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1916-17 Washington-Franklin issues

Perforated 10, unwatermarked

Scott 462, 1¢, plate number 7656

Scott 462 var, 1¢, Bureau precancel, plate number 7725

Scott 462 var, 1¢ with perfins (WE&M), plate number 7865

Scott 462 var, 1¢ misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 8398 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 462a, 1¢ single from booklet pane, plate number 7880

Scott 463, 2¢, plate number 7775

Scott 463, 2¢ with perfins (W in a flag), plate number 7873

Scott 463a, 2¢ single from booklet pane, plate number 7882

Scott 464, 3¢, plate number 7254

Scott 464, 3¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 7254

Scott 465, 4¢, plate number 7372

Scott 465, 4¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 7372

Scott 466, 5¢, plate number 7633

Scott 467, 5¢ red. This error occurred when one or two 5-cent dies were inadvertently used to replace worn dies within a 2-cent plate. Plate number 7942 was used to print all of the 5¢ red error stamps, and a plate block of the 2¢ value, Scott 463, is shown. However, none of the 5¢ errors is close enough to the edge of the pane to appear in a plate block. A pair of the 5¢ error with a normal 2¢ stamp is shown at the right.

Scott 468, 6¢, plate number 7139

Scott 469, 7¢, plate number 6936

Scott 470, 8¢, plate number 5725

Scott 470, 8¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 5724

Scott 471, 9¢, plate number 6907

Scott 471 var, 9¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 6907

Scott 472, 10¢ orange yellow, plate number 7215

Scott 472 var, 10¢ yellow orange, Bureau precancel, plate number 7369

Scott 473, 11¢, plate number 7499

Scott 473 var, 11¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 7504

Scott 474, 12¢, plate number 6913

Scott 474 var, 12¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 6910

Scott 475, 15¢, plate number 6819

Scott 475 var, 15¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 6809

Scott 476, 20¢, plate number 6909

Scott 476, 20¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 6926

Scott 476A, 30¢, plate number 6911, photographically cropped from a plate block of 6

All copies of Scott 476A are unused with full gum. Certified genuine copies of this rarity must generally be in multiples to prove that there is no trace of a watermark. This stamp was not recognized with a Scott catalog number until 1957. Since then only two full panes, one partial pane and one plate number single have been certified as genuine -- meaning that, at most, only five or six copies with plate number have been found.

Scott 477, 50¢, plate number 7049

No more than 10 plate blocks are thought to exist.

Scott 478, $1, plate number 5782

Scott 478 var, $1 Bureau precancel, plate number 5782

Scott 479, $2 Madison reprinted from the 1902-03 series, perforated 10, plate number 8015

Scott 480, $5 Marshall reprinted from the 1902-03 series, perforated 10, plate number 8016

Scott 480 var, $5 Marshall, paste-up pair with plate number 8016. Probably unique.

Imperforate, unwatermarked

Scott 481, 1¢, plate number 13339

Scott 481 var, 1¢ Schermack Type III private vending machine perforations, plate number 10260

Scott 481 var, 1¢ Schermack Type III, Bureau precancel, plate number 10774

Scott 481 var, 1¢, experimental electolytic plate variety, unsuccessfully tested during September 1921. Only two plate numbers, 13376 and 13377, were used to produce the imperforate stamps. Plate number single photographically cropped from a larger block.

Scott 482, 2¢ Type I, plate number 8070

Scott 482 var, 2¢ Type I, Bureau precancel, plate number 7808

Scott 482A, 2¢ Type 1a: This variety was printed on Plate 10208, and all known examples have Schermack Type III perforations.

Scott 483, 3¢ Type I, plate number 8147

Scott 483 var, 3¢ Type I, Bureau precancel, plate number 8139

Scott 484, 3¢ Type II, plate number 8325

Scott 485, 5¢ red. This error occurred when one or two 5-cent dies were inadvertently used to replace worn dies within a 2-cent plate. Plate number 7942 was used to print all of the 5¢ red error stamps, and an example of the 2¢ value, Scott 482, is shown. However, none of the 5¢ errors is close enough to the edge of the pane to appear in a plate block.

Rotary endwise coils, perforated 10 horizontally, unwmkd.

Plates of 150 (15 rows by 10 columns) were created for production of endwise coils (i.e., perforated horizontally at Top and Bottom) and have a single plate number at the left.

Scott 487P, 2¢ Type II rotary coil, proof plate number 7431 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 488P, 2¢ Type III rotary coil, proof plate number 7628 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 489P, 3¢ rotary coil, proof plate number 7634 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Please report any partial plate number examples of the rotary endwise coils, 1¢ Scott 486, 2¢ Type II Scott 487, 2¢ Type II Scott 488, and 3¢ Scott 489.

