Pos 59R4

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 4
Position 59R4

Scott #22, Blue,
Type IIIa, Relief F
Issued both imperforate (8A) and perforate (22).

The red arrow under the U of U.S. indicates the small "F" Relief flaw. The Ashbrook/Neinken diagrams show this flaw exaggerated. A shoulder dot is found on nearly all "F" Reliefs from this plate except (according to the Neinken diagrams) Positions 54, 58, 59, 60, 99 and 100R4. See 52L4 for a detailed image of the shoulder dot.

Courtesy of Stanley M. Piller and Associates

Figure 1. (BELOW) The red arrow at the upper left shows the small "F" Relief flaw. The Ashbrook/Neinken diagrams show this flaw exaggerated. The heavy dot in head is also illustrated in the plating diagrams. The violet arrows indicate a faint scratch of color which at this time is unknown if consistent.

Figure 2. (BELOW) Detail of the plating marks in the "T" of CENT and impressive near vertical line of color below Ornament R. Also note the location of the guide dot inside the lower right plume.

Figure 3. (BELOW) Diagonal scratches of color in the lower left plumes and ornaments. All these plating marks are illustrated in the Ashbrook/Neinken plating diagrams.

Figure 4. (BELOW) A later worn plate impression on soft paper.
Courtesy of Marc Bedrin

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