Two Cent Triangle Type IV: Line in Acanthus

Comparison of Types III and IV of the 2¢ Triangle: Line in Acanthus

Crispness of the Line of Shading Inside the Left Acanthus

Type III

Type IV

The line of shading in the left acanthus is often well-defined in the Type III stamp.

The line of shading in the left acanthus is never fully defined in the Type IV stamp.

Poorly inked Type IIIs will not show the well-defined line of shading and exceptionally sharp Type IV stamps may show parts of the line, but never as much as in the Type III example given above.

All the Type III examples are from the same scanned stamp, plate number 146, and all the Type IV examples are from the same scanned stamp, plate number 762.

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