Memphis 2c Provisional #1
Genuine (Memphis #1, Scott catalog #56X1)
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Printed from electrotypes in a form of fifty subjects (five across, ten down). Tete-beche pairs exist that are cross gutter examples from sheet of 100 subjects (form struck twice on sheet).
| #1 Genuine characteristics: | #1 Genuine colors seen: |
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a. diamond in "D" of "PAID" |
a. 2c blue on thin white paper |
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| #1 Genuine varieties: | ||
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var a. 2c cracked plate (positions 16 - illustrated above, 17, and 18) |
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(not illustrated) |
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var b. 2c large part of design missing at right (positions 5, 10, 15, 20 and 50) |
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Richard Frajola (October 1, 2001)