Help Identifying A Scott 423B 10×12

Hello everyone, I used to collect stamps many years ago, now my 8yr old has a strong interest in stamp collecting. He has found a red 2c washington stamp. He has done some readingabout it and now believes it to be rare. With a ruler the horizontal perforations are 10 in 2cm. Vertical perforations are 12 in 2cm.

Thanks for any help. This has me interested in an old hobby once again.

Hello and welcome. Unfortunately, many, many people think they have found the most expensive stamp on their very first try. We would have to see scans of the entire stamp, and probably the front and back to help you. You will hear from others that recommend a perf gage or direct comparison to a known 12 perf or 10 perf variety first ... measuring with a ruler is very untrustworthy.

Good luck, and looking forward to those scans.

stampsmarter.com site will help/ also a scan of the item will help people assist you.

Thank you for the input guys, I honestly dont believe any of our stamps are rare or valuable, but an 8yr old interested in stamp collecting is rare in today's day in age, hes been digging through boxes of old stamps all weekend.

I remember being that age and and "discovering" stamp classifications and varieties. Definitely something to keep going!

The Scott 423B is perforated 12 horizontally (top/bottom) and perforated 10 vertically (left/right sides). The pictured stamp, however, is perforated 11. Your definition of the perforation gauge is correct (# of perforations per 2cm). Now, it is still possible to find a scarcer variety (single line watermark, Scott 461) on this stamp - so be sure to see if it has one! The most common, and most likely what you have is the Scott 499, perforated 11 unwatermarked.

Yes, looks more like a #499, no watermark visible. My son dosent seem discouraged though, hes really liking the 1892 columbus stamp series the best so far.

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Both stampsmarter.com and stampsmarter.org are ok.
Don

I can identify with him. They were my first love, oh so many moons ago.