Position 84L1E

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 1 EARLY
Position 84L1E (Scott #7)

Scott #7 Blue,
Type II, Relief B, First Condition
Only Issued Imperforate

PLATING NOTES: The plating diagram for this position does not give the plater much to go on. Neinken indicates that the bottom curved line is weak and that there is some plating mark below the E of CENT. The archivist plated this by it's GUIDE DOT and using a portion of 85L1e to the right and spotting the plating mark to the right of the left plume. (violet arrow below)

Courtesy of George Kopecky

Figure 1. (Below) GUIDE DOT location.

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UPDATE: 11/25/2012