US 1896a and 1896e list a variety as "scored perforations". It's only listed for the booklet panes of 6 and 10. Can I safely assume this is indistinguishable in a single stamp?
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I haven't actually physically examined separated stamps. But in principle, you should be able to see the scoring if you examine the tips carefully. The top or bottom tips should appear "flatter" than normal.
Interesting catch Lars. I never noticed this variety. I have several full booklets and under magnification I did not see any scoring, so I must have the unscored ones. They don't seem to be a lot more expensive, so I'm assuming not too rare. Do you have any of the scored variety?
That's one way of putting it. No paper is cut. I only remember the specific example of #2116a (22¢ flag over Capitol Dome with quote from Gettysburg Address). The pane still has the normal perforations. In that pane of 5, the scoring was done at the booklet pane fold. I recall using a few for postage and definitely remember noticing the perf tips were "flatter" than if I had manually folded the perforations back/forth a couple of times.
On the complete booklets for the scored varieties of BK139(#1896a), the premiums are for some of the hibrite booklets. I believe a couple of the varieties are $100+ in the specialty catalogs.
Nice pic Sean! There wasn't much attempt to align the scoring well with the perforations. I assume the dashes of the scoring were meant to "indent" between the perforation holes. I had actually never paid attention to the registration until I saw your pic!
"On this same booklet (2116a) there is a double perf in the middle on every set of perfs in the booklet. Do yours have this?"
That's a nice production oddity, Sean! That's caused by the misalignment at the ends of the perforation device. That's why you see it on every stamp in the same position.
It also happens with rotary printed coils (you will see a sudden rise or drop in the next stamp). I've even seen it in tagging (the tagging block will be higher up or lower down by 1-2mm in the adjacent stamp. I usually keep these types of things for fun.
That settles the matter for me. I don't collect watermark differences and this seems similar enough to make the call. However, for those that are inclined to be curious about such things, perhaps the scoring shows up in watermark fluid, and if so, used singles could potentially be identified? Hmmm.
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