1cent Franklin And Washington - ID Help (10 Stamps)

Can anyone provide insight on these 1 cent Washington / Franklin stamps?
Is there a certain one in the bunch more collectible then the rest, ect?

Please let me know if you need better photos of a particular stamp.

Much appreciated.

You`ll have to provide watermark information for these stamps for any complete assessment. You can eliminate coil stamps at least.

The 1 cent perf 12 405 stamps need no watermarking. However, since many thousands of these stamps exist, getting a catalog or studying the 1847usa site on http://www.stampsmarter.com would be a better use of time than imaging and posting stamps with little chance of having much value. To be sure, a study of the Scott US specialized catalog will help with understanding which designs and perforation combinations could be valuable. However, their stamp dimensions are useless. Once a few stamps with unambiguous identification are picked out, they can be used as size templates. Comparing two stamps is easier than measuring a stamp in isolation. Comparing the perforations of two stamps against a black background is much faster than using any perforation gauge, accurate or not. Also, note that the Kiusalas gauge or the Sonic Imagery gauge are the most useful perforation gauges for US stamps issued before about 1960.

Also, work on the sound stamps first unless looking for an exemplar to be cut in half or used as a measuring template.

Clark

Always good advice from Clark!

Unfortunately, if you are looking for either (a) worth mounting in a collection, you should be able to find much better condition stamps than the ones shown, or (b) monetary valuation, none of these are more than pennies apiece. Sorry, these are very common issues printed in the 100 millions or more, and most appear faulty.

The Franklin stamps may be three different catalog numbers, depending upon their watermark and paper color. The Washington P.12 stamps are all Scott 405, the others have a number of catalog varieties, yours all appearing to have a catalog value of less than $1 (please note that catalog values are retail prices for sound condition stamps with VF centering).

If you are collecting these and other stamps, have fun and welcome! You can learn a lot on this forum. If you are looking to sell, your best bet is to get a Scott catalog and study, study, study. THEN check ebay for reference valuing (actually SOLD items), not just listed prices!

Cheers

thanks guys. appreciate the advice. I will spend sometime checking out the http://www.stampsmarter.com site.