Pos 39L5

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1857-61, PLATE 5.
Position 39L5

Blue,
Type Va, Relief D
Issued only perforated.

Figure 1. (Below) Various plating marks per Neinken diagrams. The plating diagrams also show
other marks at Ornament R and through out the remnants of the right lower plume. On this
specimen, the marks have been worn away or are just to faded for proper interpretation.

Figure 2. (Below) Faint plating mark at Ornament B (Red Arrow). Violet arrow indicates a small
dot which is not shown on the plating diagrams.

Figure 3. (Below) Faint scratches as indicated in plating diagrams.

Figure 4. (Below) Apostrophe shaped plating mark (Upper red arrow) as indicated in
plating diagrams. The lower 3 arrows indicate a "blurry scratch" not shown on the plating
diagrams but has been confirmed by other students of this issue to be constant.

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