Old Stamps

And I love the machining (spirograph lines made by a machine engraving around and around) and the beautiful blue colour on these 1c US Franklins. This is me stealing your photo and then cropping it and then resizing it to fit the forum limits. Now it is here permanently.

I must start collecting some of these! Now to get the money.

Ok naw insert image I would add another 5 stamps with the grill the last is strange is much smaller than the other Thanks again to everyone for the answers really comprehensive

Do not erase or rub out those hand-written numbers and monogram or signature on the backs of some of the stamps. The 'ofc' (or something) is probably the expertising mark of a dealer or a signature or recognizable mark by some owner.

They lend authenticity to the stamps, showing that someone who knew about stamps and their values owned these stamps before now.

I like the locomotives (4-4-0 'American' wood-burning locomotive) on those stamps.

Stamp 3 and 4 do have a grill but I can't tell what type it is. If you post a larger picture of the back of those stamps I can tell you what they are. The C, D and Z grills are higher value while the E and F are low value.

Thanks again unfortunately I do not know the signature would add large images

Both grill are faint and possibly pressed. After enhancing the image they were both F grills. This is the most common grill type. The top stamp has a thin with 3 pinholes the bottom has good perfs, decent centering and a light cancel. The 2 locomotive stamps are also grilled (G grill). Sorry to say that these are not high value but still nice stamps.

Thank you and congratulations for the ID there would ever come I would add another three stamps

The first one is Scott 68a second is 68, the difference is the color. Both are poorly centered and have a few perf problems. The second has 3 upper right corner creases. U.S. fair value $10-20. The last one I will have to type. I will post the info later today.

The 1 cent was marked with "III" on the back which probably indicated that someone type it as a Type III (Scott 21). However, it is a Type V (Scott 24) which is the most common perforated variety. There is a perf tear bottom left, thin between "N" and "T" of "CENTS" and thin at top right upper scroll and one pulled and 6 nubbed perfs on top.

Thank you for the important Council there would add other stamps

Stamps are Scott 77, 183, 70a (opinion), 70 (opinion), 76. The 77, 70 and 70a cat value $150-200 range. Both the 70 and 70a have some problems that would severely affect value. The 183 shows part on the imprint at bottom and the siderographer dot in lower right. Although this is a lower value stamps the partial imprint and dot makes it a interesting stamp.

I'd like to know how you can tell the difference between the 70a, 70 and the 78 series..
Judging by color alone on a scan is dangerous. Since the only way to tell the difference is color.
the same for the "76", it could be a 75 though unlikely.

the 24cent stamps are notorious for color changing. and these do not appear to be well taken care of.

The whole 70/78 can be a problem with color. One advantage to these is the 183 which helps to tell the degree of color error in scan/monitor. The 75/76 is a whole different story, the color differences are very obvious. You are correct on the 70/78 shades. I should have better qualified these 2 as best guess.

If you need the best images I thank you for your help