Originally Posted by
coinnut
Hey Tony, some nice older stamps. One thing that you have to look out for is the fact that some stamps may be placed in the wrong place. The album you have shows a lot of varieties, but not all of them. So stamps can be placed in the wrong location. Stamps lose value quickly if they are hinged, not centered, (especially if the image is cut by the perforations), heavily canceled, straight edged (like your 2 cent) and if some of the perforations are missing or very short (like the 4 cent grant). The first two stamps are nice and there may be varieties of each. I don't have my catalog handy, but there are color variations, perforation counts, and even secret marks, grills etc... on certain issues. Usually when someone shows me there stamps, you get the ones from the 1940 & 50's and they say they are "REAL OLD" :lol: Yours actually are real old. Nice collection Tony.