Position 36L4

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 4
Position 36L4

Type III, Relief D
Issued both imperforate (Scott 8) and perforated (Scott 21).

Figure 1. (BELOW) Plating marks in the S and T of POST and heavy dot below and to the right of Ornament Y, partially obscured by cancellation ink. See FIGURE 4, below for better view.

Figure 2. (BELOW) A small dot of color inside of Ornament H as illustrated in the plating diagram. Additionally there is a dash of color in the left plume. See FIGURE 4, farther below for confirming detail.

Figure 3. (BELOW) Blurs of color in the lower right scroll and below the small lower right unnamed plume as illustrated in the plating Neinken plating diagram.

Figure 4. (BELOW) A lower resolution image of Postion 36L4 from the Robert A. Siegel Auction Gallery
Sale 963 Lot 178. Key plating marks are the strong dot underneath and slighty east of Ornament Y per the Neinken mat, and the little dot of color inside Ornament H. The very short ornament A is another helpful plating feature, as is the blur at the bottom of the lower right scroll.

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