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Posted 04/01/2025   11:30 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add txstamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
stallzer - In case you weren't aware, your bottom 24c stamp is the "Scratch Under A" variety.

It has a Scott catalog listing, I believe under 70, 78, and probably other numbers for the stamp.

I "think" this link below will not be behind a paywall since its an old Chronicle article.
August 1991, Whole Number 151.
Article: Discovery of a New Plate Variety on the 1867 Grilled Issue:
"Scratch under 'A' of 'POSTAGE'" on the 24¢ "F" Grill, Scott No. 99
Author(s): Jerome S. Wagshal

https://chronicle.uspcs.org/pdf/Chr...51/17821.pdf

I have trained my eye to look for these through the years. I have not found many, although I have discovered a few. Now yours. They aren't super common.
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Posted 04/01/2025   1:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for that Txstamp. I have never heard of it and never noticed it.

Interesting article. Wonder if the case is scarcity or lack of study, or both.
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Posted 04/01/2025   1:43 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add txstamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
My guess is both -- however, I have casually looked for them, and they aren't terribly easy to find, so you have a nice variety, regardless.
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Posted 04/06/2025   11:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Finally got to sit down with a catalog (I use Scott Specialized 2017) hoping to identify those 3 and figured the "scratch under A" would determine whether it was a 70 or 78. Both Scott 70 Red Lilac and Scott 78 Lilac (no other shades) have listings for the scratch.......

No value assigned but they acknowledge it's existence.
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Posted 04/09/2025   11:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add LB522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A page from my 1861 series collection. I love every design in this series. Seeing these colors together on a page is eye popping beauty to me!


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Posted 04/10/2025   12:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ZebraMan to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wowza, that is a beautiful page. There are some shades there I have never seen. Saving this page for future reference. Despite what people say about colors on computer screens, seeing them all together like that is very helpful.
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Posted 04/10/2025   04:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NicholasC to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Gorgeous stamps. Thank you for sharing!
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Posted 04/15/2025   8:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add LB522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you ZebraMan and NicholasC!

It definitely helps to put shades side-by-side. Here's a page from my off-cover reference collection for US#65 & A25 shades.

All are US#65 unless indicated otherwise
Green dot = has certificate naming the color shade
Yellow dot = recognized expert shade opinion
Month & Year = from McClung Chronicle table

Seems a crime to reduce a 34mb scan to 300kb, but you get the idea.



I have other cert'd shades on cover, but if you want to see them objectively, best to scan together and compare.
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Edited by LB522 - 04/15/2025 8:36 pm
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Posted 04/16/2025   4:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Captain Stamp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, LB522! This is a real treat for the eyes! This must have took you a lot of time to get all these stamps variations!
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