Washington 2 Cent Design A88 Perf 3 Sides One Imperf

Hi,

as you see, low posts number I am new here.
I have one question, I am not expert on US stamps.

I found one US stamp for quick look interesting for me.
Washington 2 cent A88 design,
has 3 sides perf(i will measure on monday, do not have perf meter at the moment) and one side imperf (left vertical).

Is that common?

I look to scott and I found imperf on vertical or horizontal but not at 3 sides...

Yes I know picture will help, if is not common I will take the picture on monday.

Thank you

Yes. These are called 'straight edge' stamps and are from the edge of a pane. They are avoided by many collectors so they tend to be valued lower than a stamp which is perforated all the way around.
Don

Thank you for information, but because I am new at collecting stamps, I am very confused what I see on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-RED-LI...263072169206

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Red-Li...112376348899

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Washington-...122580505628

and many many more of this ...



Are they lost their minds ?
Today I dig dipper in my stamps and I found several more with one side "colored line".
That seems common..

You have to understand that to sell stamps on ebay it takes zero knowledge of stamps. Just because someone is asking a bazillion dollars for a rare item does not in anyway mean the said item is actually rare. The examples you posted links to are just clueless sellers. The red line happened on every sheet of those stamps produced, it is where they cut the sheet into panes. Collectors usually frown upon natural straight edges. Stamps showing the line are very common and worth little for the major majority of stamps.

The sellers are not clueless, and have not lost their minds. They know exactly what they are doing: soliciting foolish, non-knowledgeable buyers. False "rare" listings of "red line" or "green line" stamps have surged in the past few weeks, which cannot be coincidental. Someone has seized on this bit of nonsense as the latest way to bait buyers who don't know what they are doing.

Comrad, if you like to learn more about the stamps with one ( or two ) imperforate sides, please read the introduction to the Scott US Specialized Catalog. It shows a full sheet and the possible lines on a sheet.

Peter

Very interesting

Hi,

I'm new to this forum, and stamp collecting. I have an old collection from my Great Uncle who collected for many years. There are old stamps that haven't been used, and there are a whole bunch that have been used. I noticed on ebay the prices are all over the place, and I was wondering about these old GW 2 cent stamps. They haven't been used. I noticed a few have the perforations overlapping a part of the stamps. Can anyone give me any guidance on the value of these? I have images that are more close-up if that is helpful. Thanks!

Welcome to the forum Soleilajl. Most appear to be rather common stamps but to know for sure close up scans of each strip will be necessary as differences can be difficult to see.

Thank You! Here is one of the images, saved as lower quality to meet the 200 kb requirement. . .

Here's another close-up. . .

Great start would be here


http://www.stampsmarter.com/

Thanks for the resource. I'll check it out.