1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 2
Pos 7L2, (Scott #7)
Scott #7 Relief T, Blue,
Type II
Issued both imperforate and perforated.
Perforated copies are more scarce.

Courtesy of Chris Baisan

Figure 1. (Below) A small dot inside Ornament "M" shown on the plating diagram.

Figure 2. (Below) The Ashbrook/Neinken plating diagrams indicate a small dot in the "A" of POSTAGE which on this copy cannot be seen. The other plating marks can be seen per the plating diagrams.

Figure 3. (Below) The Ashbrook/Neinken plating diagrams indicate a small dot in the "O" of POSTAGE which on this copy cannot be seen. The other plating marks (violet arrows) are marks of note which are not shown on the plating diagrams.



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