Official Stamp

Do tell what you see?





Cheers

Dave

An un used slightly inderinked ( that speckled look ) O99.

littleriverphil, I agree inderinked.

Cherry

Dave

What are these three? They are dfferent.

littleriverphil, I do not understand your question!

Dave

I think he meant to post that in a different thread?

khj, ok, think I understand, I think.

Thank you!

Dave

What stamps do you see? All three are different types.

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Well, that's an even better explanation than my guess!

littleriverphil, Oh, now I understand and see!

Thanks

Dave

Dave, in your op, you asked what the viewer saw, and I said that I saw an underinked O99, the six cent Soft paper Interior. My photo shows the 3 cent Agriculture, on three different papers, Hard O3, Intermediate O3, and Soft O95. I used these paticular stamps because of their distintive cancels, so they could be identified when back lit to show paper types.
There are actually four paper types but I have as yet not discovered a technique of displaying a ribbed paper in a group photo like this one.

Here's another identification test. These are three different printings of the State Department 1 cent, each showing an identifing trait. First, Second and Third printings, can you tell them apart from this scan? It is possible, if you have a Scott Specialized.

littleriverphil, Official Specimens is an area I've never ventured into!

So for your identification test, I used my edition of the Scott Specialized Catalog or as I think of it as the Scott Guide.

OK, I failed your identification test for the State Department 1 Cent each showing an identifying trait. Please teach me how to tell the difference.

Good test!

Cheers

Dave

Lil,

It looks like the designs are bigger from left to right but it's 2 am #128564;

the left one is bigger, the right one have misprint number "1" cents.