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Stamps From Late 1880-S

 
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Posted 02/28/2019   10:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add VeraRae to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
So I don't know much about stamps but I have a lot of letters from 1887-1889 with these stamps:
I think they're 210 or 211B from my research... anyone care to weigh in? Thanks!




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Posted 02/28/2019   10:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Scott 210. Do not remove them from the letters.
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Posted 02/28/2019   11:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add VeraRae to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks! Someone removed several many years ago but most are still intact
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Posted 03/01/2019   03:43 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ClassicPhilatelist to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
VeraRae,
The 211B was a special printing, only 1,000 exist(ed), and only a very small number known to have been postally used. Siegle lists only 1 that they have handled with a very scant blue cancel. However, your bottom photo is also an indicator. If you look at the horizontal lines inside the oval, there is a little known "identifier" of the 211B, that is not in the Scott book. The cross-hatch lines in the 211B run entirely to the base of the oval where the neck meets. Unless you can see those lines in all the horizontal bars, it's a 210. Easier than "spotting the color".
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Any chance of some more photos/scans please VeraRae?
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