Reported by Raymond Matte

  • Raymond Matte studied the 2¢ Carmine quite extensively.

    He examined "approximately 2 million" of the just over 3 billion stamps printed and found many constant plate varieties.

    From 1975 to 1977, he self published three handbooks of hand drawn marks on diagrams showing the nature of these CPVs.

    Most of the stamps illustrated in this section are from his personal collection. Some of these CPVs have since been plated. the the "Matte" number is present on each page as well.

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Matte No. 1

2-cent-carmine-87ur91.webp

Re-entry Zone 18

87UR91

"Doubling of the top of the right “2", parts of the…

Matte No. 2

2-cent-carmine-matte-2.webp

Re-entry Zone 23

87LL10

Matte states:1 Bottom of oval doubling 2 top of numeral - left and…

Matte No. 3

2¢C 26UR28 b.webp

Re-entry Zone 31

26UR28

"Doubling of the whole of the subject except for the lettering"

Matte No. 3A

2-cent-carmine-matte-3a.webp

Re-entry Zone 31

Unknown

Matte states:1 Left crown,2 Left vertical spandrel, 3 Leaves, 4…

Matte No. 4

two-cent-carmine-7lr92.webp

Re-entry Zone 11

7LR92

"Marked doubling in the upper left and lower left, of the top half of the…

Matte No. 5

2-cent-carmine-matte-5.webp

Re-entry Zone 2

Unknown

Matte states:1 Decorations2 Left leaves and 3 Horizontal lines of…

Matte No. 6

2-cent-carmine-matte-6.webp

Re-entry Zone 11

Unknown

Matte states:1 Interior oval,2 Horizontal line of R & L boxes, 3…

Matte No. 7

2-cent-carmine-matte-7.webp

Re-entry Zone 6

Unknown

Matte states:1 Right crown, 2 Horizontal lines of spandrel, 3…

Matte No. 8

2-cent-carmine-36ul2.webp

Re-entry Zone 15

36UL2

(A re-entry) "One in which the 4 comers of the frame are obviously…

Matte No. 9

2-cent-carmine-38ll88.webp

Re-entry Zone 15

38LL88

"Another (re-entry) in which the four corners of the frame are doubled as…

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