2c Deep Rose, Ty. Ia, Imperforate, Schermack Ty. III Private Perforation (482A). Deep rich color on bright paper, with full Schermack perforations on both sides, large margin at right and hyphen holes barely into left frameline, wide margins at top and bottom, lightly-applied wavy-line machine cancel

VERY FINE FOR THE 2-CENT TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW SOUND AND WELL-CENTERED EXAMPLES OF THIS TWENTIETH CENTURY RARITY.

Scott 482A, like its slightly 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, has a very small survival rate.

Our census of Scott 482A (published in our Zoellner sale and available at www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/482A/482A.htm) records one pair (ex Zoellner), three covers, one unused single and 32 used singles for a total of 38 stamps. Schermack Type III stamps are often cut into the design by the oblong perforations or miscut with one side of the perforated margin missing. The stamp offered here is remarkable because the perforations are complete and the design in essentially complete.

Small backstamps. Census No. 482A-CAN-31. With 1974 and 2002 P.F. certificates

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