I think what I have here is from Egypt and is a Scott #11 or #11a. The difference is in the color: #11 is said to be blue green; #11a is said to be yellow green.
What do you think (I'm leaning toward #11a)? Also, I don't have current catalog value, can you help with that info.?
In any event, I love the bulls eye cancel with a clear date of December 26, 1868.
Gibbons lists 3 colours and states that the Yellowish-Green was issued in July 1869. Which leaves Pale Blue-Green and Deep Blue-Green and the former fits the bill nicely I'd say.
Thanks for the help. I'll have to stop by my library and check out current catalog info. In this case a nice, clear cancel helped to narrow down the choices. In any event, for this particular stamp I don't think there's a wide variance in catalog value, no matter which color it ends up to be.
According to my 2008 Scott Catalog the value of 11 used is $11. 11a used is $17. That being said, next to 11 it says it was printed in 1869, and since yours is cancelled 1868, I'm leaning towards 11a.
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