#583 - 1924 Perf 10 2ยข
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Basic Info
2¢ - Carmine or deep carmine
Printing Method: ROTARY PRESS
Subject: George Washington
Number issued: 22,660,564,000 and 15,000,000 booklets
Perforations: 10
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 583
Issued: April 14, 1924
Booklet Issued::August 27th, 1926
#583 Value
Used
5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
50¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1 - $2
A full sheet
A sheet of 100 stamps
#583 Plate #'s
#583 was issued with the following plate #'s
Number only
Type A Marginal guides:
15412-13
16618-19, 34-35, 62-63
15610-11, 20-21
16764-65
15900-01
Type B Marginal guides:
15802-03, 20-23
15902-03
16262-63, 70-71, 86-87
16304-05
16475-16, 63-64
16749-60
17273-74, 84, 86
17305-22, 65-66
17400-01, 73-74, 98-99
17500-01, 07-08
17856-57
17914-16, 35-36, 49-50, 59-60, 65-66, 69-72, 77-79, 90, 93-94
18005-12, 42-45, 56-57, 61-66, 92-94 ,96
18124-26, 39-40, 61-62
18231-34, 40-43, 51-52, 73-74, 83-84, 89-90, 95-96
18301-02, 17-18, 29-30, 37-38, 43-44, 5I-52, 55-56, 63-64, 68-69
18517-20, 25-31, 34, 36-37, 48-49, 84-93
18602-05, 10-11, 16-17, 20-21, 29-34, 52-53, 56-59, 60-61
18763-64, 79-84, 87-88, 95- 98
18801-02, 09-16, 26-29, 34-37, 52-53, 56-59, 62-65, 68-74, 79- 89, 95-96
18901-02, 31-36, 39-40, 43
Type A marginal markings
There are a series of horizontal guide lines in the vertical gutter between the right and left panes, these were intended as perforation guides and were divided in units of 20 from the top of the full sheet to the bottom.
Type B marginal markings
There are cutting guides at the extreme ends of the horizontal and vertical gutters. In the center of the plate was a quarter inch cross which matched exactly with the three-sixteenth inch lines placed near the outside edges of the sheets. These were used as guides in cutting the full sheets into 100 subject panes.
Smeared Ink
A common fault with #583 is smeared ink, caused by over inking the plates. These command a price premium
#583a
#583a
Booklet pane of six
#583a Value
Value for the booklet pane of six only
Used
$12-$17
No postmark with gum (MH)
$10-$14
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$22-$30
Booklets
2¢ Carmine two panes of six
BK72
Value for unexploded booklet: $375
2¢ Carmine four panes of six
BK73
Value for unexploded booklet: $400
2¢ Carmine eight panes of six
BK74
Value for unexploded booklet: $600
First Day Cover
A first day cover of #583a, August 27th, 1927
#583a Plate #'s
The plate numbers were trimmed off by the bureau, at best a partial number will appear, as shown above. The following plate numbers were used:
Number Only
17450-51
18550-51
18695-98
18705-06
Double Paper
This is a roll of "paste-up" of that comprises of the ends of two rolls of stamps. This was to give this "paste-up" sufficient strength so as not to tear apart on the machine. The overlap extends across a space equal to four to six stamps placed endwise. As a result these portions of the continuous lengths are "double paper" which is always horizontal to the design on rotary press sheet stamps which are curved and printed endwise. These are generally discovered by inspectors at the Bureau and seldom reach philatelic hands. The blocks or strips showing part on double paper and part single are more desirous than the ordinary double paper pairs of blocks, which in themselves are far from common
Proofs
554-P1
Large die proof on India die sunk on card
554-P1
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