Washington 3 Cent Mint Imperf Variety And Value

Trying to value an old stamp collection from my youth. Limited in stamp knowledge. And would appreciate any help on determining variety and value. And Opinions
Thank You Very Much

I think it's Scott 10a, on account of it having both the full outer frame and an inner frame line. The real question is if it is unused. Is that original gum on the back, or is the cancel just eluding me?

Thanks, those are questions I was hoping someone could volunteer some insight on. I value all opinions and thoughts. My background is more into coins. My uncle started me on stamp collecting nearly 50 years ago. Values change and I would like to know if it might be worth having some of them authenticated. I have cancer of the lungs. So I guess now is a good time find out if they have much value

As I'm sure you can relate then, it's all about condition and rarity. Stamps don't have the intrinsic metal value coins do.

Condition is the only determination. Rarity is subjective, sorry, Missing perfs, Avg. centering and defects are critical issues in figuring out the value. Cheers! Wolf-==-

Color doesn't appear to be correct (at least on my monitor) for a #10A. Its probably an #11A. A #10A would be Orange Brown and this one seems to be into the red or claret shades. Its cut into along most of the left side which does diminish value. CV for a very-fine example is in the $275.00 range but this copy would not bring near that much. There are others more versed in this issue that will probably give you a better evaluation when they read the post.

stamp is IMPERFORATED, no perfs.

That is the characteristic of a type II, not a catalog number. Both Scott#'s 10&11 were type I and type II.

10 - Type I Orange brown
10A - Type II -Orange brown
11 - Type I Dull red
11A - Type II Dull red

As you see the A's are type II, then determine color.


Agree, 11A dull red.

appears a dull red in color, type 1..nice stamp. I have seen sold with centering off due to margin cuts, other faults without certs sold for 40-75 dollar range, even with cat.value range over 250 Depends on market demand of stamp and your location.For example,some collectors would appreciate to have it if unable to get to an area to add to a stamp book.Many serious collectors are very particular when they buy their stamps. They look at details because they are considered investments too. In my area, know some dealers express 1/3 cat. value when selling at a stamp shows since many different dealers may have the same stamp offered and difficult to sell. Some expressed if sold cheap, buyer will come back for other stamps to get bargins at a future show. on line auction or stamp club may get different prices too.

Type 1. outer frame line on top and bottom.
Type 2. the outer frame line has been removed on top and bottom.The side frame line recut,so continous from top and bottom of plate.
Type 2a. the side frame line extend only to the top and bottom of stamp design. the type 2a's,the side frame line were recut individually for each stamp, this being broken between the stamp vertically...

it looks like have outer frame line on top and bottom and also side frame line extend only to top and bottom of stamp design..interesting stamp..it looks both 1 and 2 a

Blaze, those are the types for the perforated stamps.

theclash2, stallzer has the 1851-57 3cent imperf (that's your stamp) types listed correctly. Type I's have no inner frame lines. Type II's have at least one inner frame line. Your stamp shows inner frame lines, left and right side. That makes it a Type II. So to pretty much reiterate what stallzer wrote, your stamp is either a 10A or an 11A. The color needs to be Orange Brown for it to be a 10A.

I like that your stamp shows part of three other adjacent stamps.