2¢ - Carmine, deep carmine

Printing Method: ROTARY PRESS
Subject: George Washington
Number issued: 100,000
Perforations: 11
Measurement: 19½x22¼mm
(notice it is 22¼ and not 22½)
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 595
Issued: February 28, 1923

Used
$10
No postmark with gum (MH)
$50 - $125
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$150 - $260

This is another variety of coil waste, but unlike #579 it had lot previously been perforated. These were therefore perforated both horizontally and vertically on flat bed machines especially set to take this type of sheet.

The total supply was very limited and as most dealers and. collectors who had knowledge of their having-been issued failed to obtain sufficient copies while current it his become scarce. Today, many collectors fail to notice this variety as the perforations are the same as the flat plate issue and the only obvious difference is in the width, as these were from sidewise coils. Furthermore most of the copies being very poorly centered they were used for postage and discarded.

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