Position 16L4

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 4
Position 16L4

Type IIIa-III, Relief B
Issued both imperforate (Scott 8A-8) and perforate (Scott 22-21).

TYPE CHANGELING, SWING POSITION
Early impressions of this position are Type IIIa. As the plate wears, a break in the bottom curved line develops, thus this position becomes a Type III as shown here.

Plating Notes: This patient was plated by the near-vertical scratch protruding above Ornament A on the next stamp (17L4) showing on the right. The blur in the lower portion in the N of CENT does not show on this example.

Courtesy of George Kopecky

Figure 1. (BELOW) A weak diagonal line of color above the P of POST as illustrated in the Neinken plating diagram.

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