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Last seen: Oct 27, 2026
@doublea the stamp’s image presented upon your Post is: Armenia (Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia to be specific) Scott # 300, Unwatermarked, Pe…
Dagnabbit! My apologies @bahador37 it appears the first Reply Post is incomplete; I may have accidently deleted a portion of my write up with relatio…
I’m back. Again, my apologies, I am unable to locate any information on the Designers and Printers of the remaining five stamps upon your initial Pos…
I’m back to tackle the rest. Unfortunately, I am unable to locate any information on The Designers and Printers of the remaining stamps upon your ini…
@bahador37 Greetings and welcome to the Stamp Collectors community. My apologies for not piping in sooner to your original Post, I was a tad busy enj…
@juan Not a problem whatsoever. Happy to help a fellow collector.
@juan Not a problem whatsoever. Happy to help a fellow collector.
@juan My apologies for not responding sooner, at the time of your Post I was preparing for retirement. Therefore, I was a tad preoccupied. The fir…
@ryanjoneson Thank you More will come soon.
@41ziggs My apologies for not responding sooner, at the time of your Post I was preparing to go onto retirement, otherwise I would have replied forthw…
As @ryanjoneson stated, these are examples of specimen stamps. Postage Stamps or Postal Stationary Indicium overprinted with the word “SPECIMEN” are…
EUREKA! I have found the stamp upon your Post’s image… It is France Scott # 538 – CV used is .25 cents as noted upon Scott Standard Postage Stam…
Just found this book on ebay for “$32.75 0r Best Offer” if anyone is interested – see link below… How To Detect Damaged, Altered, And Repaired Sta…
You have US Scott # 1193, Perf. 11 issued February 20, 1962. According to Scott Specialized Catalogue of Stamps and Covers 2025 the Catalog Values f…
I notice you have numerous Precancels. These are the stamps with the City & States emblazoned between two black bars. I personally seek such i…
I have used the Camera function of Google Translate App. on my Cellphone which usually helps me. I was stymied by an Albanian Stamp thinking it was …
Scott Catalog can be frustrating at times, such as retiring various numbers which once were, and numbering changes. This also goes with their Catalog…
You may wish to utilize this site’s Stamp Identification – Very helpful and easy to use. Or you can use the Free Catalog offered by Mystic Stamp Com…
I recommend checking out the website ‘Stamp Smarter” to identify each one. There are numerous varieties within each type your images show.
These Newspaper & Periodical Stamps shown upon your post are as follows… The 5 cents with White Border can either be US Scott # PR4, Catalog V…
The stamp upon your post is… Bavaria Scott # 60; Watermark 95h, perf. 14 x 14.5; Issued in the year 1900. 2026 Scott Catalog Value for a used co…
I am a bit stymied on this one, even after checking my Yvert et Tellier catalogs, I am still perplexed. Possibly a revenue issue, though the design …
It has been sometime since I have posted upon this forum – I’ve been enjoying my recent retirement. Now to your Mystery Stamp… The specific stam…
Nice, this is one of the only times when getting “Screwed” is a good thing.
I should buy myself a scanner or add it to my list to send to Santa. The Holidays are encroaching upon us.
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 s…
Unfortunately the likelihood your inherited collection contains low or no real value items is probable since the collection was started some time in 1…
@zuzu You have the eyes of a hawk – impressive flyspecking there. Nice find.
I thought, my eyes were going fuzzy again. Nice block.
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Nice, how are you storing it? Appears (and definitely is) to be larger then a standard binder page?
@thephilatelicrelic – Thank you very much I shall have to take another hard look at my Scott Specialized Catalogue. It appears this definition has b…
@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 …
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 detai…
It is Scott # 1075 issued on April 28, 1956, flat plate printing, Imperforated souvenir sheet, 2025 CV $1.20 (MNH = mint not hinged). Unfortunately, …
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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 f…
@zuzu Thank you – makes sense. @thephilatelicrelic Thank you, however I do not see the link you reference as a current summary from Charlie Buck &am…
This string is quite interesting. Can anyone here enlighten me as to how images (faint as they are) from one design find their way onto another tota…
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.
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The George Washington 2 cent stamp is from the US Fourth Bureau Issues, Scott # 554 carmine Perf 11 issued on January 15th, 1923; with an Average cent…
Nice beginner’s collection of US stamp issues. Unfortunately, these are of little to no real value. Some show various centering & condition iss…
