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	R164r with Screw Heas Capture By zuzu 6 days ago \| Last Post: 5 days ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	Nice, this is one of the only times when getting "Screwed" is a good thing. 5 days ago By jblah… never seen hat kind of impression before. very cool. thanks for sharing! 6 days ago By Ryan … Bit of an odd capture, R164r with screw head capture, normally cut off when sheet was cut into panes at the printing facility. Not comon, but I would say not rare. 6 days ago By zuzu
	Admin Community Profile Reputation Badges Explained By Ryan Joneson 1 week ago \| Last Post: 1 week ago Forum Worldwide Stamp Talk
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	Admin Community Profile Reputation Badges Explained By Ryan Joneson 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
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	Double Transfers on the 1898 Series Revenue Stamps (Battleships) By zuzu 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	😆 👍 2 weeks ago By Ryan … I bought a flat bed scanner about 10 years ago, really like the ability to zoom in! 2 weeks ago By zuzu I should buy myself a scanner or add it to my list to send to Santa. The Holidays are encroaching upon us. 2 weeks ago By jblah… view all posts
	Rest of world stamp values By Trey1999 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum Worldwide Stamp Values
	This looks like a youth collection. Meaning a collector who put very little to no money into their collection. All common material with no value. 2 weeks ago By Ryan … Rest of world stamp values 3 weeks ago By Trey1…
	Inherited letters w rare? Stamps? By DonJoe 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	You might want to ID them, little bit easier as they are not watermarked, you never know what you could find. 2 weeks ago By zuzu @donjoe I found bunch of these at an estate sale I went to earlier this year. I used Google Lens to search for these. Ebay has these for price ranging from $2 to $2,000 each (I think the real value is closer to $2 :-)). Since you have these on Envelopes, they might be worth little more. I think I have about 40 of these (Similar ones)…Red G. Washington 2 Cents. If you are able to sell them for decent value, post it here, I might sell the ones I have….Good Luck…. 2 weeks ago By RSB_S… Here’s better pictures. I have other stamps but assumed these are the rarest ones. 2 weeks ago By DonJo…
	Ben Franklin one cent By marcbrownstamp 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	This is either Scott #331 or #374 in which both are fairly common. Yours looks like it's been through a rough time lol. It has $0 value. 2 weeks ago By Ryan … Ben Franklin one cent 2 weeks ago By marcb…
	530C triple impression By zuzu 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Talk
	@jblaha 🤣 2 weeks ago By Ryan … I thought, my eyes were going fuzzy again. Nice block. 3 weeks ago By jblah… Very interesting! 3 weeks ago By zuzu view all posts
	Large collection to sell By kemuhps 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum Albums & Supplies
	I should clarify- the collection has hundreds, if not thousands of stamps from the late 1800's through 1980 ish. I will add photos soon. 2 weeks ago By kemuh… Thank you- I will take some photos and post soon. I appreciate your response. 2 weeks ago By kemuh… Unfortunately the likelihood your inherited collection contains low or no real value items is probable since the collection was started some time in 1980s. But there have been some collections which prove the above to be wrong. Perhaps if you can submit some photos of a select few an loose assessment can be determined. 2 weeks ago By jblah…
	USA Series 1875 Revenue R152E on Part Bank Check Used By zuzu 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	Hi Good advice, I will try your suggestion. Thank you! 2 weeks ago By zuzu Have you tried "RetroReveal"? Link… I have had good results by uploading an image and running their program. It has help me in the past to see what can't necessarily be seen outright or is obscured by other markings. It is free to join & utilize. 2 weeks ago By jblah… Thanks for dropping by to see my used R152E used on part of a bank check. In this case the bank check was cancelled in 1880 in New Orleans, LA. The cancel is incomplete but reads Jan 3 (not sure it's really the 3rd,) 1880. It appears to be G. Dewood (but there might be one or two additional letter between G. & Dewood, but I'm unable to make them out.) See scans Comments? 2 weeks ago By zuzu
	Pane of R155 Series 1898 Revenue of the U.S.A. By zuzu 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	Nice, how are you storing it? Appears (and definitely is) to be larger then a standard binder page? 3 weeks ago By jblah… Thanks for stopping by to see my pane of R155 the provisional Revenue for series of 1898. Any questions? 3 weeks ago By zuzu
	Some stamps I think there might be a couple good ones in here most i k… By Draad 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	There's nothing inside of any of the letters. I can try to get some better pictures. There are a couple of coil stamps I thought might be good. There are condition issues with many unfortunately. Thanks for looking. 3 weeks ago By Draad Nice beginnings for a US collection, many appear to have condition issues thereby affecting the value. A few do pique some interest, if a more detailed images can be provided. But nothing which can make you feel like Scrooge McDuck diving into piles of gold. The mourning cover is quite nice though, is there an enclosure within? 3 weeks ago By jblah… Some stamps I think there might be a couple good ones in here most i know little about. 3 weeks ago By Draad
	R120 How I identifly foreign design (transfer). I've inclued a few sca… By zuzu 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	There is a book "Encyciopedia of Plate Varities on U. S. Bureau Printed Postage Stamps by Loran C. French" which shows a lot of plate varieties and what they look like. I knew Cloudy as we called him, had long talks about plate varieties I wish he was still with us. His book is the bible as far as I'm concerned. It's also a excellent education for me, you might like it. 3 weeks ago By zuzu @thephilatelicrelic – Thank you very much I shall have to take another hard look at my Scott Specialized Catalogue. It appears this definition has been at my fingertips all this time. 3 weeks ago By jblah… @zuzu pleasure. Reach out any time. C 3 weeks ago By theph… view all posts
