C-1 Block Description (And One Curiously Cancelled....)

On the following C-1....

MNH Block of Four? Should I indicate the gum deficiency in the back, or the missing bits from top right and bottom left?








And is there any reason to note the cancel in the database for this stamp, or is Used sufficient?





Thank you thank you thank you!!

the gum looks original from the picture. The gum streak on the TR stamp is worth noting and also the three stain spots. That crease hurts the value a bit, but the missing pieces make it a space filler block of four. It still worth far more as a block, because the two intact singles have the crease.

On the lower one I'll check the book for that perfin - the upside down F is curious , the straight edge doesn't help the value. The cancel looks like that oval shaped killer with horizontal bars and a number in a circle - like you often see on e Colombians or 1898 definitives

Personally I'd tear down the block and keep the bottom right stamp. The top right and bottom left Stamps are just about worthless with the big chunks missing and the top left one has damaged / missing perfs. On the 1 good stamp the perfs are almost touching the design and it's centering is fine at best. I'd think the bottom one is around a $5 piece, I'm thinking the perfin would be First National bank FNB ? If that's the case I'd imagine it's not a scarce perfin.

Agree with Stallzer - tear the block up, it's "been there and done that," and did not survive its ordeal. No one is likely to buy this block even as a filler, and the number of block collectors is mighty small nowadays.

On the perfin, it's simply upside-down, nothing peculiar about the F.

Be careful with identifying the FNB Perfin. There are a lot of them out there. The FNB perfin (all on one line) is attributed to the First National Bank (of Boston) -- later Old Colony Bank.

HOWEVER, the F/NB perfin as shown above (F on one line, with NB on the second line) I believe is attributed to the Franklin National Bank of Philadelphia.

Someone with a perfin catalog had better confirm that for you, as I'm only taking an educated guess about it based on page 4 of this listing that dates back to 1964:

http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfins...cts/0910.pdf

Exactly why I added the question mark.

Wow guys thanks!

Since I'm selling the collection once I get through it all, I would rather sell the block as a whole, if someone were to purchase it knowing they just want to bottom right one, that's just fine with me

I am starting to understand what the "big deal" about stamps is....There is so much history and interesting information to understand, it really is a "thinking man's" hobby (or thinking woman's in my case). I guess it's the same feeling I have when I step into my garage and there is my Dad's '53 F100 smiling back!

I think it's just amazing the hoard we found, and I hope to bring to collectors a bunch of fantastic stamps to enjoy...(refer to my intro post for clarity).

I just want to be certain I'm being accurate and honest in my descriptions!

Thank you so much again!

About to try and identify a stack of post cards now....So funny this collection is just randomly tossed into boxes...there's just no order to it....I've gone from early SC300's to post cards and 1K's to 600's and so on....just random, though it does make it pretty exciting to see what's next!

Take Care

You'd better be careful now, or the collecting bug just might bite you (harder)!

I don't believe that the horizontal line is a "fold" crease. It is a gum line.
He has two good stamps out of that block.

I am surprised none of you guys said the "crease" is only the way the gum was put on.

Hi Stampvirgin! How would you describe the block for my database then? Like I said in the C-6 thread, I just want to be accurate.

Thanks so much!

PS (I'm a girl )

SasserKlein..

If it were mine, I wouldn't keep it as a block.. I would remove the two good ones from the block.. there is no plate number so it is just 4 stamps together.. no extra value.. You could probably get at least $10.00 each for the damaged ones. The bottom right should be worth at least 60.00 to 80.00, the upper left, maybe 15 to 20.

also, if you get to the requisite requirements for selling on this forum, I'd be interested in the LR stamp. To replace my used copy.

For your awareness, a Fine Never Hinged C1 (the bottom right) had a $65 catalog value in the 2011 Scott Specialized.

52.50 in 2013, $130.00 FOR A MNH-VF

Probably a tad optimistic. Similar never hinged off centered C1's can be had for $20-$30. The top left one has the best centering but the perfs on top will detract from the value.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-C1-Air-m...em337f68be3f

http://www.ebay.com/itm/nystamps-US...em51a7074c90

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stamps-Scot...em2327210ef1