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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1730495, member: 11668&quot;]Yes, some of the later large-size plates were 8-subject, with ABCD down the left column and EFGH down the right.&nbsp; After the back and face intaglio printings, the 8-subject sheets were cut in half vertically so that they could be serialled on the regular 4-subject numbering presses.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a while, the BEP even tried 8-subject plates with the second column inverted, so that the E note would actually be upside-down at the bottom of the sheet.&nbsp; The idea was that it would be impossible to print inverted-back errors this way, since rotating the sheet by 180 degrees between printings would make no difference....&nbsp; Even with this system, though, the top margin of the E note would be located against the outer selvage of the sheet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea how to tell whether your note is a printing error vs. post-printing damage, though.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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