Could This Be A Scotts 26 Type 3 Three Cent Washington With Inner Line Recut At Right ?

Any chance I got this one right ?
Scotts 26 Type 3
3 Cent Washington
Inner line recut at right

No.

The vertical line farthest to the right is a center line that was cut into the plate between the 100 positions on the left and the 100 position on the right. The center line was used as a guide for cutting the two panes of 100 stamps apart after the sheet of 200 stamps was printed.

The other line on the right is the frame line. I don't see an inner line recut on your stamp.

The C/L written in pencil on the front of the cover stands for center line.

I didn't even think about centerline.
Could the triangle U.Right mean
That the upper right triangle is recut ??

How about this ?
26a 3 Cent Washington
Left frame line double
Or
Inner line recut at left ??

Hi Lalo. This looks to be a position where the LFL is doubled. Per Chase: "The four lowest stamps in the extreme right vertical row of the right pane of Plate 11 (70, 80, 90 & 100R11) show on each an extra left frame line of normal thickness about .3mm. to the left of the usual recut frame line. It is difficult to understand why these extra lines were drawn unless it were to make the spacing appear a little more regular. These stamps have, I believe, an importance equal to the extra frame line varieties found on Plate 3."

Very nice stamp!

Thank you so much ,
I have just started to
seperate and catalogue
my 3 Cent Washingtons
My goal is the plate them
This information will be so
Helpful

these two stamps shown have inner frame lines see how the vertical lines touch the inside artwork the full length of the stamp?

Lalo, you can plate the type I and II stamps (10,10A,11,11A,25,25A) with available references, but references to plate the type III and IV stamps (26,26A) are not available, and those stamps with few exceptions are not platable. It is a shame, because the type IV stamps should not be difficult to plate, in theory. The Type III, however, will probably never be completely plated.

Hi Lalo --

Your Scott #26A stamp with the extra left frame line is position 70R11i.

FYI -- plate 11 exists in 3 states -- Early, Intermediate, and Late -- but on the Intermediate state of the plate, positions 70, 80, 90, and 100R were entered with misplaced reliefs B through E (versus the normal C through F reliefs). Your stamp is a misplaced B relief thus enabling the state of the plate to be determined with certainty.

You can read more about the guide reliefing method of production that was used for this issue in "The 1851 Issue of United Sates Stamps -- A Sesquicentennial Retrospective" -- published by the United Sates Philatelic Classics Society -- and available for free download on their website. Link is here:

https://www.uspcs.org/wp-content/up...CS_and_B.pdf

I am also attaching a reference pair of positions 70-80R11i for comparison to your stamp -- (not my stamps -- but courtesy of a close friend of mine who is an expert on this issue -- the "Central Coast Plater" -- who wished to maintain confidentiality here on SCF ).

Regards // ioagoa