Carrier Stamp 7lb12

hi

i just wanted to show my carrier stamp.
i do not know if many collector have a copy of this type of stamp.
does anyone think I should get papers for this stamp or graded?
i think it is a great stamp.

thanks dan


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Pretty cool stamp, I was surprised it is that old. However I don't know much about carrier stamps. But I do now and no I don't have any. I looked in my Scott and I see the blue has some nice value. Granted I must be fair and say I'm not sure what it means by "On cover, tied by hand stamp". Though I can read $1,250.

Ok not knowing means I do some more reading and I now understand what the "On cover, tied by hand stamp" means. I guess yours is MNH not on a cover so the value is far less then the above but still high enough in my 2006 Scotts to say you might want to consider it. I'm getting about $400 for the stamp.

Cool I learned something tonight, thanks for posting the carrier stamp.

Nice one Lonedand

Thanks for sharing it with us .

Dianne

Dan, before you pay to have your stamp authenticated,
you might want to look at it more closely with 8x or
better magnification, a loupe or low power microscope.
I thought I had a great find but the paper looked whiter
on the back than on the face of the stamp. A closer look
with my loupe showed me it wasn't a real stamp but one
created with an ink jet printer, paper tint and all!

I did notice while reading about these stamps there were a lot of fakes in these stamps.

I recall reading that fakes are more common than authentic copies. If you do decide to get it expertized, I would recommend sending to the APS.