Are These The Correct Scott #'s

I am once again trying to do the scott catalogs can someone tell me if im correct? The first one is it #c57 number 2 is it c58 and number 3 is it b292 number 4 is it b293 and last one b282 thanks

Hi Tina......


Numbers are correct.....but....letters before a number should be capitals....letters after a number should not be.....the difference is categories and varieties.....There are a few exceptions such as #219D which is a major variety


Semi-postals are all B numbers......Air mails are all C numbers ...........varieties have numbers like #63c....#220a...#220c

ok since number 3 and 4 they seem to be CTO's are they worth $7.25 or does that make a difference?

What makes you think they are CTO's ?

Considering their possible value I would suspect that the cancels are fraudulent/bogus/fake/ created to defraud unsuspecting collectors.

There is a possibility that the cancels are real......if the are, you have quite a nice find.


I'm not sure if the APS certifies cancels or not......maybe someone else here knows.

well isnt a CTO still have gum on the back?

how do I tell if they are real or fake then?

Tina.......


If they have gum, they are most likely CTO's. It's just that they don't look like typical CTO cancels to me. Most CTO's get a corner cancel.......not nearly as nice as yours are with full dates. I'd be curious to compare those cancels with other known CTO's.

In a case where book values are substantial you would want to have them certified. APS charges $25.00 plus 2% of book value.....for members. It's higher for non-members. I think membership is up to $45.00 per year now. Still less than a dollar a week. There are a few other qualified services but I'm not sure what fees are.

You need to take them to an expert to find if the cancels are real. Most of the time they are fake.

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The pics are too small for me to tell on the airmails, but both appear genuine and not CTOs.

But the cancels on the semipostals do not appear to be genuine postal use, although a genuine cancelling device was used. The problem with the stamps of that era are that genuine postal cancelling devices were stolen, and used to fake postally used stamps. That is the reason why so many of those values are italicized. Even a stamp on cover/piece does not necessarily prove genuine postal use. You must rely in part on the ink used to cancel the stamp, or other postal markings on the cover.

The majority of "used" German semipostals near the end of the war and reconstruction period are faked cancels.

k

I just found an imperf with gum still on the back

Tina,

The imperforate stamp will be approximately the same value as the perforated stamp. If the stamp is never hinged, it will have a decent premium ($30+).

By the way, did you get my email in August about the China (PRC) stamps? I haven't heard back.

k