Scott #40, Reprint of 1875 Position1

Government Reprint Issue of 1875, (Scott #40)
Position 1

Scott #40
Type I
Perforated 12
Very White, Hard Crisp Paper. No Gum

This Archive.
The images in this plating archive are of a full sheet from the 1875 plate printed on India paper and hinged to a light piece of cardboard in several places. This sheet of 100 stamps has no plate number or imprint on either side. The stamp images are spaced much further apart that the original issues of 1851-1861 to facilitate perforations not cutting into the design.

Figure 1. below. Close up detail of the irregular shaped surface scratch.

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Update 1/2/07