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United States: Stamps: Scott #331-366: 1908-1909 Washington-Franklin Perf 12 Double-Line Watermark Issues

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Scott #331-366: 1908-1909 Washington-Franklin Perf 12 Double-Line Watermark Issues

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260844

Scott #331 [1908 ONE CENT green Franklin, Perforated 12, Double Line Watermark] NEVER HINGED with Superb centering. Huge balanced margins on top and bottom, and equal margins on left and right. Wonderfully fresh and bright. (Scott 2022 value for XF/90 $60, XF-Superb/95 $170, and Superb/98 $600.)

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75.00

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249186

Scott #331 [1908 1c green Franklin, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perforation 12] Bottom margin 3-strip with Bureau imprint and plate #5079. Interesting column spacing combination: 3 mm between left/center stamps and 2 mm between center/right stamps. This spacing experiment (to combat paper shrinkage) is also denoted by the "open star" in front of the plate number. Mint with Fine / VF centering; Left and right stamps NH; center stamp hinge remnant. Nice appearance and strong perforations. (If this were a full plate block of six, the Scott 2025 Hinged value would be $95.)

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39.00

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249185

Scott #331 [1908 1c green Franklin, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perforation 12] Bottom margin 3-strip with Bureau imprint and plate #5166. Interesting column spacing combination: 2 mm between left/center stamps and 3 mm between center/right stamps. This spacing experiment (to combat paper shrinkage) is also denoted by the "open star" in front of the plate number. Mint with Fine centering; Left stamp NH, center stamp hinge remnant, right stamp with a short perf and a small thin spot. Nice appearance. (If this were a full plate block of six, the Scott 2025 Hinged value would be $95.)

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29.00

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249187

Scott #332 [1908 2c carmine Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perforation 12] Bottom margin 3-strip with Bureau imprint and plate #5176. Interesting column spacing: 3 mm between all three stamps. This spacing experiment (to combat paper shrinkage) is also denoted by the "open star" in front of the plate number. Mint with Fine / F-VF centering. The left and center stamps have a hinge remnant; the right stamp is NH; the center and right stamps have a crease. Nice appearance and strong perforations. (If this were a full plate block of six, the Scott 2025 Hinged value would be $85.)

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24.00

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244596

Scott #334 [1908 4c brown Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Mint, lightly hinged, with XF centering. An interesting variety showing a "pale impression" without the usual amount of detail. Very fresh and attractive! Nice centered examples of this 4-cent stamp are surprisingly hard to find. (Scott 2022 $35.00 for VF; Scott 2021 graded value for XF/90 is $52.50.)

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40.00

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244598

Scott #334 [1908 4c brown Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Used with XF-Superb centering and JUMBO MARGINS. Neat machine cancellation. An exceptional example of a stamp that is usually poorly centered and with small, variable margins. Ordinary examples of this stamp are common, but superlative examples such as this are seldom offered. This is, by far, the nicest Used example of this stamp that I have had in 48 years. (Scott 2021 graded value is $110.00 for XF-Superb/95, however that does not reflect the premium for JUMBO examples.)

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79.00

228513

Scott #335 [1908 5c blue Washington, Perforation 12, Double Line Watermark] BLOCK OF FOUR with Plate Number 4973 and Partial Imprint. Mint F-VF. Top pair hinged. Bottom pair NH (right stamp has gum skip; valued as hinged). A couple of minor perf separations. Very pretty! Individual break up value is around $175, but blocks are much scarcer than that. (Scott 2022 value as the four singles $245.)

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149.00

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244618

Scott #335 [1908 5c blue Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Used with XF centering and remarkably large margins all around -- almost deserving of the rare "jumbo" moniker. Neat wavy-lines cancellation. An outstanding example of a workhorse stamp that is seldom offered Used with such nice centering and such large margins. The nicest Used example I can recall having in a very long time! (Scott 2021 graded value for XF/90 is $27.50.)

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22.00

244623

Scott #336 [1909 6c orange Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Mint, with F-VF centering, with heavy hinge remnant. Bright, intense color. An attractive example of a stamp that can often appear either pale or with the orange ink oxidized and darkened. (Scott 2022 $62.50.)

