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Posted 09/23/2013   10:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add AwesomeStuff to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
New member here...I recently inherited some stamps, I have no idea what I am looking at or how to look them up. I am assuming that there are a lot of "common" stamps in the lot, but there are a few of them that were in protective cases.

Anywhoo...I was wondering if you guys can help me identify what I am looking at. I have scanned the front and back of a sheet that was in fairly heavy protection. If you all can help me ID what I am looking at that would be great!

By the way, I did notice these are quite a bit off center...I assume that hurts the value?



***I can't seem to get the back to upload...it's your standard stamp looking back though. No ink coming through - I have read online that ink coming through seems to imply it is one kind of printing process, this stamp sheet doesn't have that.
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Posted 09/23/2013   10:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kevin504 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like #634, misperfed BLK6...EFO (error, freak,oddity)
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Posted 09/23/2013   10:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kevin504 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Actually worth more than a regular BLK6....est $5 each (if gum is never hinged)
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Posted 09/23/2013   10:29 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mkfarm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I think this is a very nice find.
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Posted 09/23/2013   11:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add quigngt to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Usually off center does hurt the value but when off center is more pronounced like yours, it has potential to increase the value.
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Posted 09/23/2013   11:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Joe Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
http://www.theswedishtiger.com/

http://www.1847usa.com/

Both theses site will help you.

Welcome!
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Posted 09/24/2013   10:17 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add AwesomeStuff to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your help everyone! This stamp thing is very confusing so double thanks for the links :)

I am a trading card collector so I kind of understand some of the condition specific lingo, but for the most part this stuff is foreign to me. Thanks again for all of the help everyone and I am going to start going through all of the other stamps and if I have any other questions or cool finds you all can expect to see me back
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Posted 09/24/2013   6:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add oldtriguy1960 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Awesome stuff,
Please do post some more pics when you can. I wouldn't expect to see a beginner/casual stamp collector have the kind of item you show in your post, so it is very encouraging that there could be some other "goodies" in that lot of stamps you inherited.

Dave N.
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