IMPERF 5144a - I can’t find this in Scott - help please

Here’s a close up of a vertical pair

I hate to burst your bubble, but could this have been from a press sheet which someone cut?

I would have to agree. If it was a genuine miscut, the stamp edges would be a straight edge as well, just like the liner. Instead, you see the clean unattached diecuts on the edges.

Notice above the barcode, the label side has been cut just below the liner, but through the liner you can see the teeth tips of the stamps on the backside sticking out. Label hand cut, stamps on backside removed. A production miscut would have sliced through the teeth.

This is how we make "gutter pairs" from press sheets. You sacrifice 2 panes to create gutter pairs, removing the unnecessary stamps before or after cutting to salvage as postage.

Scott no longer lists gutter pairs/blocks made from press sheets.

Not really sure what you meant by "out of alignment".

Think of it as 2 normal panes still attached vertically, so there are 4 rows of stamp.
-- I peel off the stamps from the 1st/4th rows (front & back), leaving only the 2nd/3rd rows intact
-- I cut the liner between the 1st/2nd rows (or slightly above), leaving undamaged teeth at top
-- I then cut between the 3rd/4th rows (or slightly below), leaving undamaged teeth at bottom
-- I then use knife to soft cut, bend, and then trim off the booklet folding area and label, where there are no die cuts (notice they have been trimmed below the tooth line, some people think that looks better)

If you look at the label, the bar code adjacent to row 2 that is normally at bottom, is now at top. The "Nativity" text next to row 3 that is normally at top, is now at the bottom.

This is what is expected when you create gutter pairs from a press sheet, and this is what I see in the nice pic you provided.