Position 42L2

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 2
Position 42L2, (Scott #7)

Blue, Type II, Relief B
Issued both imperforate and perforated.
Perforated copies are more scarce.

Plating Notes:
The upper part of Ornament N is weak.

Courtesy of Tyler Moody.

Figure 1. (Below) Detail view of a faint blur of color to the right of Ornament L as illustrated in the plating diagrams. The right-hand red arrow points to the faint remains of Ornament A from the stamp to the right, which is abnormally close.

Figure 2. (Below) Detail view of the GUIDE DOT location as illustrated in the Neinken plating diagram.

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Update 6.22.2010