Example Of 499 Full Type I (Which Scott Doesn't Acknowledge)

Scott should at least list this either as
Full Type I or Type II... (IMHO)...

I've seen several of these listed as 500's
and people have actually purchased them...

The stamps are 499 with relatively good impressions, probably printed in the early 1920s just before the transition to the Fourth Bureau issue. After the end of World War I it was again possible to produce high quality 2 cent stamps without the plate wear associated with the inferior dyes used when German supplies were unavailable.

Except for the denomination and general design, the stamps have little in common with the overall heavier type Ia impression.

Clark

Clark... I couldn't agree with you more...
but in the purchasing venues, i.e. ebay,
Stamp Wants, etc, if you take the time
to go through 499 listings, very few of
the Full Ty I are to be found... and, when
you (do) find them, (by and large) those
inexperienced or unscrupulous sellers (take
your pick) have them listed as 500's, and
the unwary buyers (falsely believing in the
integrity or experience of the seller), buy
them as 500's at face value, given many of
the buyers are either barely aware of the
Ia characteristics (or not at all) and place
blind trust in the listing...

Now... in terms what is (offered) on the
internet, generally, the Full Ty I is far
more scarce in availability than is the Ia,
and therein, my friend, lies the problem,
where it's an easy game of dectipt (tragically)

Randall