Does Anyone Recognize The Initials Wrcd?

I would bet it is a cost code, as stated already. The 'W' would either be a '0' or a '1'. I worked for a dealer once whose cost code was "MAKEPROFIT". I cannot remember whether the M starts at '0' or starts at '1'.

Funny, when I used cost codes, I used W as a "1", for "Won".

But I would never write my cost code on the back of a $1000 stamp. Or a $0100 stamp. Or any stamp for that matter. On the album page or stock card yes, but never the stamp.

Thanks Don,
never seen a $5 up close before.

The OP posted fairly early-on in denying the requests for an image of the stamp's front to be posted:



But then we have two responses from experienced members stating /agreeing it to be a 1 cent stamp, then the images showing it was actually the $5 stamp. Quite a difference! And very clear there was confusion and mis-information allowed to remain uncorrected by the OP.

Overall this thread can serve as a good teaching example of the importance of providing the most complete information possible from the very first when asking a question. (and garbage-in, garbage-out)

The theory these letters might be a price code would have different weight on a 1 cent versus a $5 stamp in most any series. They make little sense on a 1 cent stamp, but mounted in an old-timer's album, Scott 313 cataloged at $135 in 1960 and perhaps bought with this centering at half catalog would be $67.50, thus 4 different letters. And quite possible this theory is incorrect too.

The front is *not* irrelevant.

Anagrams are not my thing, but it might be interesting if someone can figure out some possible words using those letters which might make sense.

Looks we are dismissed! I won't waste my time replying to any more of your questions in the future.

CD by itself could be the roman 400, but then there is the WR...

A ten-figure substitution cypher will replace letters with numbers. Not saying that is what was going on here.

BLACKHORSE is a common code, and lends itself to the name of the concept, but families can make up their own using any word or phrase with ten different letters. My family's code was the largest city near my father's place of birth. When I was young, I rolled my eyes, but I taught it to my child, and all of the cousins knew it, too.

No offense, OP, but the sudden lack of curiosity is odd?

I figured mo' info is mo' better?

From a kid, I always used SUNDAY TIMES for code
(The name of our Western Australian Sunday tabloid)

Some commonly used 10 lettered words with no repeating letters are aftershock, algorithms, abductions, authorized, background, bankruptcy, bankrupted, binoculars, birthplace, blueprints, boyfriends, breakdowns, clipboards, compatible, complained, complaints, completing, cornflakes, decorating, defaulting, despicably, ...

BOHICA

Frankly, you treated the rest of the board shabbily. You were asked by multiple responders to post an image of the front of the stamp and you refused to do it. It had to be done by others. You may not have found the direction of the answers interesting, but others were intrigued by the item and wanted fuller information.

I think your response that the front is not "relevant" to the marking on the back was in question. A number of responders were interested in the front scan, you had dismissed its "relevance", and once the front was shown, it was considered to possibly be relevant.

Then, once you returned to respond, you had dismissed any of the comments towards the relevance. It wasn't the delay in your response that was at question.

All the helpful resources on this chat board are trying to do is help solve the "assumed" question/request. Your response diminished the spirit of the task, not by delay, but in substance.