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Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads 13 Jul 2018 09:58:29am
Auctions | re: A different Washington stamp
Pooh,
the stamp is off center, compared to the perforations. This is not uncommon for the period.
remember, stamps are printed, THEN the peforations are added, and if there's any misalignment anywhere, the whole thing can go off center. Many stamps of period were printed with a high water content in the paper, causing the paper to shrink as it dries. Two sheets of the same stamp with slightly different amounts of water might lead to different shrinkage rates (this was discussed in great detail by Messrs Castanza and Seinfeld).
there are about 10 varieties of this stamp; they were first issued in 1910 in huge quantities.
yes, you check top and bottom first (usually they are the same) then sides (again, almost always the same). Different people like different perf guages, but I'm partial to Linn's clear plastic one, which be easily overlaid on stamps to make perf ID easy, even on cover.
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