Beginner Collector Needs Help With Identifying

Hi I need help with identifying these stamp. I am new to collecting and I am trying to identify a lot of stamps that I inherited from Ms. Ruby a 97 year old

Uh-oh, the moderators are not going to be happy with your YELLING. It may be a good idea to edit it.

But nice stamps you got there and.......

Unfortunately, none of them carry monetary value. The last one (2 cent with selvage on piece) is nice, as is the nicely centered 1 cent in the 4th photo, but again none of them are really worth much or anything.

The 50 cent W-F perfin may have some value. But for better identification proposes. a scan of at least 600 dpi is the best way to display a stamp.

That's a Scott #65. In that condition, based on ebay sales, it's worth approximately $2.

The second picture is Scott #300 and the seventh picture is Scott #720 I forgot what the circle stamp beside it is called.

I believe the AB/Co perfin shown in the first image is that of the American Book Company.

Q/ Nobody likes the manuscript cancel on the document stamp?

That is a desirable "fancy cancel" on your #65.

As for the scott 65, like everyone else says, it could be easily had in the $1.40 - $2.50 range. I believe I paid $1.65 for mine. I used to have the pick and choose stamps mailed to me from the Mystic Stamp Company in NY. I finally sent them a letter telling them to stop because #1 - Too expensive, #2 - you have to deal with shipping costs.

Tabbiecat - go to your local library and ask to see the "Scott Stamp Catalog" The librarian should know what you asking for. It is in their reference section and probably not available to check out, but you can look at it there and find the information on all of the stamps pictured. The Scott Catalog has photos of all the stamps so you can compare your stamps to them and find out what you have. As has been pointed out, the stamps you pictured are not rare or valuable. The bottom one, the Scott #65 is from the Civil War era (1861-1862), the rest are from 1880 to 1933.

I agree with Classic Coins about the cancellation on the 65. It's very similar to Skinner & Eno GE-C 10, though the holes in the wedges are round instead of triangular, and there's an internal circle separating the wedges from their points.

I know I've handled some examples of the fancy cancel (with circle within the wedges) on TabbieCat's #65, but so far I can't find an image of it.