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It takes a sharp eye to see through some cancels....nice little foundling Dan.
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Can it be clarified for us (me) unintiated in such things? What exactly are we looking at or for ? Thanks :) |
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There is thin white bar at the top of each numeral 2, both on the left 2 and on the right 2. These bars are called "caps."
Most of the 2c Washingtons of this series do not have caps on the 2s. |
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Aaahh yes , you guys must have eyes like hawks to pick up on something that can only be seen magnified ..sheesh .
Thanks for the explanation guys , learned another thing today..gotta be good |
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Generally the caps are pretty easy to see without magnification. It is the cancel marks that can make it hard. |
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It must get nerve wracking at times , does for me anyway knowing so little and what little I do know is that I dont know much.What a huge array of varietys on any given stamp there is. |
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If you keep with it you will learn. We all started the same way, not knowing much. I still have tons to learn myself. I think that is what makes it fun for me. |
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Ive learned a lot from you guys here , but everyday im staggered at a new variety or three of a stamp I knew about or thought I knew.
Doesnt help much that most I have are 19th century , they seemed to change styles with the weather.
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Having mostly 19th century stamps is not something I would feel bad about. |
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Ooops ..didnt mean it in a I feel bad kinda way , just difficult to find the information and when one does find it , its liable to change in a myriad of ways , nothings quite what it seems it seems :) |
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It is a little easier if you remember that there are only cap varieties on Scott #220,
the carmine 2c Washington stamps issued in 1890 without triangles in the upper corners.
The payoff is substantial when you find one:
220 no caps (used) SCV 0.55
220a cap on left "2" (used) SCV 10.00
220c cap on both "2"s (used) SCV 30.00
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That was a good point to add. Once I went through a bunch of stamps looking for caps. After about an hour I realized I was going through the wrong Washingtons. |
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| Edited by mkfarm - 11/15/2008 3:17 pm |
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Posted 11/14/2008 3:19 pm
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