Antigua

Can you help me with id, approx value on this early Antigua?

Very cool stamp, someone will id that for you.

Lots of possibilities. It would depend on the watermark (star, Crown CC or Crown CA) and perforation (14-16, 12½ or 14). Could be any value from £2.25 to £170. There are also inverted and reversed watermarks known, which could lift the value to £250.

That design was a workhorse for Antigua...common to a handful of catalogue numbers. The earliest were imperforate, so that rules some out right away.

If you were able to give us the perf measurement we could narrow it down. With both perf and watermark it would be a piece of cake. (I bet you'll be able to see the watermark without fluid.)

Are you keeping track by Scott numbering, or are you using Gibbons now?

I'm still using Scott, mostly.
Tongs, cutting it from it's hinge
It's something I'm struggling with...
and actually looking at the back...
the watermarks, and perfs.
There are a few, I know I need to do.
Wish I had a more seasoned tutor here right now
to teach me the tricks.
Sometimes it's the auditory, visual learning style vs
reading and "getting" it.