Well I Happened To Love #26 Covers...

Paid hand written above the stamps would make any difference?

You do know that just because the stamps have that design (A10 & A21) don't automatically make it a #26. You should read this link I'll post for you below, and I bet you find it fascinating! Have any questions please ask! Great looking Cover by the way!

http://www.uspcs.org/the-1851-1860-...51-3c-issue/

and this one

http://www.theswedishtiger.com/ID10.html

Nice cover rizzi. ILS could you explain a little better. Newby here. So are saying that it was produced from an earlier stamp. I thought if it has continuing frame lines on the sides it was a #26. Must be missing a lot? So much to learn! Thanks

I_Love_Stamps thanks so much and this tells me so much to learn.

I_Love_Stamps, GREAT LINK. Thanks!

Those fees were probably court fees and have nothing to do with postage costs and probably add no value. The strip of stamps, with so many scissor-trimmed perfs have pretty minimal value.

That's a happy coincidence. I was just looking at this website the other day and was confused.

They show pictures of 10 and 10A (also 11 and 11A), and list them as Type I and Type II, respectively. However, two paragraphs up it says:

"Both Types IIa and II were designed for use with the perforators. The removal of the top and bottom frame lines were designed to provide more horizontal space so that perforation holes would be less likely to cut into the stamp design."

Is there a different Type I and Type II definition for imperfs, or what am I missing here?

raymodj,

You are getting confused by the mixture of the old and the new. There used to be a Type I, II, and IIa. The same stamps are now classified as Type I, II, III, IV. The old Type I is now Type I and II. The old Type II is now Type III and lastly, what used to be called Type IIa is now Type IV.

Yikes talk about confusing.
Tom

Thanks Sinclair, that does clear things up. The new types are listed in my 2009 Scott Standard, but my 2002 Specialized still lists them as I, II and IIa. Of course when I was trying to figure this out earlier I only referenced the specialized. That's the first reason I've found to buy a newer edition.

It looks like the USPCS website uses the old type in the explanation and the new type for the photo captions.