Verify "Types" Of 1851 One Cent Franklins??

Where can I find a way to determine types IV, V, and Va
of the 1847 one cent Franklin.

Don, when I look at stampsmarter, on this page, http://www.stampsmarter.com/1847usa...html#Scott40
I see # 23 as a type IV. I see # 24 as types V and Va.

So many # 24's that I see are called type IV's. ??

Any advice? I would love to learn about all of the types!

Are you sure you are on the correct page? You are looking for 1847 stamps - the stampsmarter page is for 1851 issues.


Peter

If you see any #24's described as Type IV it is just wrong. #24's are either Type V or Va.

#23 is a Type IV.

Thank you Winston for confirming that. I have seen many 24's described as type IV's. I should have tried more research before asking another goofy question, two days in a row!

I have tried not to open the Lester Brookman set that I bought from you.
Rather I have tried to read and learn online where I can magnify and
read without mauling a treasured minimal library.

Are there any links that I could try to understand all of these types?

Try the USPCS website. I don't know but I bet there is some good stuff there. The Neinken book is an excellent reference. I will probably have one of those for sale soon.

You can also download the Neinkek book from the US classics society for free, links to it are posted all over this site.

I became a obsessed and a student of the 1857 1c perfed issue because I wanted a Va...you can go to websites and read there, but it really helps if you understand a bit about the plates and the whole story.

But, if you're averse to going to the main sources (like not opening the Brookman books), then the Ashbrook and Neinken books may sit also...but they are the bible.

You might see on a website that a Va doesn't have side scratches, but you'd really need to know that the A and E reliefs never have side scratches, and you have to plate the stamp to Plate 5, and then not all of plate 5 is type Va.....and there are some plate 8 and even 9 positions that look more complete than some of the plate 5 Va positions, but they are type V by definition, because Va can only come from plate 5.

So, it's a fascinating issue, and there are genuine finds to make, instead of some who look for gold in the coil waste rarities that they have literally no chance of finding, ever. But the Ashbrook and Neinken books are the way to go. Neinken is online on the USPCS site..I haven't looked for the Ashbrook books there.

Hope this helps....Ray

Thanks to you all for the advice and your sharing knowledge.
I have read so many of all of your threads. Wow.

I think that I am a bit obsessed with them as well.
I better get with it for the search for books tomorrow. I can not help not wanting to wreck the books that I have. They are like treasure to me.

rlm, your observation that many #24's are (mis)described as Type IV is correct. And as Type II, III, IIIA etc. eBay in particular is full of incorrectly described #24's--I contact at least two or three sellers per week to point out these errors.

Here's the USPCS Electronic library link.
You can make the page a large as you like this way.

http://www.uspcs.org/resource-cente...nic-library/

One of the more common mistakes, shall we say, intentional or not, is to describe a #24 as a Type III - since the top and bottom lines are broken for both types. Type IIIs are valuable stamps, and the Type V/Va #24s aren't as valuable, so this is a common mistake by people innocently 'wanting' their stamp to be worth more, and also from unscrupulous dealers. Type III with perforations is Scott #21, while imperforate, Type III is #8. You also see #24's with the perforations cut off to emulate a #8.

Type V/Va's are easy to distinguish from all other 1c Types once you know what they look like. Once you brush up on the reference material you will see.

Thanks again to all of you.

I just edited the title of the thread to 1851. I can not
believe that I thought these stamps were started in 1847.

The thought of and link to the USPCS site is remarkable.
I really just started reading today. There are so many books there.
I did start reading "The United States One Cent Stamp of 1851
to 1861" By Mortimer L. Neinken. Wow. Exactly what I was looking for.
I was surprised to read that " This Work is Sincerely Dedicated
To The Memory of My Good Friend and Teacher STANLEY B. ASHBROOK"

This should keep me busy for a while!