Washington Coil Stamp Pairs Used ??

I was hoping to find out any information regarding coil stamps. My grandpa left us tons of stamps. We have many Coil stamps was hoping to learn more about them. These are washington stamps of the 1cent and 3cent variety. I was told many vaiations what should I look for? Any info please share.

whitman75,

Welcome to SCF!

Your 3c pair is from a booklet and is either Scott 501 or 502, depending upon its type.

Two good reference sites for identifying the Washington-Franklins are http://www.askphil.org/W-F/Index.htm and http://www.1847usa.com/washfrankmain.htm

Steve

Seems from the number of posts that you have a rather large accumulation which was not well identified. If you want to learn more about these stamps, I highly recommend the Micharelli Identification Guide. It will help you go through all the stamps prior to the 1938 Presidential Series, as far as regular issue stamps are concerned. In case you don't know what I'm referring to, postage stamps are generally - in the U.S. - either printed in large quantities for extended periods of use (these are regular issues) or in smaller (but still very large) quantities for a limited period and to commemorate a specific event, date, or person. These are called commemorative stamps.

The aforementioned guide deals with the identification of the regular issues which can be rather intimidating and confusing until you realize there's really a few keys to identifying them. You can get a copy of it from many stamp dealers, on line (I believe Amos Press may carry it) and from ebay.

Good luck!