Brasil Stamp ID Is Needed & Nicaragua Stamp Realistic Opinion Request.

Favor cancels & forged cancels abound. Postally used are just plain tough to find & identify.

Got it! Thanks, Robi!

Petert4522,
I just added the scan of one of the 4 stamps I have from nicaragua, please have a look.

Thank you

I found this on the internet, in case you know about it, than just ignore it

(you can hit the flag and it will be translated to English)
http://www.postoveznamky.sk/postage...spacefillers

Do you agree with this opinion I found:

" thin paper or vertical wmk = real Nicaragua stamp and not Seebecks reprints "

Im attaching a better scan of the Nicaragua map canceled stamp for you to better see the cancel... btw, this one has really got a very thin paper.

Robi, I believe trying to certify these needs to be done in-hand as I stated before.

Peter

Yes of course, but I promised to share a better scan of this one, cause I understood that those cancels are a bit hard to find. I doubt that somebody in Europe will have that much experience wi5th the Nicaragua stamps :(

Hi

Seebeck reprinted stamps for El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and only one country in South America, Ecuador.

Seebeck stamps are difficult to ascertain as Mr. Seebeck used the original printing plates. He also made deals with the governments to return any unused stamps to him.

It is true there are many "reprints" in collections. I know of no fakes and would not classify the Seebeck re-prints as fakes. If one can definitely classify a stamp as non reprint, the value is fairly high.

One may find many of these issues without gum. One reason,I have been told,is to determine the paper thickness. Seebeck re-prints are usually on thick paper. The gum was applied very thick and the reason for removing it. Also, if it is a watermarked (liberty cap) stamp, then, if the watermark is "sideways", it is most probably is a
Seebeck re-print.

There is a book written about these Seebeck issues. If interested,you could probably borrow the book from the APRL (American Philatelic Research Library). If you are an APS member it is no problem if the book circulates. If not a member, I do not know the procedure.

Jerry B
APS 124477

Hi jbcev80,

Thanks a lot for your input, pls have a look at the attached pics in my reply and pls let me know what do you see there (I don't want to influence you by telling what I see or don't see).

Going through your answer I realized few things (please correct me if I'm wrong):
- Map of Nicaragua 20c stamp dated 1897 ID is - Mi:NI93X and Michel says NO WMK.
- Standing female figure 10c Nicaragua stamp dated 1894 is IMPOSSIBLE for me to find (6 stamps were issued during 1894) neither by name/value on stamp nor by the year of issue.

Why is it that I cant find it (Standing female figure 10c 1894) and I just don't understand it, and that why I want to know if somebody else has faced the same prob with this stamp?

Thanks

Robi, the Nicaragua stamp. Try 1894 Victory series. Stamps value is about 25 cents.

Peter

got it, thanks Peter. Btw, any opinion regarding the wmk of both stamps I attached? is it true that the 1,2 and 5 centavos where not used in Nicaragua, because they were dedicated to some country or province?

thanks

Hi Robi

I agree. Trying to determine if a stamp is a Seebeck or not really has to be done as Peter states. Even then it is pretty difficult.



Jerry B

Yes, I do agree with Peter. It was just if you can see anything on the back side that is worth mentioning

Hi Robi

The only thing I notice is that it is not watermarked. The liberty cap watermark is very pronounced and can be usually be seen in regular light.

Jerry B