrow! It looks like the recut line in the top label separates from the main label. There is a large variation in distance between the letters in the label and the recut line. Also, it looks like 3 lines recut in the UL triangle. Oops - Classic already said that.

I don't know if this is appropriate but if anyone has a decent #10 at a reasonable price they would like to sell or even swap? I would appreciate the opportunity!

Is it a #10 specifically or would a 10A fill the spot?

Although Chase only wrote about short transfers on plates 1e and 1i in his book, he identified short transfers on other plates in his margin annotations on the Smithsonian prints, with 68L6 and 97L7 being two examples.

Gary, I assumed it to be a plate 2L stamp but I haven't been able to plate it.
That's why I began to wonder if it's plate wear and not a short transfer?!
There aren't many 3 lines ULT. This should've been easy. But alas...

Stephen, It's 30R3.

A 10 stampcrow, I have a nice 10a
Cheers

Thanks Gary
Laurie, I'll take a look.

Here is an interesting stamp -- Scott #11A -- position 27L2L -- with fresh color -- 1852 brownish carmine with more brown.

This position, in addition to having 3 lines recut in the upper left triangle, shows the "flaw in oval" described by Chase as possibly a tiny scratch -- starting at the right edge of the lower left rosette opposite its center -- running upward and a little to the right -- and crossing the white oval around the medallion above the R of THREE.

Regards // ioagoa

Note -- the usual disclaimer regarding identification of colors vis-à-vis online scanned images applies. More specifically -- because of variations in scanner settings, and because different display screens render colors differently, this image is not suitable for confirming colors of other stamps in hand or in other images.

Not to mention that top frame line, it definitely has personality. I especially like the squiggly on the left end.

Thanks for sharing ioagoa. Speaking of plate scratches, I have 38L1L with the scratch on the lower left that Chase discusses.