APS Apex Cert On Rw57B - What In The World?

What am I missing here?


What on Earth is an RW57b? Or if a discontinued Scott number, what was it?

No such catalog listing in Scott for years. Now an RW57a is an error where this back black inscription is missing:


HOWEVER that inscription is printed on top of the gum. Scott notes in its footnote that genuine RW57a stamps must be with full gum, no gum examples don't count.

COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS, EXPLANATIONS????

RE57b is with the inscription printed on the stamp paper instead of the gum in the 2021 catalog. Also with a footnote that some have questioned whether that was actually an error or whether the inscription just leached through some of the gum used on some of the stamps.

Well I checked my 2022 and 2025 Scott US Specialized which were at hand. I did not go back later.

The item shown sold on Sunday 6-21-2026 for $265.00 plus the usual extras on ebay. There were 8 bidders and I was not one.

When I get a chance, I will look at my 2022 catalog and see if there are any notes of interest in the number changes section.

Edit, Corrected sale date, from 14 to 21. How I added a week to yesterday, I will never know.

The RW57 listing from the 2020 Scott Specialized:

Thanks John Becker.