2- 1853 Emperor Napoleon Type I & II

Can anyone out there tell me if I am right here ,,I think I am getting better at this now thanks to all of you...but I think I see a type I & type II Napoleon here??


16 A3 typeII
16a type I
Die1- The curl of hair directly below R in EMPIRE is made up of 2 line very close together often appearing to form a single thick line.There is no shading across the neck
Die2- The hair curl is made of two distinct,more widely seperated lines.There are lines of shading across the neck

If theses 2 stamps are France 16a3 stamps can anyone tell me the current value my catalog is 2002 and has $150.oo (used)each no matter what type it is..Thanks so much for your time and help
Dave

Scott's 16 is an imperforated stamp, those have perforations. 1862-1871 issues, most likely Scott's 26, catalog value $1.25 if I am correct.

Dam when I found Napoleon I really thaught these were something out of this world! I have to wtch that imperf and perf better from now on!Thanks so very much!

When the numbers in the cancel are about 8mm high, you know that the stamp can't be any older than about 1862, which is approximately when that style of cancel came into use. Cancels with numbers that are 4mm high were used from approximately 1852-1862.

Each number corresponded to a town. I have a list of the big-number cancels, at least, floating around somewhere. For quick-and-dirty purposes at a stamp show, I look for the first couple hundred numbers in the 4000's for the small-number cancels, and the first couple hundred numbers in the 5000's for the big-number cancels, as these roughly correspond to post offices abroad. I remember that because 4000 is a smaller number than 5000...4000=small and 5000=big...goofy, perhaps, but it works for me.

Specialists are cringing right now, but that is close enough for me in order to comb through examples when I don't have resources handy.

For further searching, the big numbers are gros chiffres and the small numbers are petits chiffres.