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Hi everybody. Can someone help with the attached Franklin 1c stamp I own? Cheers, Robert   |
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thanks a lot :)
btw, is it rare or common? Do you by anychance know the catalog price? I have it in pair...
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It is a common stamp but you can have lots of fun hunting for numerous plate varieties among multiple copies, sometimes called fly-specking or shift-hunting. I've purchased 3000 or so copies in lots of this stamp for that purpose. A good book is Encyclopedia of Plate Varieties by Loran French. |
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Hi Molokai,
appreciate your feedback, btw do you know of any web page that compares the rare franklin stamps with the common ones? |
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Hi KGB, thanks a lot I will give it a try. I have around 20 US stamps that I need to identify... |
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Al E. Gator, thanks a lot and will definitely try it.
I will post another image of different Franklin 1 CENT stamp I own, pls have a look...
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Robert/Robi13,
you've gotten a lot of good recommendations for websites to learn from.
Your 1902 Franklin 1c stamp is not in good condition, but it does seem to have some minor evidence of a double transfer. That doesn't make it very valuable, but it could make it at least philatelically interesting. Crop that image to only the stamp and then try to upload it. |
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Ryan = HDNAC = DNA = HDC = Hysterical DNA Collector = Historical DNA Collector = me who just loves stamps :) |
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Ryan.
My English is not good enough (I'm not a native speaker) to understand all the details written in those sophisticated explanations. I will try to fix the image as you recommended and post it again.
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Robert |
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