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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Classic Stamps - As Issued and Used

Help With Identifying This US #78 ?

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Posted 03/04/2018 8:34 pm

Hoping you guys can help to identify this stamp which appears to be a 78 or maybe a variation of? Thanks

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Posted 03/04/2018 8:46 pm

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Posted 03/04/2018 10:07 pm

I would think it's a #78, lilac or even dark lilac. There is a light brown line under the T of TWENTY that could be a lightened pen cancel, and the top and right side perforations look squirrely to me - not round enough.

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Posted 03/04/2018 10:18 pm

Thank you Tipzi!

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Posted 03/05/2018 01:18 am

I collect 24c 1861s and I wouldn't hazard a guess at shade without seeing it. It's almost certainly a Gray or thereabouts.. it's some shade of a 78 in almost all certainty. Impression is not that of an early shade.

I agree with Tipzi, perfs have been monkeyed with at top and right.

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Posted 03/05/2018 2:14 pm

Thank you Billw2. I will upload scans when item received.

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Posted 03/05/2018 7:46 pm

Hey BillW....Mr. Tipzi knows this issue pretty well, too....took him a couple years, but he did get his 78c certed a couple years back by PF...

Tipzi, are you going to the Nashville show this weekend?

Ray

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Posted 03/05/2018 9:47 pm

Ray, yes I am. Maybe we can meet for breakfast or lunch?

Dave?

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Posted 03/05/2018 11:01 pm

Ray,

I don't doubt it. I'm well aware of how tough that is... I got one carted recently and have another that needs reconsideration.

What I meant was that with computers you can't tell shades. I took a cover that I have online and pulled it up on my laptop, desktop and iPad and the shade was markedly different on all 3 devices.

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Posted 03/06/2018 1:26 pm

This is a cartel stamp.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1861-66-US...AOSwOjpajuR9

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Posted 03/06/2018 2:02 pm

Uh-oh. Did someone just purchase a bunch of cartel stamps?

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Posted 03/06/2018 2:05 pm

So what do you suggest I do, since we know they have been purchased already?

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Posted 03/06/2018 2:15 pm

Did you sign for delivery yet?

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Posted 03/06/2018 2:21 pm

What is a cartel stamp ?

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Posted 03/06/2018 2:23 pm

Sleepy, do a search on that word,

Peter

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Posted 03/06/2018 2:24 pm

Use the search function for Philip Ryle or Cartel.

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