1901 Pan American issues
Scott
294, 1¢,
frame (green) plate number 1123
Scott
294 var, 1¢ "fast ship" (centered to left),
vignette (black) plate number 1156
Scott
294 var, 1¢ "floating ship" or "high tide" (centered to
top),
frame plate number 1139
Scott
294 var, 1¢ "sinking ship" (centered to
bottom), frame plate number 1181
Scott
294 var, 1¢ "floating ship" (centered to
top), and pre-printing paper fold, vignette plate number 1226
Scott
295, 2¢,
frame (red) plate number
1078
Scott
295, 2¢,
vignette (black) plate number
1118
Scott
295 var, 2¢
"fast train" (centered to left), frame (red) plate number
1129
Scott
295 var, 2¢
"heavy train" (centered to bottom), frame plate number
1092
Scott
295 var, 2¢
"light train" (centered to top), frame plate number
1126
Scott
295 var, 2¢
showing pre-printing paper fold and tear resulting during the printing
process, frame plate number
1122
Scott
296, 4¢, frame (brown) plate number 1145
Scott
296 var, 4¢ "high car" (centered to top),
frame (brown) plate number 1145
Scott
297, 5¢, frame (blue) plate
number 1140
Scott
297, 5¢, vignette (black) plate
number 1141
Scott
298, 8¢,
frame (violet brown) plate number 1150
Scott
298, 8¢,
vignette (black) plate number 1143
Scott
299, 10¢,
frame (brown) plate number 1151
Scott
299 var, 10¢ "sinking ship" (centered to
bottom),
vignette plate number 1144
Scott
299 var, 10¢ "slow sinking ship" (centered to
bottom and left),
frame plate number 1151
Scott
299P1, 10¢ proof of frame, plate number 1151
Image courtesy of Chris Steenerson, from the Smithsonian collection
1901 Pan American errors
There are no known plate number examples of the 1¢ or 2¢ inverts. This is the only example this author has seen of a
1¢ or 2¢ Pan American invert
with marginal markings of any sort:
Scott
294a, 1¢ error with inverted center, top
margin single showing part of Bureau imprint and printer's initials
Scott
296a, 4¢ error with inverted center, bottom
frame plate number 1145. Image courtesy of Wallace Cleland.
After the 1¢ and 2¢ inverts were discovered, there were rumors that the
4¢ invert was in public hands. Officials responded by intentionally
printing a few more sheets of the 4¢ inverts. It turns out the
intentional misprints were the only examples. This plate number
single and a bottom plate strip of 4 are known.
Scott
296aSE, 4¢ error with inverted center,
Specimen overprint at left, bottom frame plate number 1145. Believed
to be unique.
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Trans-Mississippi issues
The Second Bureau Series
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