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#529 - 1918 3ยข no watermark, offset - p11 - TYPE III

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Basic Info

3¢ Violet
TYPE III (see below)

Subject: George Washington
Printing Method:
Offset
Perforations:
11
Watermark:
unwatermarked
Scott #:
529
Issued:
March 23rd, 1918

Value

Used
70¢ - $1
No postmark with gum (MH)
$1 - $2
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$5 - $7

Plate Numbers

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#529 was issued with the following plate #'s

Number only

8370-76, 79-85
8411-18, 20-21
8554-65, 67-69, 72-74, 78-93, 96-99
8600-02, 04-18, 21-22, 25-37, 39-40, 43-59 62-72, 74
8700–17

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Two instances of where the plate number was adjusted by hand to show the correct plate number. These are are examples.

Submitted by Steve Olsen

#529a

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Double Impression
#529a
Value (MH) $20-$40

#529b

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Printed on both sides
#529b
Value $750

A change to Offset

The poor quality of the ink that could be obtained at the time wore out the plates quickly. By switching to offset printing the plates lasted longer. The use of offset press would stay in place until the quality of available ink improved, which was expected to happen once world trade had gone back to normality after the disruption of WWI.

This was the first offset stamp the Bureau put into production.

A full pane

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A full pane of 100 of #529, there are 4 panes to a sheet of 400.

Earliest documented use

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Earliest known date of use is March 23rd, 1918 (shown above)
Courtesy Alex Belfi

The Design Inspiration

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Bust of George Washington
by Jean-Antoine Houdon
1785
The source of the design

TYPE III

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What are offset printings?

The 1918-20 Definitives

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