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As can be seen in the images above, it
would be impossible to
distinguish the Farley Special Printing from the regularly issued
commemorative simply by comparing a single stamp. The key to identifying
this Farley Special Printing is the gutter between adjacent stamps, in
this case a block with a horizontal gutter. Any difference in
shade is incidental.
The 3¢ Newburgh Peace Issue Special Printing, Scott 752, was issued without gum and no
provision was made to add gum to either sheets of this stamp or
to Scott 753, both of which are the only Farley Special
Printing sheets that were perforated. Many of the other
Farley sheets were allowed to be returned to the Bureau to
have gum added if the owner wished it. However, it would be
a simple matter to remove the gum from a Scott 727 or 733, so lack
of gum does not authenticate the stamp as a Farley Special
Printing.
This Farley sheet was issued as a sheet of 400 stamps,
printed by the rotary press method, with
four panes of 100 separated by gutters. In the very
center of this sheet the horizontal and vertical gutters
crossed, creating a very collectible cross-gutter block.
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