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I Need A Little Help Identifying Some Older United States Stamps

 
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Posted 10/16/2023   06:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Avegaxyz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello everyone, I need a little help identifying some stamps I have. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am new to the collector community. Thanks in advance!



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Posted 10/16/2023   08:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rogdcam to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ave - May I make a gentle suggestion? Don't hijack someone else's topic/thread and start your own. Also, your pics are really bad. If you want help post good quality close-up scans and you will get a much better response.
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Posted 10/16/2023   08:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NicholasC to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Avegaxyz, you probably should start a new topic because your stamps are not the Washington 2c coils. However, here are my thoughts:

1. If you have more stamps than these, you should get an old Scott catalog that covers the U.S. stamps.
2. You will need a perforation gauge because some of the stamps you show come with different perforations.
3. You may need a magnifying glass as well because some of the stamps have features you will need to examine to further identify.
4. A much clearer picture would help.
5. I can see that the first 3 stamps are also in the 4th picture. It is best to not duplicate pictures.

Use the Stamp Smarter site to help:
https://stampsmarter.org/index.html

Using last picture. The only ones I'm sure of right now are:

1st stamp is Scott #814
2nd stamp is Scott #720
3rd stamp is Scott #705
4th stamp is Scott #301
12th stamp is Scott #884

The rest, except maybe the imperforate (5th stamp), need more information, either perforations or design features.
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Posted 10/16/2023   08:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I have split this off into its own topic.
Don
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Posted 10/16/2023   11:09 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NicholasC to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If I have I have done this correctly (using Stamp Smarter and what I can tell from the picture)...

The 5th stamp appears to be Scott #575.
The 6th stamp is one of 8 different stamps. Need to know perforations, printing type, watermark.
The 7th stamp is one of 8 different stamps. Need to know perforations, printing type, watermark, and type.
The 8th stamp is one of 6 different stamps. Need to know type (I, II, III, or IV) and watermark.
The 9th stamp looks to be the same as the 8th stamp.
The 10th stamp is either Scott #564 (Perf. 11) or Scott #693 (Perf. 11 x 10.5).
The 11th stamp is either Scott #561 (Perf. 11) or Scott #590 (Perf. 10) or Scott #641 (Perf. 11 x 10.5).

Note: Having a Scott catalog and using the Stamp Smarter site, you can very quickly figure out what you have, or at least narrow it down.
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Posted 10/16/2023   4:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Parcelpostguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Beside the catalog number identity, most of the stamps also identify as damaged.

Also, I don't mean to out anything, but the purple stamp in the center of the group photo identifies as a three cent gold coin and prefers to be referred to as circulated and not as used.
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Posted 11/04/2023   04:36 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Avegaxyz to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wow! Thank you guys so much for the insight. I am going to try and narrow these stamps down with the recommendations you provided. I want to say that I appreciate this new found stamp community and your help as well. Hopefully one day I too can provide help to someone new.
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