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VERY FINE. A DESIRABLE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE. ONE OF THE MAJOR RARITIES OF UNITED STATES PHILATELY.
Scott 482A, like its more famous predecessor, Scott 314A, was issued imperforate by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and sold to the Schermack Company for use in its patented stamp-affixing machines. The Schermack "Sealer and Stamper" machine typically applied stamps one at a time, and, in most cases, the hyphen-hole perfs on one side would be cut off. Unlike Scott 314A, the release of imperforate sheets printed from the experimental Type Ia plates escaped the notice of contemporary collectors, and, therefore, this stamp has a very small survival rate.
Our updated census of Scott 482A (available at http://siegelauctions.com/enc/census/482A.pdf) records three covers, one unused single, a used pair and 34 used singles for a total of 40 stamps. Most examples are either cut well into the design or have the Schermack perfs trimmed away on one side.
Schermack Type III stamps are often cut into the design by the oblong perforations or miscut with one side of the perforated margin missing. This problem for collectors, which meant very little to contemporary users of the stamps, resulted from two consecutive events. First, the sheets were perforated with the Schermack holes, creating an opportunity for misalignment between the stamps. Second, when the strip of stamps was fed through the Schermack affixing machine, the cutting blade did not always align with the space between stamps.
Census No. 482A-CAN-16. Ex Hewitt. With 1978, 1985 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT CARMINE IMPERFORATE ERROR. THIS MARVELOUS STAMP HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 JUMBO BY P.S.E.
The SMQ no longer prices Scott 485. This surely must have originally come from one of the double error positions, or else it would show part of the adjoining stamp at top as well. With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo, unlisted in SMQ) (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE SINGLE ERROR IN A STRIP OF THREE WITH TWO 2-CENT STAMPS.
During the course of production of the normal 2c plate No. 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was returned to the siderographer, who burnished out the three positions and mistakenly re-entered them using a transfer roll for the 5c stamp. The error passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued to the public Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 (Scott 467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three.
With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL LARGE MULTIPLE CONTAINING A SINGLE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE ERROR. A MARVELOUS SHOWPIECE.
Large multiples such as the one offered here are becoming increasingly scarce, as several have been cut apart in recent years to make high-grade singles. The destruction of blocks eventually forced P.S.E. to stop pricing singles in the Stamp Market Quarterly to discourage the practice.
With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF THE 2-CENT ROTARY TYPE II COIL.
Unlike most other issues, the horizontal coil is actually scarcer than the vertical coil. It was in production for only a short period of time before being replaced by the Type III, Scott 492.
With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 2-CENT TYPE II PERF 10 HORIZONTAL COIL ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.
With 1992 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image)