U.S. Scott # UX 14, 1897 1c Thomas Jefferson, black on buff, VARIETY 5 - MINT FACE Postal Card (See Warranty)

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VARIETY 5: 1. As in Variety 4, there is a black area above the R in AMERICA. It's tempting to dismiss this as overinking, but it's not. This is a constant shape. 2. The picture of Jefferson is very well-defined...eliminating the possibilty that the card is overinked. Unlike variety 4, the tips of the wreath are NOT well defined. The tip of the right wreath looks more like a leaf than a twig...reminds me of the lock of hair in Type 2 of UX28. In addition, instead of a patch of vertical lines on the frame, there's a projection on the frame which points off to the right. Again, some kind of recut. 3. The top right crossbar of T in CENT explodes into some kind of blob, instead of a straight line. Again, no evidence of overinking; it's s bad recut. 4. The lettering of THIS is uniform.