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hblairh

23 Sep 2015
01:02:15pm

Can anyone help me with these three. I've been identifying stamps for 3 days...lol but having problems with these. The Canal Zone I don't have in my scotts guide.

Thanks in advance.

Blair

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www.pbase.com/hblairhowell/historical

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
03:41:33pm

re: Postage Due Help

The Canal Zone is Scott # J25 issued 1932-41 SCV .25 cents
The 2cent at top could be J30 No watermark & J32 also no watermark
Watermark 191 J39
Watermark 190 J46, all four are Deep Claret

The 5 cent J55 if perf 10
J64 if perf 11
Both are Carmine Rose

hblairh

23 Sep 2015
03:57:32pm

re: Postage Due Help

Thanks... How do I detect the watermark if present?

the 5c is perf 10 so J55.

Thanks again,
Blair

www.pbase.com/hblairhowell/historical

BobbyBarnhart

They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
23 Sep 2015
04:15:26pm

re: Postage Due Help

Blair

Here is a LINK to a site about Washington/Franklins, the watermark information is the same for postage dues.

If you need basic information on how to detect watermarks, CLICK HERE

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke"

www.bobbybarnhart.net

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
04:22:24pm

re: Postage Due Help

I use Lighter Fluid, it's a lot cheaper than Watermark fluid, in a black dish, you don't need much, a few drops will work, then lay the stamp on a clean piece of paper, do not use newspaper, I just use a piece of copy paper folded in half and gently blow on the stamp, the fluid evaporates in about 10-15 seconds, I do have a watermark tray made by Whitman, but a black dish or ashtray will also work, if you're using plastic test it first to make
sure you don't melt the plastic. Party Happy Hunting

hblairh

23 Sep 2015
04:48:43pm

re: Postage Due Help

Thanks Bobby! I tweeked a photo of the back of the stamp, playing with brightness and contrast and low and behold got this:

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Would that "U" be the watermark?

Thanks again,
Blair

www.pbase.com/hblairhowell/historical

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
06:08:48pm

re: Postage Due Help

Here's the two watermarks Image Not Found

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
06:21:42pm

re: Postage Due Help

"Thanks Bobby! I tweeked a photo of the back of the stamp, playing with brightness and contrast and low and behold got this:"

Try retroReveal.com

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
23 Sep 2015
11:46:38pm

re: Postage Due Help

I have used Isoprophenol Alcohol for fifty years.
It is less expensive than Lighter Fluid, available in supermarkets as Rubbing Alcohol, and I believe a little bit less explosive.
I buy as large (best price per ounce) a container as possible, usually a pint or so, and put enough in an empty Chloroseptic throat spray bottle to apply a squirt on the reverse of the stamp and uncover the watermark, if any, to view. Picked up and exposed to the ambient air the stamp dries in moments.

".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
24 Sep 2015
07:17:18am

re: Postage Due Help

Interesting about he squirt, Charlie. I never thought of that

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

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Jeredutt3

24 Sep 2015
10:38:37pm

re: Postage Due Help

That is a great idea !

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hblairh

23 Sep 2015
01:02:15pm

www.pbase.com/hblair ...

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
03:41:33pm

re: Postage Due Help

hblairh

23 Sep 2015
03:57:32pm

re: Postage Due Help

Thanks... How do I detect the watermark if present?

the 5c is perf 10 so J55.

Thanks again,
Blair

www.pbase.com/hblair ...

BobbyBarnhart

They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
23 Sep 2015
04:15:26pm

re: Postage Due Help

Blair

Here is a LINK to a site about Washington/Franklins, the watermark information is the same for postage dues.

If you need basic information on how to detect watermarks, CLICK HERE

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke"

www.bobbybarnhart.ne ...

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
04:22:24pm

re: Postage Due Help

hblairh

23 Sep 2015
04:48:43pm

re: Postage Due Help

Thanks Bobby! I tweeked a photo of the back of the stamp, playing with brightness and contrast and low and behold got this:

Image Not Found

Would that "U" be the watermark?

Thanks again,
Blair

www.pbase.com/hblair ...

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
06:08:48pm

re: Postage Due Help

Here's the two watermarks Image Not Found

pedroguy

23 Sep 2015
06:21:42pm

re: Postage Due Help

"Thanks Bobby! I tweeked a photo of the back of the stamp, playing with brightness and contrast and low and behold got this:"

Try retroReveal.com

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
23 Sep 2015
11:46:38pm

re: Postage Due Help

".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
24 Sep 2015
07:17:18am

re: Postage Due Help

Interesting about he squirt, Charlie. I never thought of that

"Save the USPS, buy stamps; save the hobby, use commemoratives"

juicyheads.com/link. ...

Jeredutt3
24 Sep 2015
10:38:37pm

re: Postage Due Help

That is a great idea !