Rotary sidewise coils, perforated 10 vertically, unwmkd.

Plates of 170 (10 rows by 17 columns) were created for production of sidewise coils (i.e., perforated vertically at Left and Right) and have a single plate number at the top.

Scott 490, 1¢ rotary coil, Bureau precancel, 30% plate number 13930

Scott 490P, 1¢ rotary coil, proof plate number 7506 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 492P, 3¢ rotary coil Type III, proof plate number 7661 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 497P, 10¢ rotary coil, proof plate number 13625 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Please report any partial plate number examples of the rotary sidewise coils, 2¢ Type II Scott 491, 2¢ Type III Scott 492, 3¢ Type I Scott 493, 3¢ Type II Scott 494, 4¢ Scott 495, 5¢ Scott 496 and 10¢ Scott 497.

Flat plate printing, perforated 11, unwatermarked

Scott 498, 1¢, plate number F10592

Scott 498 var, 1¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 8044

Scott 498 var, 1¢, experimental electrolytic plating, plate numbers 13377 and 13389
(Plate 13377 image courtesy of Wallace Cleland)

Only four plate numbers used on the electrolytic plates (also 13376; only one copy is known of plate 13390)

Scott 498 var, 1¢, plate crack at right, plate number 10645 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions)

Scott 498 var, 1¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 9477

Scott 498 var, 1¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 7743 (Image courtesy of eBay / ckstamps)

Scott 498 var, 1¢ misperfed vertically and horizontally, plate number 8527 (Image courtesy Stuart Katz)

Scott 498 var, 1¢ imperf at top, plate number 7674

Scott 498 var, 1¢ imperf at left due to paper fold, plate number 10815 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 498 var, 1¢, mis-inked at top left, plate number 10603

Scott 498 var, 1¢, under-inked initial "1", plate number (1)0381 (Image courtesy of Eric Chaulsett)

Scott 498b, 1¢ imperforate between error, plate number 10662

Scott 498e, 1¢ booklet single, plate number F11768

Scott 498g, 1¢ error, pair, perf 10 at bottom of lower stamp, plate number 13366

Scott 499, 2¢ Type I, plate number 13690

Scott 499, 2¢ Type I, plate number F12987 with inverted F appearing at the bottom position (Image courtesy of USSS Marginal Markings Committee)

Scott 499 var, 2¢ Type I, Bureau precancel, plate number F9122 with sideways F appearing at the right position

Scott 499 var, 2¢ Type I, misperfed vertically, plate numbers 7322, 8542, 8874, F8875

Scott 499 var, 2¢ Type I, imperf vertically at left, plate number 8070

Scott 499 var, 2¢ Type I, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 9205 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 499 var, 2¢ Type I, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number F10237 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions, from the Gerald Nylander collection)

Scott 499 var, 2¢ Type I, error, imperforate at top, plate number 10334

Scott 499a, 2¢ error, imperforate horizontally, plate number 9172 (Image courtesy of Schuyler Rumsey Auctions)

Scott 499b, 2¢ Type I, imperforate vertically error, pair with top plate number F13524

Scott 499e, 2¢booklet single, plate number F12487

Scott 499h, 2¢ lake, Type I, plate number 13229

Scott 500, 2¢ Type Ia, plate number 10208

Scott 500, 2¢ Type Ia (left), paired with Scott 499, 2¢ Type I (right), plate number 10208

Scott 501, 3¢ Type I, plate number 8243

Scott 501 var, 3¢ Type I, misperfed horizontally, plate number 8128 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions)

Scott 501 var, 3¢ Type I, misperfed horizontally at bottom, plate number 8155 (Image courtesy of Rosenberg Philatelics)

Scott 501 var, 3¢ Type I, Bureau precancel, plate number 8126

Scott 501 var, 3¢ Type I, bottom stamp showing double transfer, plate number 8129

Scott 501b, 3¢ booklet single, plate number 8096

Scott 502, 3¢ Type II, plate number 8357

Scott 502 var, 3¢ Type II, Bureau precancel, plate number 8476

Scott 502 var, 3¢ Type II, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 8359

Scott 502 var, 3¢ Type II, misperfed horizontally, plate number 8266 (Image courtesy of eBay / ckstamps)

Scott 502b, 3¢ Type II, booklet single, plate number 8332

Scott 503, 4¢, plate number 7975

Scott 503 var, 4¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 13558

Scott 503 var, 4¢ with double local precancel, plate number 8888

Scott 503 var, 4¢ with both horizontal and vertical local precancels, plate number F10475

