Position 3L3

1¢ Franklin Issue of 1851-1857, PLATE 3
Position 3L3

Blue,
Type II, Relief T
Issued only imperforate.

It should be noted that the plating drawings for 1L3 to 16L3 in the 1972 Neinken book are incorrect. The diagrams where later corrected in 1981. The corrections were published in the USPCS Chronicle Whole Number 110, May 1981.

Image (BELOW) Courtesy PSE

Figure 1. (Below) Top margin GUIDE dots, small dot of color above Ornament Z and a small CURL plating mark in the G of POSTAGE. Position 4L3 also has a similar but fainter or weaker impression of a CURL in the G. As illustrated in the revised Neinken plating diagram.

Figure 2. (Below) Vertical dash of color in the P of POSTAGE and a dot of color in the U of U.S. As illustrated in the revised Neinken plating diagram. NOTE: Position 4L3 also has a vertical dash in P plating mark but lacks the dot in the U of U.S.

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Update 7.06.2024