Does This Stamp Fit To Be Labeled As #203?

I don't know how a scarlet vermillion should look like but this stamp possess characteristics that what #203 have. Even its clear as the sky at the back, no gum(not even any traces).So, anyone can elaborate more that might shed some light?

OMG another extremely rare stamp from OP.

Another special printing stamp, with a nice postal cancellation ....

This is NOT a special printing. I suggest that you do some research on them instead of constantly posting stamps which have zero chance of ever being one.

First of all I would like to thank NSK for thinking that my stamp might be one of the special printing type of stamp that everyone's dreaming about....bless you my friend...
But one thing that seems to be lacking here is the feelings of"community", is not there anymore...because here, when you are at the top of the tree, you become proud & arrogant ..especially when you hit a ratio of 2.0 per day of contributing post...Can I ask you revcollector-( in my country ppl who collect revenue is mean), Have you ever been to Malaysia ??Have you ever studied their knowledge of stamps collecting, especially on other countries stamps ???Have you ever considered on how their access of resources for stamp collecting is very limited??Just to let you know , our resources/awareness or maturity is not even on par with the infant stage...not like you, who live in NEW YORK, USA...and here you are telling me to do my research first...i m doing my research! Right here in" stamp community "!! because today I have a lot of free time(usuallyi don't have)...i don't get to do this everyday..and I thought here is the place where I can build & gain my knowledge....but reality check, its not,....its the place for people who are proud of the accumulation of total post(not all but it seems like that)....it's SAD but true, and sad for people like me who seek for knowledge.
I know knowledge is power but don't abused your power until you don't realized that you once also started from zero...your judgment of people is not fair & exceed the boundaries of expectations especially in access of resources. So, I thank you very much for the "hospitality " that been rendered here on the few posts that I have posted, this is my final post, tq.

This is sad. Daybrian asks for help and receives shade instead. Our community should do better

The 'feeling of community' is sucked out of the community when someone posts, almost exclusively, and frequently to ask people if a run-of-the-mill stamp is an extremely rare stamp; picking up on indicators that confirm the hope, but ignoring indicators that it cannot be the stamp; not providing any details; not making clear why it would be the rare one and not the common one; posts pictures with a measure that do not show the measured value, or, clearly, is being used incorrectly.

This is not the first of this type of posts in the last few days. Also, the call for more details has been made time and again.

This is good old-fashioned treasure hunting. It is a one-way street and has nothing to do with community.

Hi NSK,

I fully understand your comments. However, you do not have to respond to any posted question. Bite your tongue, ignore it and let someone, who is not burnt out from these constant postings, to provide support. It may be that no response is ever given as everyone in the community feels like you do. But someone might reply with support.

OP wrote:


Umm, NSK was using words that seem to sound like agreement, but is actually a complete disagreement with your assumption. We call it sarcasm.

I personally think we can give you better comments if you give us better SCANS ... not photos. We need to see the details of the stamp, and then some of us will reply back showing you what in your SCAN provides definite proof or disclaims your assumption of authenticity.

Also, as has been stated in some different ways, the probability of you having something worth many thousands of dollars is very, very, very low. So, please start with the assumption that you do NOT have an expensive stamp by seeing if your stamp fits the criteria for the less expensive ones. If you find that it matches everything for that less expensive one, then it is NOT the expensive one, so don't ask for us to confirm your claim without PROOF that something on your stamp is pointing to the fact that it COULD be the expensive one. One way of providing a semblance of proof is by providing SCANS of two stamps side-by-side (taken at the same time), showing us a normal stamp with the one you believe is a rarity, and then circling or otherwise pointing to the feature that makes you believe it is that rarity.

Also, please figure out how to use the SEARCH function on this forum. If you type in a few keywords, you will probably find a similar claim by someone else on the exact same question that you have. You can then read through that thread to understand how the community attempted to help that person work their way to the correct answer. You may not like what they recommended, but that is your choice. If you disagree, then the best way of continuing the discussion is, again, by providing some type of PROOF as to why you believe the community is wrong. I would think by different SCANS or showing how a different forum came up with a different reasoning on the same issue.

So, although you point out that most of us haven't been to Malaysia to understand how some of the systems work there, you have to understand that most of the members of this community have been involved with stamp collections and collectors for many, many years and have heard almost all types of questions and claims. These people are from North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, etc., so they have some of the same documentation problems that you have. They can sometimes give you a very quick answer based on the condition, color, cancellation, perforation rate, or something else that they have seen many times. At other times, they may want a different type of SCAN ... maybe even the back of the stamp, to help with their further comments. Some in this community may also want to help you to help yourself, by providing just enough hints so that you will do he rest of the research to find the answer yourself.

So, back to the beginning ... always assume you have a common stamp before just asking this community to agree that it is a rarity. Show us SCANS as to why you think the way you do.

You may detect a trend in my comments. The word SCAN means to use a flat bed SCANNER rather that your phone. Anything 300 dpi or higher will help us.

Good luck.

Dev, 2 things here:
I mentioned to you the other day when you were hoping that you had a 211B that with the Special Printings, the color really didn't make as much of an identification point as the impression. The stamps in your images all have the same impression so there's no way that any of them could be the 203 that you're looking for. Sometimes we get frustrated when people who are asking questions don't listen to what we have to say.

Also, if you have a stamp that is worth thousands of dollars as you think it might be, you should not handle it with your hands. You should use stamp tongs or in some places they are called stamp tweezers.

Hope this is helpful to you.Ray