• 2¢ Carmine Marler Type R28 Zone 1 Retouch Notes

    Tag notes:
    Extended - one or more horizontal lines extend through the vertical retouch line

    A digit represents the sum of the additional zones (zone 1 is NOT included) where retouching is also found.

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2¢ Carmine Marler Type R28 Zone 1 Retouches

Showing 168 of 168 2¢ Carmine Zone 1 Retouches.

Marler's 2¢ Carmine Type R28
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LL retouch ending point:

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117LR29

Marler's comments

(A retouch in the vertical line of the lower left) "from line 1 to the bottom of the box.”

117LR30

Marler's comments

(A Retouch in the Vertical Line of the Lower Left) "From above the top of the spandrel nearly to the bottom of the box with an irregular heavy line."

Leo's Notes
  • Retouch 1C
  • LL vertical line retouched from above the spandrel to near the bottom of the LNB. The retouch is thick at the top and appears doubled opposite the middle of leaf 2.
  • Faint vertical guideline in the right margin.
  • Guide dot in the right margin at the midpoint, about 0.6 mm from the right frame.
Searchable terms: heavy extended

117LR33

Marler's comments

(A retouch in the vertical line of the lower left) "from line 1 to the bottom of the box.”

117LR35

Marler's comments

(A retouch in the vertical line of the lower left) "from above line 1 to the bottom of the box.”

117LR38

Marler's comments
(A Retouch in the Vertical Line of the Lower Left) "From above line 1 to the top of the box; the line bulges opposite leaf 2."
Searchable terms: bulges

117LR43

Marler's comments

(A retouch of the lower left vertical line) "From line 4 to the bottom of the box with a spur up and out from line 4"

Searchable terms: spur

117LR44

Marler's comments

(A retouch in the vertical line of the lower left) "from above line 1 to nearly the bottom of the box.”

117LR53

Marler's comments

(A Retouch in the Vertical Line of the Lower Left) "From above the top of the lower left spandrel to the top to the box. (a mark beside the lower left corner)"

Leo's Notes
  • Retouch 1B
  • LL vertical line retouched from above the spandrel to the top of the LNB. Bulges out opposite leaf 3.
  • Wedge-shaped mark in the left margin near the bottom.
Searchable terms: mark spur

117LR54

Marler's comments

(A retouch in the vertical line of the lower left) "from the top of the spandrel to the top of the box.”