King Edward Error Or Not??

I just bought the Scott Specialized book being new to collecting. But I can not find this stamp anywhere is it a new find??

Scott 212

What confuses me is it says 3 1/2 pence but shows 1 1/2 on top.

So 3, 1/2 pence is 1 and 1/2 correct?

yes.
The lower text is properly interpreted as [3 x 1/2 pence],
not [3 and half pence].

Thanks I was looking at all their others and 1 1/2 was 1 1/2, 2 1/2 was 2 1/2, it was very confusing. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

Three halfpence = 1/2p. + 1/2p. + 1/2p.

So when the word "halfpence" is together its different than 3 and a half, great no more confusion in that area at least

I have to admit so far this collection is pretty basic coming from the head curator of the Smithsonian. strange

Thanks for the Quick response and helping me with the ID and currency issue. In the USA 3 1/2 means all other things on the stamp should coincide with 3 1/2.

A quote excerpted from Mendel L. Peterson's bio on Wikipedia states:




Why would one expect him to have a fabulous stamp collection? Curator, yes, but not in a philatelic area.

Yes, He sure did was such a disciplined man though, I guess I was thinking anything he had would have been the rarest. Because his coin collection brought 750,000 you know? Guess I was thinking something better in his stamps. But maybe he was just getting me into it? Because I admit I have the fever now. But reading up on a stamp trying to determine its origin is like a mystery book sort of it is exciting to me that is. I have lots to learn but the books do not have near all their is to know. At first it sort of overwhelmed me to thinking to complicated, but im going to give it a go. And thanks in advance for all your help.

Father of Underwater Archeology. He knew his shipwreck coins. Gold & silver.
Shipwreck stamps not so much.

In what way is King Edward related to this stamp?

Half a penny = a halfpenny (and was pronounced "a hap'ni" with "ha" rhyming with "day".

Three half pennies = three halfpence (and pronounced "three ha'pens").

I hope that doesn't make things worse!

And despite what the Scott catalogue says, in our old money a penny was always abbreviated as 1d not 1p.

upper right corner. is that a crease on the stamp, or maybe a scratched die?