| Stamps Scott #205-218 |  Top |
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Scott #205 Brown [1882 5c brown shades James A. Garfield] This is the Scott-listed "brown" color of this stamp; not yellow brown or gray brown. Mint, original gum, heavy hinge remnant, with VF centering, but with a corner crease (only visible from the back). The "blind" perforation tooth on the right side is a variety, not a defect. Wonderful appearance with great color. Philatelic trivia: This memorial stamp was intended to be issued in black, as was the Lincoln memorial stamp, but when the design was shown to Mrs. Garfield, she rejected the black color in favor of brown. A handsome example of a stamp that is scarce in Mint condition, at a very reasonable price. Undervalued, in my opinion, in Mint condition. (Scott 2025 $240.) ACTUAL item. |
69.00 |
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Scott #205 [1882 5c brown James A. Garfield] This is the Scott-listed "brown" color of this stamp; not yellow brown or gray brown. Mint, no gum, with Fine+ centering, but with a pulled perforation at bottom right. Nice overall appearance and great color. Philatelic trivia: This memorial stamp was intended to be issued in black, as was the Lincoln memorial stamp, but when the design was shown to Mrs. Garfield, she rejected the black color in favor of brown. Very low price. A "workhorse" stamp that is surprisingly hard to find (and is undervalued, in my opinion) in Mint condition. (Scott 2024 value $90 without gum [and $240 with gum].) ACTUAL item. |
29.00 |
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Scott #205 [1882 5c brown James A. Garfield] This is the Scott-listed "gray brown" color of this stamp. Used with Fine centering and a extremely light manuscript cancellation. The cancel is so light that the previous owner thought this stamp was not canceled. Unusually crisp engraving impression. ACTUAL item. |
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9.00 |
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Scott #206 [1881 1c gray blue Franklin] Mint, no gum, with F-VF centering. A very nice example of the gray blue color that leans toward the blue end of the range. Excellent perforations and fresh appearance. (Scott 2024 value for no gum is $25, however, this example looks much nicer than most.) ACTUAL item. |
25.00 |
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Scott #206 Slate Blue [1881 1c blue shades Franklin] Mint, expertly regummed (and extremely lightly hinged), with F-VF centering. A beautiful example and so carefully regummed that most people would not be able to detect it. A very nice-looking example of the slate blue color and with thin white paper. Excellent perforations and very fresh appearance. A very handsome example, at a very low price. (Scott 2025 value $75.) ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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Scott #207 [1881 3c blue green Washington] HORIZONTAL PAIR, Mint with F-VF centering. This is "never hinged" but with gum disturbances so priced as hinged. There is a small toned spot in the central margin, the right stamp has a tiny inclusion speck in the top margin, and there is very slight gum creasing. The left stamp of the pair is a left margin example, with natural straight edge on left, from the left column of the right sheet. Printed in sheets of 200 and divided into two side-by-side panes of 100 (10 x 10) by cutting, resulting in natural straight edges. There is an arrow in the top and bottom margin (both in most or all Scott #134-218 issues), that is very close to the top or bottom of the stamp design, thus at least the tip of the arrow is usually visible on stamps in those positions. A tiny vertical guideline extends only 2 mm from the tip of the arrow. Examples with a large portion of the arrow are more unusual and in high demand. There are SHEET margins at left and right, resulting in PANE margins at left OR right, the other side of the pane being a straight-edge. Only a maximum of four stamps, and usually only two stamps, out of each 200-stamp printer SHEET can show the arrow position. Only 20 stamps out of every 200-stamp printer SHEET had the natural straight edge; 10 on the right side of the left 100-stamp PANE and 10 on the left side of the right 100-stamp PANE. Examples with the straight edge on right or left are now hard to find (most were used for postage rather than going into collections; and of those that remained, in the last 50 years many -- at least of Mint stamps -- have been reperforated to remove the straight edge). In the case of Used stamps with straight edges of this often-inexpensive time period, many (most?) were discarded by collectors before their relative scarcity was understood. I think that collecting the guideline and straight-edge positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Despite the faults, this is an attractive and unusual 19th Century multiple and position piece. (Scott 2025 value $180 for a Mint Hinged pair.) ACTUAL item. |
29.00 |
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Scott #208 [1881 6c rose Lincoln] Mint, hinge remnant, with Ave/Fine centering and rich color. A reasonable example of a very scarce stamp at a great price. (Scott 2025 $825.) ACTUAL item. |
339.00 |
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Scott #208 [1881 6c rose Lincoln] Used with VF centering, but XF overall appearance. Well centered with four large margins. Bold Numeral 4 cancel. "Hidden" crease ending in small tear at top, but looks great! (Scott 2025 $120.) ACTUAL item. |
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24.00 |
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Scott #210 [1883 2c red brown Washington] Mint hinged with Fine centering, but with natural gum inclusion. A very reasonable looking Mint example at a very low price! (Scott 2025 $45.) ACTUAL item. |
17.00 |
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Scott #210 [1883 2c red brown Washington] Mint, lightly hinged, with Fine centering. A very reasonable example at a low price. (Scott 2025 $45.) ACTUAL item. |
19.00 |
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