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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Classic Stamps - As Issued and Used

Need Help In Identifying Imperforate Benjamin Franklin 1¢ 1851 Stamp.

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Posted 01/12/2024 06:18 am

Greetings everyone!
I have just purchase an imperforate Benjamin Franklin stamp that I just can't distinguish which Scott is it.
Can anybody please enlighten me on which one it?Any opinions & feedback are much appreciated, thank you. I m sorry for producing with unclear picture.

Scott 5a perhaps?

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Posted 01/12/2024 06:33 am

This page has a 'step-by-step' tool which can walk you through the ID process for this stamp. (Click on the "Step-By-Step Tool" tab)
https://stampsmarter.org/features/S...Plating.html
Don

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Posted 01/12/2024 09:31 am

Scott #9, type IV.

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Posted 01/12/2024 10:26 am

The image is quite fuzzy but the marks in "O" of "POSTAGE" looks like position 23L1L.

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Edited by jaxom100 - 01/12/2024 10:49 am

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Posted 01/13/2024 12:00 am

I apologized for giving a fuzzy picture earlier maybe this one here helps more.

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Posted 01/13/2024 11:08 am

The stamp is Scott #9, Type IV, plate position 68L1L.

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Posted 01/17/2024 5:53 pm

A Scott 5 would not have the recut (darker) oval over "postage'. Also, a "Scott #5" would have balls at the ends of the left and right scrolls at the bottom of the stamp.
I have found the Scott Identification Guide to US Stamps to be a very useful first resource for US stamps issued from 1847 to 1934.

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