Pos 83L2

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 2
Pos 83L2, (Scott #7)

Scott #7 Blue,
Type II Relief A
Issued both imperforate (Scott 7) and perforated (Scott 20).
Perforated copies are more scarce.

One other plating indicator for 9th row positions is the presence of the "dingle". The "dingle" is normally found on "A" relief positions. The presence of a "dingle" on "B" reliefs is useful when plating because it only shows up on "B" reliefs from the 9th horizontal row.

Violet arrows below indicate marks of interest not shown on the plating diagrams and are not known if constant or reliable.

Courtesy of Stanley M. Piller and Associates

Figure 1. (Below) Detail view of plating marks in the "O" of ONE. Later impressions show 2 scratches inside of Ornament H. The plating diagrams indicate a small dot to the left of the left plume remains. This dot is not visible on this copy. The "dingle" can be clearly seen in the lower left plume remains.

Figure 2. (Below) Detail view of the GUIDE DOT location and a smaller companion dot. It is not known if this companion dot is consistent. This was originally plated as 45R2 because of this feature. The violet arrows indicate 2 very faint scribe lines which no doubt wear away from the plate with use.

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Update 9/28/06