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Posted 05/16/2025   1:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add serace to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello everyone, I'm new here. I inherited an album of stamps as a gift from my grandpa and saw this stamp that looked special. I think it might be the Scott #596. Could you help me further?

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serace



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Posted 05/16/2025   2:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add drkohler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is a classic example that appears weekly on stamp websites. "I found a rare Scott 596".
In all cases it turns out to be either Scott 552 or 632.
The back of the stamps will tell you if it's a Scott 552 (or generally, a flat plate stamp). Hence one should always include a scan of the back of the stamp.

Here are a few thoughts while looking at your three images:
1. The first image shows nothing.
2. The third image shows nothing.
3. All images are out of focus and show lens distortion.
Lens distortion is the efect that rectangles turn into odd shaped things because a cell phone camera is just not suitable for photographing stamps.
4. The first thing you do is get a precision perforation gauge and measure the horz and vert. perforations.
5. Light green stamps usually turn out to be Scott 632.
6. Use a graphics program to cut down your images. As is, they mostly show white areas of no interest to anyone.
7. Using a ruler to measure the size of the vignette is problematic. We do not know if your ruler is precise or how thick it is. It is also badly aligned with the stamp. It looks like the vignette starts around -0.8mm and goes to around 18.5mm (guessing without knowing the thickness of the ruler). Note: when placing a ruler on a stamp, the scale should always be in contact with the stamp and not on top. This way, you can eliminate parallax error measurements.

Most points gravitate to your stamp being Scott 632.
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Posted 05/16/2025   3:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littbarski to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
hello serace,

yes, I can help you a bit further.
Scott 596 should be perforated 11 on all 4 sides, measured with a perforation gauge. Perhaps you have a gauge. If not, you could search for a similar stamp that matches exactly the top of this stamp and then compare to the side, should also match then at perf 11 - but probably will not :).
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Posted 05/16/2025   3:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add serace to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hello again, attached are better photos. I'm sorry that the previous photos were so bad. I will try to find such a perforation gauge.
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serace


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Posted 05/16/2025   3:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add serace to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
By the way, thank you very much for your efforts. :)
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Posted 05/16/2025   3:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littbarski to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Just try to find a stamp that looks like that and compare the top and then the side.
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Posted 05/17/2025   1:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Philazilla to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If you want to learn about stamps, folks are giving you good advice here. If you just want to know if you have a 596 or 594, the answer is a simple, "no."
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