Scott 503 var, 4¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 12552

Scott 504, 5¢, plate number 8485

Scott 504 var, 5¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 10542

Scott 504 var, 5¢ Oklahoma [City], Oklahoma precancel error, plate number 12556

Scott 504 var, 5¢, misperfed vertically, plate number F 10544 (Image courtesy of eBay / ckstamps)

Scott 504 var, 5¢ misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 8882

Scott 504a, 5¢ imperf vertically between error, plate number 8902

Scott 504b, 5¢ double impression, plate number 9115

Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions, from the Gerald Nylander collection

Scott 505, 5¢ carmine error. This error occurred when one or two 5-cent dies were inadvertently used to replace worn dies within a 2-cent plate. Plate number 7942 was used to print all of the 5¢ carmine error stamps, and a plate block of the 2¢ value, Scott 499, is shown. However, none of the 5¢ errors is close enough to the edge of the pane to appear in a plate block. A single 5¢ error stamp is shown at the right.

Scott 506, 6¢, plate number 12560

Scott 506 var, 6¢ Burean precancel, plate number 12557

Scott 506 var, 6¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 7137

Scott 507, 7¢, plate number 8491

Scott 507, 7¢, plate number F10171 with F in the right position

Scott 507 var, 7¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 13750

Scott 507 var, 7¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 8897

Scott 508, 8¢, plate number 5725

Scott 508 var, 8¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 12566

Scott 508 var, 8¢ misperfed horizontally with extra rows of perforations, plate number 7742

Scott 508 var, 8¢ misperfed vertically, plate numbers 7748, 10788

Scott 508 var, 8¢, ink missing below T of CENTS due to piece of string (?) during printing, plate number 5846

Scott 509, 9¢, plate number 11774

Scott 509 var, 9¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 12572

Scott 509 var, 9¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 11775

Scott 509 var, 9¢ misperfed horizontally, captured plate number 6925

Scott 509 var, 9¢ misperfed vertically, plate number 6925

Scott 510, 10¢, plate number 7369

Scott 510 var, 10¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 8437

Scott 510 var, 10¢ dry printing, plate number 10255

Scott 510 var, 10¢ misperfed vertically, plate number (8)304

Scott 511, 11¢, plate number 7505

Scott 511 var, 11¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 12578

Scott 511 var, 11¢ misperfed vertically, captured plate number 12578

Scott 511 var, white spots at base of 11's, captured plate number 7498 (Image courtesy of eBay / ckstamps)

Scott 511a, 11¢ error, plate number F13467

The bottom stamp is perforated 10 at the bottom, caused when a damaged perforating wheel was replaced with one of the wrong gauge. Photographically cropped from what is thought to be a unique plate block of 6.

Scott 512, 12¢ claret brown, plate number F10621

Scott 512 var, 12¢ claret brown, Bureau precancel, plate number 12584

Scott 512, 12¢ claret brown, misperfed vertically, plate number 7036

Scott 512a, 12¢ brown carmine, plate number F10621

Scott 512a var, 12¢ brown carmine, Bureau precancel, plate number 6931

Scott 513, 13¢, plate number 12586

Scott 513 var, 13¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 9149

Scott 513, 13¢ misperfed vertically, captured plate number 9147

Scott 514, 15¢, plate number 8891

Scott 514 var, 15¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 12590

Scott 515, 20¢, plate number 6935

Scott 515 var, 20¢, misperfed vertically and horizontally, plate number 10326 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions)

Scott 515 var, 20¢ inverted Bureau precancel, plate number 13474

Scott 515 var, 20¢ upright and inverted precancels, plate number 11796

Scott 515 var, 20¢ upright and vertical precancels, plate number 11793

Scott 515 var, 20¢ vertical precancels reading up and reading down, plate number 13471

Scott 516, 30¢, plate number 6914

Scott 516 var, 30¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 6899

Scott 517, 50¢, plate number F13656

Scott 517 var, 50¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 13656

Scott 517 var, 50¢ misperfed horizontally, plate number 7042

Scott 518, $1 violet brown, plate number 5782

Scott 518 var, $1 violet brown, Bureau precancel, plate number 5782

Scott 518 var, $1, claret not listed among the possible shades, plate number 5782

Scott 518b, $1 deep brown, plate number 5782

Scott 523, $2 orange & black, orange plate number 8177 (orange)

Scott 547, $2 carmine & black, carmine plate number 8177 (carmine)

Scott 547a, $2 lake & black, black plate number 8179 (black)

Scott 524, $5, green plate number 8178 (green)

Scott 523, $2 orange; Scott 547, $2 carmine; and Scott 524, $5 green, each with black plate number 8179

The same plate number 8179 was used to print the black bust of Franklin for both $2 stamps and the $5 stamp.