Pos 38L5

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1857-61, PLATE 5.
Position 38L5

Blue,
Type Va, Relief D
Issued only perforated.

Figure 1. (Below) Various plating marks per Neinken diagrams. Typical Plate 5 blister mark to the left of Ornament E and a small dot of color to the left of Ornament G.

Figure 2. (Below) Numerous faint diagonal scratches of color in the lower right plume remains. Vertical blurring of ink starting to build up in Ornament R. This blurring continues vertically as can be seen in next image below.

Figure 3. (Below) This blurring continues vertically into Ornament Q. The vertical scratch indicated with violet arrows is not shown in the Neinken plating diagram.

Figure 4. (Below) Plating marks in the upper right Ornaments.

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