Pos 46L4

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 4
Position 46L4

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

Courtesy of Tim McRee

PLATING NOTES:
Additional plating marks can be found to the left and center of Ornament H and a vertical blur can be found between the balls of Ornaments F/G.

Dots or squiggle in the right margin. These marks, no doubt from foreign matter adhering to the transfer roll, occur on many E relief positions, some but not all of which are illustrated on the Neinken mats.

It should also be noted that Ornaments E/F/G are extraordinarily short, much shorter than the Neinken mat indicates. This is very helpful for plating this position. See figure 5 below.

Figure 1. (BELOW) Long horizontal blur of color cutting across the top left ornaments and the blur in the P of POST as illustrated in the Neinken plating diagram.

Figure 2. (BELOW) Dot below N of ONE. This dot, no doubt from foreign matter adhering to the transfer roll, occurs on many E relief positions, some but not all of which are illustrated on the Neinken mats.

Figure 3. (BELOW) A blurry dot below the N of CENT as illustrated in the Neinken plating diagram.

Figure 4. (BELOW) Dots or squiggle in the right margin horizontal to Franklins nose. These marks, no doubt from foreign matter adhering to the transfer roll, occur on many E relief positions, some but not all of which are illustrated on the Neinken mats. There is a fine horizontal plate scratch or layout line connecting 46L4 and 47L4.

Figure 5. (BELOW) Low resolution image showing Ornaments E/F/G are extraordinarily short, much shorter than the Neinken mat indicates. Courtesy of Wade Saadi.

Figure 6. (BELOW) Low resolution image showing Ornaments E/F/G are extraordinarily short, much shorter than the Neinken mat indicates. Courtesy of the PSE.

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