Identifying U124

Can anyone please help me identify if this is a U124 and if it is I don't see the CV for used one in Scott catalog.Thank you

I'm no postal stationery expert, but I would say that it is highly unlikely to next to impossible that your example is a U124. If you refer to the Scott Catalog, the numbering has a (+) prefix. Included in the introductory notes is comment that "Some authorities claim that Scott ... U124 ...(with plus sign + before number) were not regularly issued and are not known to have been used."

Expertization would be the only way to know for sure and with that reference, I suspect that few would even venture to expertise such an unlikely used specimen.

WT1, thank you for your quick reply. This one was written you 124 at the back, may be someone misidentified it.

This appears to be design number U24 on what looks like white paper-- if correct, that would make it Scott U78.

yes, it is more likely to be Scott U78. Thank you guys for identifying this.

Trusting notes on the back is usually a quick way to get into trouble. Several different numbering systems have been used over the years. Then add in the usual tendency to stop with either .the first or the most expensive variety. Greed and lazyness make for a lot of errors in identifying stamps of all kinds.