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Posted 02/08/2019   9:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Scarde15 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
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Posted 02/08/2019   10:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome.
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All of these issues that are perfed on all 4 sides are perf 12, so we know then it can only be:
331
357
374

The 357 is on "Bluish" paper, and this one is not. So that just leaves:
331
374

331 Is double-line watermark
374 is single-line watermark

So you'll have to check it for a water mark (some part of any of the letters USPS in either single line, like the font of this text, or double line. Google for that, you'll see what it looks like).

In either case, it's a very common stamp. The 331 used has a CV of 40 cents, and the 374 used has a CV of 25 cents.
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Posted 02/09/2019   10:54 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The Feb 3, 1910 cancel ID's this as 331, since 374 is not known until extremely late in 1910.
The double line watermark is fairly easy to see in fluid on these stamps, but soaking off the residual paper would be necessary first.
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Posted 02/09/2019   10:55 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wkusau to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You will need to soak the stamp in warm water to remove the paper attached on the back before searching for a watermark.
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The adhering paper must be soaked off to make it possible to see the watermark.
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Posted 02/10/2019   01:00 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ClassicPhilatelist to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good point John Becker. I tend to avoid using cancellations as "proof" of ID, but in this case, I don't disagree. So no need to watermark, it's a 331.
Now if it was a high value stamp, I'd be examining much closer, if the cancellation were authentic or not.
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