Show Your US 1857 Perforated Stamps

tks txstamp. very good to know & now bookmarked. Doing some reading now!! Much appreciated.

After I visited GASS 2024, there were a few people that were intrigued by some of the color hues of the stamps in the US collection I didn't notice in the past.There's always something new to look at when checking out the various album sheets, and one of the Scott 28 Jefferson 5 cent on the top left seems to have a reddish/orange hue compared to the other Scott 28/30's. I am not saying it's something like Brick Red, but since it was pointed out the stamp stands out now to me.

As an aside it appears that the Scott 28/30 seemed to have poor centering issues (especially the vertical margins). I'm usually seeing three of the four sides fully visible on most of them.



There are other series that have an interesting variety of color variation too, but most of them those are for other threads and after I do more research. After it was pointed out at GASS 2024 visitors, hue variation is much more noticeable now that I'm looking for it. The amount of time that can spent on viewing even a single stamp is remarkable. Quite fun stuff actually.

note:Right after making this post I discovered the Encyclopedia of Colors of United States Postage Stamps by R.H. White. Looks pricey to buy but it contains exactly what I'd be looking into for hue identification

The whole set is pricey, but if you don't care about postage dues, the set minus that volume is cheaper (that volume seems to be less common).

I agree the top left stamp is a good candidate for a brick red. Before spending a few hundred on White's volumes, spend a while scanning auction listings online to compare colors. I know that colors are hard to distinguish on the computer screen, but this one is in my opinion easier to distinguish than the 10/11 or 64/65 or 2 cent bureaus that are so often asked about. The centering of your likely brick red looks decent, the perfs are clean, so if it otherwise looks sound, I think it would be a good candidate for a certificate.

So happy to see you enjoying your collection and the discoveries it holds.

Yes, the top left stamp could well be a Brick Red.

The pair with the Louisville cancel is nice.
Kentucky did not secede from the Union until December 1861, but the mid-1861 use you have is during an interesting time, where Kentucky was formally "neutral".
Also, its a nice colored (Blue) cancel that is well struck and well centered.

Louisville was playing both sides during that time, shhh!

Just a nice Winchendon, MA green cancel for a Monday.
#26, Ty III.

That's a gorgeous cover, txstamp! Thanks for showing it.

Tx.., add a few creases, scuffs and stains and that would fit nicely in my collection hahaha.
Nice looking piece!

Nice reference on the curl! Tks again.

I have this one that came to me as Scott 18. But, I think again it's a Sc 24 Type V. Can anyone help with the variety / plate???

Stamps4Life, it is #24, Type V, Relief E, position 43L9.

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Thank you much. I'm going to try again the plating tool now and see how I do now that I have something to go off of.

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I thought the plating tool on Stamp Smarter would take me past Scott no. & Type.

Do you know of another site that might be of help?

Just sharing a Scott #25, block of 4 on cover from Sonora, California to Terre Haute, Indiana.

It has a few condition issues, but you don't see blocks of #25's on cover very often.

To give you an idea, a used block of 4 has a Scoatt catalogue value of $7,000.
It isn't listed on cover.

Enjoy!
Stan Shepp

A question came up in another thread ( https://goscf.com/t/83459&whichpage=6#812316 ) about this magenta crossed-lines pen cancel, sometimes called a presentation copy, printer's specimen, or salesman's sample.


Does anyone have any documentation or other information on the purpose of this marking? Why was this format of marking used rather than a "specimen" handstamp which also exists on this issue? Was more than one pane produced of each denomination?

Bill Crowe said in 2020,
"All denominations of the 1857-60 set exist with either magenta or black crossed lines, most with magenta. The rumor is they were cancelled this way as a means of demonetizing them prior to being given away. The term presentation copy is sometimes used. They are mentioned somewhere in the 1¢ books. I put together a complete set of all denominations in the early 80's. In January of this year I saw a different 90¢. I would classify them as uncommon, but not rare."
https://goscf.com/t/75169#671774

Any other theories or explanations for this unusual marking?

I anyone here well versed in plating 12c Stamps?

I tried, but I didn't seem to be getting anywhere close.