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i HAVE A SCOTT 517 50 CENT FRANKLIN STAMP IT HAS 11 PERFS ON BOTH SIDES AND ON THE BOTTOM IT HAS ONLY TEN PERFS ON THE TOP. it is a flate plate printing and the color is very close to the 517c stamp  |
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i think it may be a 517c I know they are rare stamps but ill never know if I dont ask thanks for looking |
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Part of the frame on the bottom seems to be missing but it may be extra paper from a stamp that was stuck to it im not sure. would it be ok to wet the stamp or should I just leave it the way it is
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Bedrock Of The Community
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You cannot determine the perforation rate by counting holes. Do you have and know how to use a perforation gauge? |
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This is a perf 11 stamp. It is not the error stamp. Alas, these WWI era stamps were printed on a very soft paper, and the perfs can be a bit funky to look at. This can sometimes cause collectors to miscount them. A perf gauge is required to be certain for most collectors. It is possible to learn how to count the perfs, but this takes experience and effort. |
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thank you for your expert advice. Is there anyway a stamps perfs can be counted from an image posted online
I do not have a perf gauge I counted the perfs and compared them to an actual 517 c
i have other stamps in question ill go buy a perf guage
thanks again
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i took a perf 11 stamp and matched it to all four sides both left and right and bottom lined up perfectly but the top did not
if it was perf 11 on the top would it not line up like the other sides did ...just curious and trying to learn |
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While it is difficult to be absolutely certain, I believe the top & bottom gauges are identical ... probably perf 11, hence matching your reported side gauge. Scott 517. |
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so I copied both the top and bottom of my stamo and put them beside eachother and the perfs dont line up the bottom is perf 11 but the top is not ....im sure this is not completely accurate way to do this but if they were both perf 11 they would match up ...right ? |
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i tried doing it this way before you sent me the perf guage ...thank you for sending it ill try it now |
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i tried to send the image with the top and bottom beside each other but it wouldnt accept it someting to do with wrong characters in the name ...ill try again or maybe someone who knows what they are doing would do it for me |
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Your image is a photo which is taken at a slight angle. The bottom is wider than the top. Manipulations should be done only from scanned images. When I tweak your image to square it up making the printed area exactly the same width at top/bottom, the overlay of the top/bottom perforation match. Also the top/side pairing matches. Your stamp is perf 11 on all 4 sides, a normal Scott 517.  |
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im sorry I had a hard time loading the image I just dont understand why the perfs line up on the image you sent but they dont line up on mine I have tried many times but they just dont line up why is that what have I done wrong
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Posted 04/06/2022 12:34 pm
