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Suspect Scott #84

This is a curious case, what we have is an 1861 – 66 2c Andrew Jackson (Black Jack) with a grill. I bought this stamp on EBay for $15.00 as a known fake with the goal of getting it off of the market and doing a proper analysis on it.

The number of grill points is 14 X 18 with the points down on the face. A quick look on the Sonic Imagery Labs Grill Pattern Gauge shows that there is only one grill type that would fit and that is the “Z” grill (13 to 14 X 18). No other grill type would fit – the “C” grill is 16 to 17 X18 to 21 points and the points are up on the face, the “D” grill is 15 X 17 to 18 points and the “E grill is 14 X 15 to 17 points. The grill itself does not look right either – it seems to be narrower at the bottom than at the top, there is a space between the 8th and 9th rows and the only distinct points are cross shaped not “H” shaped. Below are images of the suspect grill overlaid on “D”, “Z” and “E” grill pattern gauges found on the Sonic Imagery Labs Precision U.S. Specialty Multi-Gauge. The upper left corner point was used as the reference for all three images.

"D" Grill overlayed on the suspect.

The 15 horizontal points of the “D” grill fit the 14 points of the suspect not to mention a lot of the other points do not match up with the reference points.		 "Z" Grill overlayed on the suspect.

The fit with the “Z” grill is not even close.
"E" Grill overlayed on the suspect.

Same goes for the “E” grill.

Conclusion: the suspect stamp is a Scott #73, a nicely centered one I might add, with an added fake grill to look like a “D” or "Z" grill. Of the three stamps the suspect could be, #84 “D” grill, #85B “Z” grill and #87 “E” grill, the most expensive is the Scott #84 “D” grill with a catalogue value of $4500. I sent this stamp to the A. P. S. to be expertized.

Reference material used:

Sonic Imagery Labs Precision U.S. Specialty Multi-Gauge.

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