What Am I Missing About This Scott 35? Why $200+?

There are three pearls on the lower left and right side outside the shell. Ty V's will never show all 6 of those pearls. Some or all of them are missing on every Ty V. Only one position shows 3 pearls at the right side, but it doesn't show 3 on the left.

The bottom line is complete, and usually strong on Ty V's. Ty II and III the bottom line is not complete in the middle. Ty I, it is mostly complete, but usually much weaker in the middle than Ty V. Ty IV can have a recut bottom line, but usually that is easy enough to tell.

Of course the Ty V's are known for having the side ornaments not complete. Usually Ty V's jump out because the design looks a bit narrow relative to the Plate 1 counterparts. The Ty V's come from a second 10c plate: Plate 2.

From the Neinken 10c book, so people can see the parts of the design and the terminology.

I did start to wonder if the certificate had misidentified the scott number/type. It's rare, but I've seen that on occasion. It would explain the outcome, if it were misidentified. It does appear though to be a type V though. Are there maybe particular type V positions that are worth a premium?

I'm not by my Scott US Specialized at the moment, to check, but there are some positions with a curl on them - in various spots, from transient foreign matter on the transfer roll.

There is also 47R2, which exhibits a double transfer in the bottom label.

15R2 is the only position with 3 complete pearls at right.

For a specialist, these would of course, all be of interest, but due to the quantity of these printed, I suspect none would command a large premium, unless it were a very high quality example.

The Siegel Powersearch produces a total of 198 lots for Scott #35 that were used or on piece. The realizations indicate that there is a wide range of "value". You could pick certain stamps that support a lower valuation of the ebay item or you can find items that suggest the Dr. Bob stamp sold for a fair price. It mostly depends on what kind of spin you want to add to the debate.

I'm late to the party here, but I've stared at a lot of #35s this past year since I started trying to plate them. I have noticed--especially on ebay, Hipstamp, and non-premier auctions on stampauctionnetwork--that if the stamp comes with a graded cert, the final price far exceeds the price of a (in my opinion) similar condition and visual appeal #35 without a cert...EVEN IF the grade is <90.

Also, I do have to say that there do not seem to be many "specialty collectors" of #35, which I base on the fact that I see a lot of very nice #35s including margin imprints, multiples, and 47R2 double transfer that have sat untouched for the past year. Comparably, similar stock of the 1c Franklins is gobbled up in days to weeks...not that I'm complaining. Just stay buried in those blue Franklins and leave the #35s to me

The blurred ink smear at the top of the supposed 34 should have been all the clue one needed to ID the stamp as a #35.

That's right.
The B C D E & F reliefs do exhibit that horizontal blur.