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This is my second post of stamps can someone help me identify them. I found them in books, but there are so many variations!   |
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The green one-cent strip of three coils are Scott #839 (perf 10 vertical) and the three-cent Washington coil is #721 (perf 10 vert). The two-cent Washington coils appear to be Scott #599 (Type I, perf 10 vert)
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Welcome tony11961! Getting started is the most difficult. What you are showing are all coil stamps. Coil means there are perforations on 2 opposing sides and straight edges on the other. |
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The coil stamps are produced and sold in coiled rolls of stamps, the two straight opposite sides helping the stamps move more smoothly through the dispensing machines or small office desk coil roll dispensers, more easily to be separated or ripped apart, for speed and efficiency. |
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Thanks for the replies, greatly appreciated. I am trying to take it all in from books and what I see on the net, are these stamps worth keeping or are they common? Thanks again |
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Still very new at this. Can someone help me with these? I found them in books but a lot of different stamps. Are these worth keeping?  |
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Yes Tony they are worth keeping though the first ones you posted are common. The last stamp, the Blue one cent stamp is Scott #134,145 or 156 and is very old 1870-1871. Scott value has a value of $275, $425 or $4.50 depending on which Grill. Welcome to SCF |
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thanks everyone for the replies, and Tinman, I looked in a book and it said the 1 cent Franklin is a 44A? It said if it has a small mark in the pearl to the left of the bottom 1, than that's what it would be, also the old cancelled mark. I have lots of stamps and even postcards that came thru a family member. Thanks and all the help I can receive is very much appreciated. |
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I looked in the Scott's Specialized catalog and still there are so many variations. I don't know how to tell which one it is for sure. Hopefully someone else with more knowledge can jump in here and help you. Never the less. It is an old stamp and could have some real value. TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT. Use stamp tongs. NOT TWEEZERS to handle it. I too have the same stamp. |
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Tony, the old Franklin does indeed show the small mark in the pearl at left of numeral and also has the correct color and look of the re-engraved stamp from the 1880's. It is Scott 206 with a value of a few dollars. Nice stamps. Maybe the bug will bite and the beauty, knowledge, history, art of stamps will hook you? Good luck, and welcome. |
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