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Suspect Scott #443, Used Single (7/29/16).
This stamp was part of a larger collection of larger collection of Washington/Franklins I bought at auction in January of 2014. According to The Experts Book this stamp is often faked and can be manufactured from a #408 by adding perforations at the left and right edges and trimming the top and bottom edges, from a #408S by adding perforation to the left and right edges and from a #424 by trimming the perforations from the top and bottom edges. Fakes can also be made from the #424d booklet singles but the watermark will read in the vertical direction instead of the horizontal. The only way a forger could get away with using a #424d booklet single would be to use a stamp with the watermarks in the corners which would make it difficult to determine if they read vertical or not. The catalogue value is $45 for a used single.
The suspect is showing a portion of an inverted single line “U” on the right side that reads vertical. The corresponding letter fragment would be in line on the left edge but can't be made out because of the cancel therefore orientation (normal or reversed) can't be determined. Since the watermark reads horizontal the suspect can't be a fake made from a booklet single whose watermark would read vertical.
The suspect is 24.125mm tall on the left and 24.5mm tall on the right which is way off the nominal 25mm +/- 0.3mm height for this issue. The bottom edge not straight or parallel with the frame while the top edge is straight and parallel with the frame. There is no hint of perforation remains on the bottom or top edges. The cancel ink goes all the way to the edge then over the edge.
The images below show the suspects perforations overlaid on genuine gauge 10 perforations.
The suspect’s perforations compare well with the genuine perforations. The perforations show signs of being genuine: slightly oval in shape, rough on one side and smooth on the other, there are faint hints of pressure ridges.
Conclusion: In my opinion the suspect is a #424 with the perforations trimmed off from the bottom.
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