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Help With Identifying 2c Postage Due Stamp

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Posted 08/07/2017 12:34 pm

I inherited a stamp collection from my grandfather and I came across this stamp however the Scott # he listed was J30 but the color seems off to me. All the pictures I see listed under this number are more red and the one I have seems more towards purple.

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you! :)

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Posted 08/07/2017 1:01 pm

Hi, difficult to tell for sure from your image, but appears to be faded?

Perhaps you could provide additional scans, maybe with a black background, also include scan(s) of the reverse.

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Posted 08/07/2017 1:25 pm

Merpiparo, welcome to the forum. Your stamp could very well be J30 - these postage dues come in a wide range of colors. Your copy seems to have some problems, not in the least it is badly centered and perforation troubles.

Peter

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Posted 08/07/2017 4:18 pm

The first problem is that J30 is perf 12; this stamp is perf 11. That makes it J62.

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Posted 08/15/2017 12:24 am

Agreed... positively J62 per below (rose red versus his deep claret)

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Edited by disi123 - 08/15/2017 12:26 am

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Posted 08/18/2017 2:58 pm

That's easy enough to check since J29 and J30 fluoresce under long and short wavelength ultraviolet light and J31 and J32 don't according to Durland's.

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