1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 1 LATE.

Pos 13R1L, (Scott #9)
Scott #9 Blue,
Type IV, Relief A
Issued both imperforate and perforated.
Perforated copies are more scarce.

SINGLE RECUT TOP
SINGLE RECUT BOTTOM

NEW PLATING MARKS
Figure 1. (Below) During the course of preparing images for the Archive, the author found these 2 small dots, inside and above Ornament "G." The Ashbrook plating diagrams do not show any other definitive plating marks at this position. It is hoped that other students of this issue can verify these as consistent. Also note that the inner arc of Ornament "F/G" is slightly doubled and appears to fade away as the plate wears.

Figure 2. (Below). Detail of the bottom recut line on 2 impressions. The left and right arrows are the approximate starting and stopping points of the recut per Ashbrook's plating diagrams.

Figure 3. (Below) (Below) Detail view of TOP RECUT line. Note that the recut line is slightly doubled over the "P and O" of POSTAGE.

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