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Scott #Q1 Dark Rose [1913 1c Parcel Post, Postal Clerk Sorting Packages] Mint, extremely lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. This Dark Rose color seems to be different from the Scott-listed Carmine Rose; it is very distinctive and, in my experience, it is seldom encountered. A fresh and attractive example. ACTUAL item. |
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5.50 |
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249956 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q1 Carmine [1913 1c Parcel Post, Postal Clerk Sorting Packages] Mint hinged, with F-VF centering. Very fresh and attractive. ACTUAL item. |
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3.20 |
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249951 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q1 Dark Carmine [1913 1c Parcel Post, Postal Clerk Sorting Packages] Used with Fine centering and very light cancellation. Natural straight edge and guideline at right, from the right column of a left pane. Scott #Q1-12 were printed in sheets of 180 consisting of 10 columns and 18 rows, divided by cutting along guidelines into four panes of 45, consisting of 5 columns and 9 rows. The cutting often seems to have been done on one side or the other of the guideline, resulting in some straight edge examples bearing 100% of the guideline and its mate from the adjacent pane bearing no guideline. The guidelines terminate in arrows in the outer perforated pane margins (not normally on the stamps) on all four sides; arrow-margin examples are hard to find. Including the 4 corner positions at the center of the 180-sheet, 18 stamps out of every 180-sheet had the natural straight edge and guideline at the right (and same for at left). Including the 4 corner positions at the center of the 180-sheet, 10 stamps out of every 180-sheet had the natural straight edge and guideline at the top (and same for at bottom). Examples with a one straight edge, end especially corner straight edge positions, are now hard to find and mostly come from old collections. (Most straight edge and guideline stamps were used for postage rather than going into collections; and of those that remained, many have been reperforated to remove the straight edge.) I think that collecting the guideline and straight-edge positions is quite challenging and rewarding. An attractive example. This right straight edge / guideline position from the printer sheet represents only 16 out of 180 stamps printed, but far fewer than that can still exist today. ACTUAL item. |
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4.00 |
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249578 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q3 [1913 3c Carmine Rose Parcel Post, Railway Clerk] NEVER HINGED, original gum, with F-VF centering. Wonderful color with extremely crisp and detailed, proof-like, engraving impression. Nice NH examples of this stamp can be hard to find. This stamp is also often sought by railway thematic collectors. (Scott 2025 NH value $24.) ACTUAL item. |
18.00 |
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Scott #Q3 [1913 3c Carmine Rose Parcel Post, Railway Clerk] Used with Average centering and an almost complete boxed "MART, / TEX." (Texas) parcel post cancellation. I would not normally feature this stamp with this centering, however, complete boxed cancellations even from large cities can be hard to find, but from a tiny place like Mart, Texas, it must be "rare". According to the Texas Historical Association website, the population of Mart, in 1914 (a year after this stamp was issued), was about 3,000. I suspect that this example will be greatly appreciated by a Texas postmark collector! ACTUAL item. |
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8.00 |
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253375 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q5 [1913 5c carmine rose Parcel Post, Mail Train] Mint, hinge remnant, with F-VF centering. Fresh and bright. An attractive example of a classic locomotive stamp. (Scott 2023 $22.50.) ACTUAL item. |
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14.90 |
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228681 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q5 [1913 5c carmine rose Parcel Post, Mail Train] Mint with Fine centering. Disturbed gum, but fresh appearance. Very low price. (Scott 2023 $22.50.) ACTUAL item. |
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4.90 |
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Scott #Q6 [1913 10c carmine rose Parcel Post, Steamships] NEVER HINGED with Fine centering. Wonderfully fresh. (Scott 2023 $90.) ACTUAL item. |
44.00 |
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249665 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q6 Carmine [1913 10c (shades) Parcel Post, Steamships] NEVER HINGED with Average-Fine centering (perforations on left just barely touch frameline). Wonderfully fresh with pristine original (of course) gum, excellent perforations, and intense color. While better centering would certainly be preferable, the price is very reasonable. (Scott 2025 NH value $90 for "normal VF".) ACTUAL item. |
29.00 |
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249668 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #Q7 Carmine [1913 15c (shades) Parcel Post, Auto Service] Used with Fine centering, but with an unusual repeating-roller style of cancellation (possible a pre-cancel?). I do not know if the cancellation is "scarce" or "common", but I have only seen a few examples of the style of cancellation on parcel post stamps. ACTUAL item. |
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7.75 |
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