Post by I.L.S. on Aug 16, 2013 10:09:57 GMT
I thought maybe we could use a good informational post on the #632. I know that this was an old post somewhere else but I cannot remember where? VSC maybe? If anyone remembers please tell me so I can give credit where credit is due OK? -JEFF
The scott #632
The design will measure 19.25x22.5. mm
The biggest indicator that the stamp was a #632 is the color. The #596 was sheet waste from the rotary press (perf 10x10) Scott 581 and was printed in green as opposed to the yellow green of the #632. The #594 would measure 19.75x22.25 and was coil waste from the rotary press (perf 10 vert) Scott #597 coil.
The #581/#596 were printed on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's new large Stickney rotary presses. These machines did the printing gumming and perforation in a continuous operation. Evidently a small amount of printed and gummed web was removed in the early set-up and run of this stamp. Rather than destroying it, it was cut into sheets and perforated on the perf 11 flat plate perforators. The total quanity produced is unknown but was probably just a few thousand.
"At the beginning or end of rotary press printings, there was some leading or trailing paper that was too short for either rolling into coil rolls, or for perforating for 400-subject plates. In 1919, the Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by perforating and cutting the sheets into panes. These were put through the flat-plate perforating machine in use at the time, giving the stamps full perforations on all sides."
The scott #632
The design will measure 19.25x22.5. mm
The biggest indicator that the stamp was a #632 is the color. The #596 was sheet waste from the rotary press (perf 10x10) Scott 581 and was printed in green as opposed to the yellow green of the #632. The #594 would measure 19.75x22.25 and was coil waste from the rotary press (perf 10 vert) Scott #597 coil.
The #581/#596 were printed on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's new large Stickney rotary presses. These machines did the printing gumming and perforation in a continuous operation. Evidently a small amount of printed and gummed web was removed in the early set-up and run of this stamp. Rather than destroying it, it was cut into sheets and perforated on the perf 11 flat plate perforators. The total quanity produced is unknown but was probably just a few thousand.
"At the beginning or end of rotary press printings, there was some leading or trailing paper that was too short for either rolling into coil rolls, or for perforating for 400-subject plates. In 1919, the Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by perforating and cutting the sheets into panes. These were put through the flat-plate perforating machine in use at the time, giving the stamps full perforations on all sides."