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24.00

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244626

Scott #336 [1909 6c orange Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Used with XF centering and JUMBO margins. Fairly neat town cancellation, probably (PHILA)DELPHI(A). This 6 cent stamp normally has small- or medium-sized margins -- large margined example are unusual and JUMBO margins are "rare". This is by far the largest example I have had in 48 years. (Scott does not value JUMBO examples, but the 2021 graded value for XF/90 with normal margins is $45 -- this example is much, much scarcer!)

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55.00

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243362

Scott #337 [1908 8c olive green Washington, Perf 12, Double Line Watermark] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. A wonderfully fresh and bright example accompanied by a PHOTOCOPY of the 2005 Philatelic Foundation certificate of the 4-block from which this upper right stamp was removed. (Though photocopies of certificates are not valid certificates, in this case I do not believe that this stamp requires a certificate on its own. However, if you wish to yourself obtain a new certificate, of course I guarantee the stamp to be as described. If the new certificate gives a lower opinion, upon return to me of the stamp and the new certificate, I will provide a full refund and pay for the new certificate.) A very pretty example, with wonderfully sharp engraving, of a stamp that is surprisingly hard to find in NH and/or with nice centering. (Scott 2021 value $105 for NH.)

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95.00

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248220

Scott #339 [1909 13c blue green Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright, with perfect perforations and gum. This is from a freshly broken block. Looks great! (Scott 2024 $95.)

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74.00

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248221

Scott #339 [1909 13c blue green Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] NEVER HINGED with Fine+ centering. Wonderfully fresh and bright, with perfect perforations and gum. This is from a freshly broken block. Looks great! (Scott 2024 $95.)

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59.00

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258057

Scott #340 [1909 15c ultramarine Washington, Perforation 12, Double Line Watermark] Bottom margin STRIP OF THREE with plate number 4954 and complete imprint. Mint with Fine/F-VF centering. Middle stamp hinged; other two NH, one with natural gum skip. Exceptionally fresh and bright. (Scott 2022 value as the three singles $387.50, but nice plate number strips are much scarcer than that.) From the J.A. Farrington collection.

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195.00

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244651

Scott #341 [1909 50c violet Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Mint, lightly hinged, with Fine+ centering. One slightly shorter perforation tooth. Wonderfully fresh appearance with strong color. A very nice example of a very scarce stamp. (Scott 2022 $275.)

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179.00

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244652

Scott #341 [1909 50c violet Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Mint with Fine centering, moderate hinge remnant. Very fresh appearance with nice color. A pretty example of a very scarce stamp. (Scott 2022 $275.)

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174.00

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244655

Scott #341 [1909 50c violet Washington, Sheet Stamp, Watermark Double Line, Perf 12] Used with F-VF centering. Dark color for this stamp. (Scott 2022 $20 for normal color.)

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14.00

245640

Scott #343 [1908 ONE CENT Franklin, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint, hinged, horizontal PAIR (2mm spacing) with XF centering and very large margins. Dark Green, very fresh and attractive appearance.

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11.00

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245638

Scott #343 [1908 ONE CENT Franklin, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint, lightly hinged, horizontal PAIR (2mm spacing) with VF centering. An unusual "light print" (light inking) resulting in a "pale head" variety and remarkably clear and crisp engraving impression.

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12.50

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245634

Scott #343 [1908 ONE CENT Franklin, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint, no gum, XF centered top margin example with printers imprint. Very fresh appearance.

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4.50

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245653

Scott #344 [1908 TWO CENTS Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] VERTICAL PAIR WITH GUIDELINE BETWEEN, Mint NEVER HINGED, with VF centering and four ample to large margins. Horizontal guideline from between upper and lower panes. The printer sheets and panes of the 1-15 cent stamps of this issue all had the same format: The printer sheet of 400 was vertically and horizontally divided, along central guidelines, into four panes of 100. 18 such pairs could exist from a sheet of 400 stamps, however in my experience very few VERTICAL PAIR with horizontal guideline must have been saved; such would have been saved from the full panes of 400 before they were broken up. I think that collecting guideline (and straight-edge on perforated stamps) positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Regardless of all that, examples with the guidelines are surprisingly hard to find. An attractive example. (Scott 2022 $18.00, as two singles, for NH, not taking into account the scarcity of the guideline -- vertical pairs with guideline such as this are much scarcer.)

