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Help Identifying Some Stamps From My Collection

 
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Posted 10/07/2017   9:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add lokus to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I'm just learning how to identify stamps in my collection and was wondering if anyone could help in identifying the stamps for me. Since they are of common presidents/individuals I find it hard to identify them as there are so many to choose from over the years. Any help is appreciated as I'm still learning how to use the stampsmarter site. Thanks!






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Posted 10/08/2017   07:18 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BKing to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
lokus, your stamps are common definitive issues from the early 20th century. I am not familiar with stampsmarter, but I assume that they use the Scott Catalog numbers (SC#) to identify stamps. The bottom stamp is the oldest, from the Washington/Franklin series first issued in 1908, probably a SC#332. Second from the top is also from the Washington/Franklin series, probably a SC#405 from 1913. Top stamp, 10¢ Monroe and second from bottom, 1¢ Franklin are from the definitive series issued between 1922 and 1932, most likely SC#'s 562 (10¢) & 552 (1¢). Middle stamp is from the 1932 series commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, SC# 707. I hope this helps you, good luck identifying the stamps.

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Posted 10/08/2017   08:23 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lokus to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the info! How did you so quickly identify them? Any reason why the second from the top doesn't have perfs on the right or bottom? Could it have been a corner stamp in a sheet?
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Posted 10/08/2017   09:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
lokus,
I mentioned this before, so I did not reply to this thread. For US stamps you can use the tools available on Stamp Smarter. One of the easiest tools is the 'visual identifier', simply match the design of you stamp to the images shown, click on the image to drill down into the possible Scott numbers.
http://www.stampsmarter.com/1847usa/1847Home.html
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Posted 10/13/2017   08:03 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BKing to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
As to how I ID'ed the stamps quickly, as I said they are common and I have seen them many times. As to the two sides of the 1¢ not having perfs - it is the bottom right corner from a booklet pane, an example of which pictured below.

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Posted 11/04/2017   7:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add thebig777 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I was wondering if you could also help me identify these two stamps which I have came across.


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