Help With Washington 2 Cent Stamp Type

Hello. This variety is very confusing for me. Is this a type III? Thanks for your help!

And here is another stamp. Carmine rose?

Start with the design. The scans are of the common Scott 634 Fourth Bureau rotary press stamp. A type II exists with three heavy hair lines close to the top of George Washington's head. The best web site for checking designs and types is www.1847use.com




Again, check the design. While many shades exist, the only listed shades of interest, other than the normal carmine, is carmine lake. A couple of lake examples also have been reported.

The www.1847usa.com web site shows stamp designs and will allow anyone with some patience to drill down to the types. Another website www.theswedishtiger.com has additional information on shades, to the extent that displaying shades on a monitor works.

Clark

Thank you very much. I will take a look at that site.

maverick, you do recognize that this 2c is not one of the Washington-Franklins, right? I know some sellers mistakenly lump them, but this two cent is part of the Fourth Bureau series of 1922 and later, while the Washington-Franklins are the Third Bureau Issues of 1908-1922. If you can keep them separate in your thinking, you won't go looking for types and shades from the one in the other.