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27.50

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245646

Scott #344 [1908 TWO CENTS Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint hinged, with VF centering and four ample margins. Attractive.

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4.50

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245654

Scott #344 [1908 TWO CENTS Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint, hinged, with VF centering and four large margins. Top guideline example from one of the lower panes. This is from the top row of one of the lower panes. The printer sheets and panes of the 1-15 cent stamps of this issue all had the same format: The printer sheet of 400 was vertically and horizontally divided, along central guidelines, into four panes of 100. 18 stamps of 400 had a guideline at the top (from lower panes) and another 18 at bottom (from upper panes). Four corner positions with corner-adjacent guidelines also exist. Despite this respective 4.5% of production, examples with a top or bottom guideline are now quite hard to find (most were used for postage rather than going into collections). I think that collecting guideline (and straight-edges on perforated stamps) positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Regardless of all that, examples with the guidelines are surprisingly hard to find. An attractive example. (Scott 2022 $5.50 for hinged, not taking into account the scarcity of the guideline.)

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7.00

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245650

Scott #344 [1908 TWO CENTS Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint, with hinge remnant, left margin horizontal pair with VF centering and large margins. Attractive.

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9.00

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245651

Scott #344 [1908 TWO CENTS Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Mint, with hinge remnant, partial top margin horizontal pair with VF centering and ample to large margins. Attractive.

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9.00

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248737

Scott #344 [1908 TWO CENTS Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] Bottom PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF SIX, Plate #5141. Mint hinged (two stamps NH), VF with ample to large margins. Attractive with bright color. (Scott 2024 $70.)

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55.00

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245720

Scott #345 [1909 3c Washington, Type I, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering and four ample to large margins. Top guideline example from one of the upper panes. This is from the top row of one of the lower panes. The printer sheets and panes of the 1-15 cent stamps of this issue all had the same format: The printer sheet of 400 was vertically and horizontally divided, along central guidelines, into four panes of 100. 18 stamps of 400 had a guideline at the top (from lower panes) and another 18 at bottom (from upper panes). Four corner positions with corner-adjacent guidelines also exist. Despite this respective 4.5% of production, examples with a top or bottom guideline are now quite hard to find (most were used for postage rather than going into collections). I think that collecting guideline (and straight-edges on perforated stamps) positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Regardless of all that, examples with the guidelines are surprisingly hard to find. An attractive example. (Scott 2022 $19 for normal NH VF, not taking into account the scarcity of the guideline.)

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20.00

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245669

Scott #346 [1909 4c Washington, Imperforate, Double Line Watermark] NEVER HINGED, with VF centering and four ample margins. Bottom guideline example from one of the upper panes. The bottom margin is cut at a slight angle, thus only about one-third of the guideline is visible (the guideline could be cut off and this would still be a VF stamp). This is from the bottom row of one of the upper panes. The printer sheets and panes of the 1-15 cent stamps of this issue all had the same format: The printer sheet of 400 was vertically and horizontally divided, along central guidelines, into four panes of 100. 18 stamps of 400 had a guideline at the top (from lower panes) and another 18 at bottom (from upper panes). Four corner positions with corner-adjacent guidelines also exist. Despite this respective 4.5% of production, examples with a top or bottom guideline are now quite hard to find (most were used for postage rather than going into collections). I think that collecting guideline (and straight-edges on perforated stamps) positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Regardless of all that, examples with the guidelines are surprisingly hard to find. An attractive example. (Scott 2022 $25 for NH, not taking into account the scarcity of the guideline.)

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23.00

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245672

Scott #348 [1908 ONE CENT green Franklin, Coil Perforation 12 horizontally, Double Line Watermark] Mint PAIR with F-VF centering. Hinged at top, plus large hinge (remnant) intentionally placed at middle to reinforce the center perforations (these pairs are typically fragile because of the perforation 12), some adhesions on gum from an album page, and tiny thin spot at very bottom. Reasonably nice looking from the front and priced very low. Genuine example of a scarce coil issue. (Scott 2022 value $110 for hinged pair.)

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36.00

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266190

Scott #348, 1908 1c green Franklin coil line pair. Mint XF or better. Large even margins all around both stamps. Lightly hinged. (Scott 2017 $300 for VF and $435 for XF!)

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350.00

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