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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Classic Stamps - As Issued and Used

491 Type 2 Carmine Here?

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Posted 08/24/2014 3:26 pm

Thoughts on this one? Thanks!

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Posted 08/24/2014 3:50 pm

Can't really see if it's Type I... so if you could
please upload a larger scan, and brighten and focus
it, it would help...

Also, you need to check for watermark... a 491 will
not have one...

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Posted 08/24/2014 4:04 pm

Are these better?

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Posted 08/24/2014 4:20 pm

Thank you... your stamp is clearly
a Type III Scott # 492... sorry...

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Posted 08/24/2014 4:39 pm

Thanks disi! What about this one?

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Posted 08/24/2014 4:47 pm

Also 492...

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Posted 08/25/2014 08:16 am

Thank you!

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Posted 08/25/2014 11:31 am

Quote:
...your stamp is clearly a Type III Scott # 492

It's impossible to know the Scott number on these without watermarking them. They could also be Scott 455's (if SLW.)

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Posted 08/25/2014 10:34 pm

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It's impossible to know the Scott number on these without watermarking them. They could also be Scott 455's (if SLW.)

Irrelevant whether it's a 455 or 492...

(at best) either way it's worth $.05 to $.10 ...

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Posted 08/26/2014 07:05 am

Agree that the stamp has little value, but this is obviously a collector trying to learn, so didn't want to confuse/mislead him that it could only be the Scott number you said it "clearly" was. It's not "clearly" a Scott 492.

Part of learning is knowing all the possibilities and understanding what distinguishes one from the other.

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