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Help 10 Cents Stamp From 1923 Monroe

 
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Posted 04/01/2025   12:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Bluegalic to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Good morning,
I'm new to the world of stamps and I have questions about some of them, which I'll share with you later.
I'd like your help with the perforation of this stamp. Do you think it's 9 1/2 or 10? And if it's 9 1/2, could you give me some information because I can't find anything.
Thank you very much.


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Posted 04/02/2025   09:49 am  Show Profile Check 3193zd's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add 3193zd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
measure the top and side perfs as well
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Michael Darabaris
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Posted 04/02/2025   12:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
In short, your stamp is Scott 591, perf 10x10.

As for a longer answer, the choices you have are perf 11, perf 10, and perf 11x10.5
Scott and other catalogs could be more clear about this, but catalogs "round" perforation rates to the nearest 0.5 (or some to the nearest 0.1 or 0.25 depending on the issue and era). You have found such an example, where all of the "perf 10" U.S. stamps of the early 20th century gauge slightly less than 10. Nor will you find exact 11's. Find the best match and go forward. Your encounter also depends somewhat on whether your gauge is accurate (there are some which aren't). In many cases, it is equally easy to use a stamp of known rate as a gauge and eliminate the rounding effect.
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Posted 04/02/2025   12:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bluegalic to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply



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Posted 04/02/2025   1:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bluegalic to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you very much
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