Prussian Blue 2

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One finding is that two sheets had control and cylinder numbers visible on both sides of the sheet whilst two other sheets had no control or cylinder numbers on them at all.</div> <bR> <div> The Great Britain 1935 Silver Jubilee stamps were printed in sheets of 120 stamps (20 rows x 6 columns). Normally two sheets of 120 stamps were printed at a time i.e. each revolution of the printing cylinder produced a double pane of stamps. Division arrows set up between the two sheets indicated where the sheets were to be guillotined for the separation. Control numbers were printed opposite Row 18 and are usually found 3mm from the stamp. The control number for the 1935 Silver Jubilee issue was W/35. The cylinder number (in this case 34) indicated whether the sheet was the left or right hand sheet. The cylinder number 34 no dot indicated the sheet was the left hand sheet, whilst the cylinder number 34. (dot) identified it as the right hand sheet. The 2½d stamp had a single cylinder number, whereas the rest of the 1935 Silver Jubilee stamps used more than one cylinder number.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="544" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Known Control and Cylinder Numbers on Prussian Blue Silver Jubilee stamps</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="880963d0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="61" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=6><NOBR><div>   </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="88496a90.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=6><NOBR><div>   </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="88596db0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="219" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="881966c0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="108" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="882964d0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="77" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The below scan shows two division arrows instead of one.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="352" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 153 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="55e2c930.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="553" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 197 WIDTH="545"><div> It appears that the printer's double pane sheets were not guillotined along the inter-pane margin (between the two division arrows) but instead were divided by simply tearing along the first vertical perforations of the dot (right hand) panes. The result was two cylinder numbers (one on the left 3 mm from the stamp - 34, the other 1 cm to the right of the stamp - 34.) on the same sheet. Thus one sheet would have no control or cylinder number. There is one known example of the Prussian Blue sheet being correctly guillotined. This suggests that it is  one of a pair of panes put into the normal production process rather than being separated by hand.</div> <bR> <div> The top image below shows the control and cylinder numbers in the correct position. The lower two images show perforation lines to the right and left of control and cylinder (34.) numbers consistent with the above explanation. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="352" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 343 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="55f2c510.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="346"><bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="5602cb50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> All scans courtesy of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com"><U>Grosvenor</U></A></FONT> Auctions</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>