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Posted 09/25/2017   5:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add guidowitz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello valued members!

I am new to the forum and just ran across a few 3 cent stamps.

First, I have a "arrival of Lafayette in America-1777"

Second, I have a "Newspaperboys" stamp

They both look to be in excellent condition and circulated.

Upon limited research, The arrival of Lafayette in America-1777 is a "Scott 1010" whatever that means???

Any information would be appreciated!
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Posted 09/25/2017   5:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome.
You might want to start with the Stamp Smarter site
http://www.stampsmarter.com/index.html

It has a lot of 'How To' articles and many tools which can help you come up to speed with learning about stamp collecting (including IDing your stamps).

"Scott' is a commonly used catalog. You can use the 'Pop-up' identifier for US stamps on Stamp Smarter to find your stamp as shown here...



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Posted 09/25/2017   5:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rdavid to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome to the forum. Scott numbers refer to Scott's stamp catalog, where every stamp has been assigned a number. These catalogs are available in most public libraries. The stamps you mentioned are common, recent USA stamps.
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Posted 09/25/2017   5:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add redwoodrandy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
These two US stamps are Scott #1010 and #1015. Scott Postage Stamp Catalogue is the most used stamp catalogue in the US among collectors. The LaFayette issue was issued June 13 1952 and the Newspaper Boys stamp was issued on Oct. 4 1952. They are worth a penny each used condition. The examples shown are mint condition.





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Posted 09/25/2017   6:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I think they are worth 3 pennies each - they can still be used for postage.

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Posted 09/25/2017   6:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add redwoodrandy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes the mint stamps I showed are good for postage. The OP stamps are used. I did not look for used pictures at that time.

I did find #1010 used on HipStamp for .03¢


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Posted 09/25/2017   6:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Not sure how accurate my clunky old database is.
I have 294 US stamps at 3c (needs checking)

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Wow! Thanks for all the valuable information. Surprised to hear that these 65 year old stamps (in excellent unused condition) are not worth more than face value. But I can see why they might be part of someone's collection....so beautiful!
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