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- May 6, 2012
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- white's BeachHunter 300/DFX
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The stamp pictured is a Scott 498 flat plate (19mm x 22mm) perf 11 (horiontal and vertical) issued in 1917-19 worth $0.25 used. I used an I-pad program called Juxtaposer to put your stamp in the background then overlay it with a known Scott 498....and it matches perfectly. Stamp collecting is like treasure hunting, and you were on the right track: several of the perf 11 Washington 1 cent stamps are extremely rare and run into the thousands of dollars. If you are interested in stamp collecting most public libraries have Scott catalogues, and there are wonderful articles about the early Washington and Franklin series of stamps on the internet. Good luck! View attachment 1202276