Nicaragua Stamp????????

I found these stamps, they are worth? thank you very much for help
1896

1897

1896 (dated) Official stamps overprinted in red "Franqueo Official"
• 15 cents catalogue value (CV) per stamp if reprint (usually thick porous paper)
• CV ranges from $2+-$16 unwatermarked if not reprint
• CV ranges from $3-$25 watermarked "Liberty Cap" if not reprint

1897 (dated) Official stamps overprinted in red "Franqueo Official"
• 15 cents catalogue value (CV) per stamp if reprint (usually thick porous paper)
• CV ranges from $3-$16 unwatermarked if not reprint
• CV ranges from $5-$20 watermarked "Liberty Cap" if not reprint

1898 Coat of Arms of "Republic of Central America"
• 15 cents catalogue value (CV) per stamp if reprint (usually thick porous paper)
• CV ranges from $1+-$25 unwatermarked if not reprint
• CV ranges from 25 cents--$40 watermarked "Liberty Cap" if not reprint

1897 (dated) "Map of Nicaragua"
• 15 cents catalogue value (CV) per stamp if reprint (usually thick porous paper)
• CV ranges from 50 cents-$20 unwatermarked if not reprint
• CV ranges from $14---$125 watermarked "Liberty Cap" if not reprint

1898 Official stamps carmine "Franqueo Offical"
• Overprint in Blue – unwatermarked
CV ranges from $3+-$11
• Overprint in Black or watermarked "Liberty Cap" are reprints
CV 25 cents/stamp

As one can tell, the reprints are not worth much.

Why?

Nicholas Seebeck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_F._Seebeck

Hi emanuelealvino

Just a comment to Jkjblue's posting.

If the paper is thick and/or the watermark is sideways then in all probability it is a Seebeck reprint.

From what I understand, and have been told by an Ecuador specialist, is that if the stamp paper is thin and/or the watermark is vertical then it has a good possibility of being real. However the gum is usually thick and hides the paper thickness.

I have a couple of stock cards of this material for Ecuador. Quite a bit of it has no gum, which was soaked off (not by me) for the sole purpose of checking the paper thickness.


You will have the same conditions for:
Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Jerry B

all have the watermark, and the rubber