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Washington 3 Cent Stamp "B" Is This Correct? Thank You

 
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Posted 10/18/2014   11:12 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Oliver to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
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Edited by Oliver - 10/18/2014 11:14 am

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Posted 10/18/2014   11:17 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kevin504 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Oliver....
The "grill" can be be viewed from this photo.
Photo for the reverse is necessary.
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Posted 10/18/2014   11:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Oliver to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply




Hopefully these images will work.
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The B grill measures about 18 x 15 mm ( 22 x 18 points ) I tryed to count the points, but was unable to enlarge your scan enough to see the points clearly. If you could re scan at your highest resolution and drag a copy into paint, click the paint brush and pick a color that shows up well. Choose a row thats clear top to bottom and one thats clear side to side. Hover your cursor over each point and click once, move to the next point. When done, you can count easily the points. Remember that the points will be the depressions on the back of the stamp. Here's a Sc 94 E grill 11 x 13 mm ( 14 x 15-17 points ) that I counted the pointd in the manner described. I hope that this helps.



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Edited by littleriverphil - 10/18/2014 2:19 pm
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Posted 10/18/2014   2:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add srailkb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
littleriverphil, I highly doubt the stamp you counted points on is an E-grill. Very likely it's an F and only 11-12 points across. Size & aspect ratio not correct - recheck your dots :-)

FWIW, likely that the "B" grill the OP scanned is also an F-grill. Other stamp ("C" grill) looks ungrilled to me, so Scott 65 (but so faded that it's impossible to tell exact shade.)
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Posted 10/18/2014   2:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Oliver to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you littleriverphil. is there a way to price stamps like this one? Or should this be another topic? Thank You!
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Posted 10/18/2014   3:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I concur with Ken, these appear to be 'F' grills and makes the stamps Scott #94. Catalog value is around $10 for used copies although many selling on ebay in the $1-$2 range.
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Posted 10/18/2014   3:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Oliver to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank You Don, My Cousin wanted for a school project. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't a "B"
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Posted 10/18/2014   11:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Oliver to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is what I came up with. Still trying to see if its a "b" and how do I measure or look for these grids? Thank You! I think I will keep this one.





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Posted 10/19/2014   11:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Historical DNA Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
To confirm for yourself that it is NOT a B grill, you've got a lot to learn. Here is a good start:

http://1847usa.com/Grills.htm

There are many sites on the web that discuss identifying them. You can also use this forum's search function. That button is just to the left and below your username at the top right of each page when you are logged in.
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