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Is This Stamp Certifiable As A 315?

 
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Posted 06/17/2020   3:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Burnside Bob to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I understand that Scott 315 has to be larger than a certain minimum size to be certified. I'm not sure that the example below is wide enough but, being a margin copy, clearly is tall enough. Would this example pass muster? Is the unperfed margin a lead pipe cinch that this is a 315?




Thanks in advance for your expertise!


Burnside
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Posted 06/17/2020   8:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jleb1979 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You might look at either the database of PSE certs at: http://www.stampsmarter.com/Learning/PSEView.html or the APS database at https://stamps.org/certificate-archive

I think you will see some 315s that appear to have margins narrower than what you show.
True you are a bit close on the lower left, but the upper left is not bad.

Hope this helps.

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Posted 06/18/2020   08:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add canyoneer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It is a 315. Some 304's with large margins have perfs trimmed to appear as a 315. But your bottom margin is, as you say, a "lead pipe cinch" that it is a 315. Nice stamp!
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Posted 06/18/2020   2:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I am assuming that it was dipped to see if a margin was added.
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Posted 06/20/2020   6:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Burnside Bob to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This stamp is an auction offering, and the auctioneer has a no-question return policy. That's well and good, but before getting interested I wanted some community feedback.

Thanks for your feedback about what to look for.

Burnside


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