Help To Identify

Does anyone know stamp this is?

US variable rate coil stamp. They could only be purchased from select vending machines at only a few locations, and also ordered by phone/mail from Kansas City.

is there a Scott # for it? or at least a year that I could sort it by?

In the Scott catalog, #CVP31(20Aug1992).

When you have an opportunity, can you go back and edit your original post and change the title to something like "US variable rate stamp".

That would be helpful when using the forum search.

Thank you!

Thank you for the fast info.

A little bit of history recited from the Scott Specialized Catalog of US Stamps concerning the above specimen:

1. The stamps were available at five test sites in the Southern Maryland, Miami, Oklahoma City, Detroit and Santa Ana, CA, divisions. They were produced for use in ECA GARD Postage and Mailing Centers (PMC) machines which can produce denominations from 1-cent to $99.99.

2. The Scott Catalog for #CVP31 lists a 29-cent denomination as that was the current first class rate and was the only value available through the Philatelic Sales Division.

3. The most common denomination other than the 29-cent will probably be the 1-cent (catalog value 20 cents) as these were made in quantity, by collectors and dealers, between plate number strips.

4. Later the machines were adjusted to provide only 19-cent (postcard rate) and higher value stamps.

See Figure 3 at this link as to the type of machine that dispensed these stamps:

http://www.linns.com/howto/refreshe...rcourse.aspx

Many usefull information, I have many of them, I didn´t find where to put on my US album, I didn´t know scott numbers, etc.

Great forum!

Regards.