Do You See A Grill?

Look at these two images.. do you see a grill?
I don't see one..
could this be a #125 or a #114?
these are scanned at 1200 dpi

I do not. I would be interested to see what the forum experts would say, though.

Can't see the grill either.

George

well I just sent this off to APS for verification.
I am still interested in people's opinions.

If it is a 125, even in the condition it is in, it should be worth a couple of grand.

any other input? Please.

From what part of the stamp does load into my browser I can't see a grill either. Nice stamp.

Good luck on it.

Maybe some folks are away on holiday or work etc?

puzzler you can't see the whole stamp?
you can right click on the image and copy it down to your computer..

Thanks for the tip, but it still doesn't load all the way. I think Imageshack or my browser Firefox is timing out, expecting me to have a hi-speed connection when I do not. Ah it's great to be back in the stone age. Just chip the image in stone and catapult it my way.

if you have a regular email address, send it to me. I can send the back side as attachment, then your email won't time out.

Sure looks like there's no grill to me, OTOH, i've got a few grilled stamps where the grill is very faint. Be curious to see what APS says....

I have a #136 with a faint grill.. still visible, just couldn't count all the points up and down.
This one, I can't see any points at all.

Folks if this turns out to be a 125, it's a stamp I pulled from that album with all the cellophane hinged stamps. Now I am looking more closely at the other US stamps still on paper.

LOL, well in that case I'll take all the extras... JK, I'll still take what I get :)

BTW. Edwin you read my update on the old stamp auctions 2 thread?
I want everyone to know most of the stamps have cellophane hinges.

I'd have to look but I think that there was one in last year's Siegel Rarities sale that was used, IIRC it had a bit better centering and sold for $7k or $8k, I know it was under $10k. Of course, it had some small fault as well. If I see a small tear on there like I think I do that's still a $4-5k stamp I would think. I'd send it into the PF if it were me... Heck, even with a small fault and a tad off center it's a HECK of a find!

it does have a small tear and a pin hole (very tiny pin hole), plus with the hinge damage.. I still figured I could sell it for a couple of grand. I really want some graff zepplins.

I don't see a grill, per se. But the scan of the back, about two-thirds of the way down the left side, there is a line/crack? Is that a tear/thin, or something else?

Either way, please update us when you hear from APS.

KirkS