US Stamp - ID Help Please

I am pretty sure that it's been well established that the use of "intermediate" paper first occured about 1877 and if that is correct then Continental was the one who started using it and it would have had nothing to do with the Consolidation in 1879.

Essayk & Bill I must both apologize and thank you. I admittedly posted that without reading the entire post before hand. I was on a cell phone and waiting for chemo so my bad there. Also thank you for the information on the ABC! Great stuff. -Jeff

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the replies, I haven't been on here in about week and was surprised that this thread really blew up. I took a picture of the stamp with light behind it. Hopefully this will help.

Ken,

A small number of 1 and 3 cent American Bank Note hard paper stamps have been identified through logo capture. An unused 1 cent pair with the ABN logo on the selvage was reported sometime before 1920. Since then, a cover, an unused single and a used single round out the 1 cent population. Ron Burns has some 3 cent examples. According to Ron, the ABN purchased 100 sheets of hard paper, used 25 for a special printing that was subsequently destroyed leaving the other 75 sheets accounted for. Without the ABN logo in the selvage or on the margin of the stamp it is generally not possible to identify the ABN printing. Some bottom row differences between 3 cent Continental and American plates may make it possible to identify additional 3 cent examples.

Clark

Based on the latest picture, I think it's "almost certain" (99%+) that your stamp is a Scott 188, not a Scott 161.

Definitely soft paper. And a good picture too!

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the help.