I Spotted A Neat Postcard Yesterday I Wanted To Share

Thank you. I suppose I could find a round-about date by ID-ing the stamp. I know it's a perf. 11 so I'm guessing it's a US Scott #525 although it does appear to be a flat-plate printing bu I'm never that lucky! lol Thank you.

http://1847usa.com/washfrank/design3/d31p11.htm


Here is a cropped image of it if anyone can add a little more light on it?

Compare your postcard to this one (found on an auction site) which is similar in design and it uses the same "mailed from" marking, but it explains it a bit more:



1. "The Inter-State Co." as shown on the "mailed from" marking is the publisher of the postcard. That's why I refer to it as a "marking" rather than a "postal marking" as it would seem the marking was simply a souvenir and has no postal relevance.

2. The reference to D.& R.G.R.R. is the abbreviation for "Denver and Rio Grande Rail Road".

Wow those are some very nice and clear stamps; makes me wonder jsut how carefully they were preserved over the years.

All but one possibility is a high end stam,p so I only have to assume it's it's the flat-plate one. Although it looks likes a n a roterary press stamp becaue of the centering but either way it's a beautiful piece!

ILS: surely perf-10 flat plate [SC 424 or 462]. WT1 - yours looks like SC 498.

Thanks chip! I thought it was perf 11 but my goof up. Thanks again.

I just measured it and it seems to be just a tad more than 22mm. so close but so far..so must be a Scott #424 or a Scott #462. I'm not that curious to lift it to find out and to make matters a bit worse the regular catalog and and the specialized cat don't list the quantity printed so, since it's not an expensive stamp anyway so "big whoop"...lol I quit on it! :)

I just re-measured it and it seems to be just a tad more than 22mm. so close but so far..so must be a Scott #424 or a Scott #462. I'm not that curious to lift it to find out and to make matters a bit worse the regular catalog and and the specialized cat don't list the quantity printed so, since it's not an expensive stamp anyway so "big whoop"...lol I quit on it! :)