	PSE or Crowe could not identify this proof By Ryan Joneson 2 years ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	@ryanjoneson – nice proof, quite pristine in appearance, I couldn't even venture a guess. I'd hold on to it, you never know if someone out there has an epiphany on it. I would bounce it off on the guys at USPCS, via their forum – USPCS — U.S. Philatelic Classics Society They have an awesome Philatelic Collective of individuals who may have an idea of what you have there. 3 weeks ago By jblah… Thanks for your response. I suppose it will live in the "O" of EFO collecting for now. 1 year ago By Ryan … I was just checking my Scott Specialized US to try and figure out what this could be. If it were on India paper, this would be a 70TC3. Now some India paper proofs come mounted on card (which would make a cut-down 70TC1ap or 70TC2b a possibility). It's not entirely crazy that someone might have done this, if the larger piece was toned or damaged in some way. But I'm sure you know what "India on card" looks like and so do the expertizers, so we can assume it's not that. So I'm just as mystified, except for being able to say it doesn't look fake, nor like a color changeling. The person who would have known what this is Richard Champagne (who is still listed online as an expertizer, but in fact passed away last year, at 97). 15 years ago (when I still lived in NYC and Richard still had a stamp show table) I'd bring any weirdo US stuff down to a show for him to look at. He always knew what I had. 1 year ago By erich…
	Value please By Towman369 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	It is Scott # 1075 issued on April 28, 1956, flat plate printing, Imperforated souvenir sheet, 2025 CV $1.20 (MNH = mint not hinged). Unfortunately, yours appears to be hinge mounted upon the page, thereby severely affecting this CV. 3 weeks ago By jblah… RE: Value please 3 weeks ago By Towma… Can you give me an estimated value for this stamp. Unused no damage. 3 weeks ago By Towma…
	Us stamp value By Towman369 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	No image seems to be attached to you post – Please attach so we can see it. 3 weeks ago By jblah… This is one of the many older stamps I have. Can you give me a value, and or point me in the direction I need to go. Thank you 3 weeks ago By Towma…
	Old Collection and Inherited By dkw1074 4 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	@jblaha Thanks for the reply, the issue is I really dont know what is of value, I have taken some pictures and did the ebay search with the images, and some come up with such variable pricing, as little as 1.00 and as much as 1000.00, what is a reputable way to get good feedback or value. The images is very small group, I would roughly say well over 1500 stamps maybe more than 2000, I just have not been able to work through them all. I appreciate your feedback. 3 weeks ago By dkw10… Nice gathering of stamps you have there. However, i do not see any of great value, though what you have shown is a good dive into the deep end of a fine start up collection. Hope your inspired to dive back into the hobby – its quite fulfilling. 3 weeks ago By jblah… Greetings, New to this forum, just located an old collection that my grandmother helped me with back the 70s and 80s and I kind of lost interest but she kept my books and her books with stamps back to the early 1900s, I inherited the collections that is vast with 80% used stamps and about 20% new stamps some still in sheets. I am having trouble finding someone local to help me assess the value of this collection and was hoping to get some help here to work through this. As I stated it is vast, about 3 books worth of stamp that have been hinged and about 10 envelopes of used and new stamps never hinged mix of new and used or cancelled stamps and 1 large folder full of new sheets of stamps. I have attached some images here to give an idea of the collection. Please let me know what you think and if anyone can tell me best resource to get value assessment for this collection. I can post or send more images if someone would be willing to assist me in this project. Appreciate the help in advance Dennis 4 weeks ago By dkw10…
	Stamp Value By KCherry1975 4 weeks ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	Thank you for all of the information! I greatly appreciate it. I have no interest in collecting, it was my grandfathers thing and most of his collection was destroyed in a fire. I do plan on selling what I have if possible. 4 weeks ago By KCher… @jblaha I have bunch of these also… Most of them are removed from the envelopes (some I removed them). They still look nice and fun to collect. I agree, most of these are hardly worth anything. What I found out over the past severals years and collecting stamps for 40 plus years, 99.999% of the stamps have no real value (you won't get rich). I have some Ben Franklin stamps issued more than 135 years ago and they have no real value…Just enjoy the collection. 4 weeks ago By RSB_S… My apologies, basically they are little to no real value. But as I had stated, they are a nice beginnings to a US collection if interested in such. 4 weeks ago By jblah… view all posts
	Curious on the values By Trey1999 4 weeks ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Values
	@jblaha I figured so. I do have some from other countries as well. Might just post an auction for all of them. Thank you 4 weeks ago By Trey1… Nice beginner's collection of US stamp issues. Unfortunately, these are of little to no real value. Some show various centering & condition issues. Hopefully they tickle your collecting interest. If not, maybe bestowing them upon a young one who may be interested in them. 4 weeks ago By jblah… Curious on the values 4 weeks ago By Trey1…
	R184 with Missing Surcharge By zuzu 4 weeks ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum United States Stamp Identification
	@zuzu A pleasure to E-Meet you Dave. Interesting and informative Revenue blog site – have placed it upon my Favs for continued visits. 4 weeks ago By jblah… Jblaha Thalmann had a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and Ladebburg was a banker in Germany! 4 weeks ago By zuzu Jblaha There is a blog/website called "1898Revenues" that you might be interested in. I've contributed alot of information there, double transfers, research on cancels. I'm David Thompson 4 weeks ago By zuzu view all posts
	Bayern 3 1876-1911 By jhalvorsen 4 weeks ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum Worldwide Stamp Values
	Bayern 3 from dates of 1876/1911. Estimate of value? 4 weeks ago By jhalv…