Pos 20L5

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1857-61, PLATE 5.
Position 20L5

Blue,
Type Va, Relief B
Issued only perforated.

Horizontal pair consisting of 19L5 and 20L5.

Figure 1. (Below) Various plating marks per the Neinken plating diagrams.

Figure 2. (Below) The plating diagrams illustrate a small dot in the "N" of ONE but these copies do not show this mark clearly. The blur and dots indicated at the left are more useful plating marks for this position.

Figure 3. (Below) Faint vertical scratch most prominent to the right of Ornaments O,P, and Q. This is not illustrated in the plating diagrams but the scratch has been confirmed on several copies.

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