Special Printings Stamps

What you are missing is the fact that these stamps have zero chance of being special printings, and are inexpensive stamps that will cost $27 each.

The OP thinks he is right. If the stamps were mine I would take everyone's advice here and not submit anything.

However, he is making it clear that in his wisdom he doesnt agree and will submit anyway. So it is 99/99% probable that his charge will be $513 but still has the 0.01% chance or less. that it could be up to $19,000.

Chesham85 - there is not a 99.99% chance --- there is a 100% chance they are NOT Special Printings

Four months and four pages of attention. Why stop now.

Sometimes, threads take off just for their entertainment value. Part of the fun of the forum, at least for me.

Why object to someone donating $81 or more to the expertising committee?

Roger, did you see Chesham's answer.....$513 if none of them turn out to be a special issue, or as high as $19,000 if they earn certs as special issues. Even one special would pay for the others. Of course, there is the option of believing the experts on this forum who have suggested that the odds are infinitesimal cubed that any one of your items are a special issue.
Suggestion, find a stamp club, and listen to them.

Before we close this thread to further comment, we need to understand what the OP, rogerblade, intends to do. You've been advised of costs and have already contacted someone to certify your stamps. What are you going to do?

Two words: Ghost us.

@Partime,

It would be a pity to close the thread as this, no longer, would, if at all he feels compelled, allow for Mr. Crowe to respond to




Although not a collector of US stamps or even familiar with US philately, even I do not expect that, in our universe, Mr. Crowe was so impressed by OP's infinite knowledge that he felt he would best remain silent and learn from OP.

The postage stamp that I own is the the one with the cancalation. The other stamp is downloaded from usphilia.com a stump auction price realization guide. It is Scott 203 the special printing of andrew jackson. When I look at my color chart my stamp does not match vermilion or orange vermilion (which I believe is another color of this stamp.) Does it look like these two colors match up on these photos when side by side? Is there anything else to look for when indentifying a special printing stamp?

I receied the stamp with a collection which was started in 1909.

The color is the least of it. It's the fact that the paper is different, the perfs are different, the impression is different.

I thought the paper the stamp is supposed to be on is soft porous paper. Now the perforation being different is something that I didn't know. I will do more research. Unless you can give me more help.

I did my research if it was a 183 it would be on soft porous paper which the 203 is also printed on. The perforations is 12 for both stamps. My stamp is on soft porous paper and is perforated 12. It wasn't scissor cut perforation.

There is more to paper then simple words; not all "soft porous paper" is identical. If you actually saw them together you would see the difference. Special printings paper is whiter, and not "yellowish". And because they are not identical papers, the perforations do not look identical either, even though they gauge the same. They are not as cleanly cut, and have a more crude look to them. And the impression of special printings are VERY sharp, with strong lines and lettering, not the relatively muddy impressions of the regular stamps. Again, if you saw them side by side all these differences would be obvious.