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Posted 02/02/2025   3:33 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Jayrobn42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi I got a postcard with a used 1911 one cent green stamp with franklin facing left. The post card itself is valuable and just looked up the stamp and found that some are selling for alot. Mine looks the exact same, the cancelation is really faint and the color is bright. Can someone drop some knowledge on me? Are these 2 stamps the same? I'm trying find the value any help will be appreciated. Thanks yall

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Posted 02/02/2025   4:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bobby De La Rue to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome Jayrobn42

Could we see the full postcard, front and back, please?

There's a lot of different 1 cent Franklins, but almost all of them have a catalogue value of less than a dollar.
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Posted 02/02/2025   4:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Your stamps are both either Scott # 331 or 374, depending of the watermark in the paper. Both are extremely common work-horse stamps of that era and are essentially worthless due to the vast supply which survives.
If there is any retail value, it is in the postcard or the cancel or the message.
Internet offering prices (i.e. like on ebay) mean nothing. It is actual sold prices that matter.
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Posted 02/02/2025   4:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jayrobn42 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the info. Here's the card, it's supposed to be rare I think, it's not mine it's my dads. I would like to know what you guys think. Thanks

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Posted 02/02/2025   6:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Parcelpostguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Underwood, WA received a post office in 1900 and remains open today. The message is unremarkable. I cannot address the somewhat wrinkled and creased photo as to being scare.
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Posted 02/02/2025   6:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Partime to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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it's supposed to be rare I think

I'm not sure who told you that. As you can see, the postcard has an interesting photo, but the condition is very bad. As also stated, the stamp used is extremely common ... printed literally in the billions. There may be some interest in topical collectors, but I can't imagine more than a couple of bucks.

If you have others, please post them. And welcome to the community.
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