Post by antoniusra on Oct 23, 2013 17:02:50 GMT
Someone was asking whether there was a way to distinguish the number 304s from the 315. This has been a question asked by most U.S. collectors at one time or another. I could not find the information when it was asked here, but just now stumbled across it and thought it would be of interest.
A friend of mine from the Ebay chatboard, Jim Dire, did a lot of research on that question and came up with a way he believes answers the question. Note: used #315 is extremely rare. Last count I remember, was 6 known copies. Any collector should realize that you have a much better chance in winning it big in the lottery, than stumbling across a used one. I doubt there is any other U.S. stamp that has had it's perfs removed more often than the 304.
The article below can also be seen here: www.jamesdire.net/tinyeye1.JPG
A friend of mine from the Ebay chatboard, Jim Dire, did a lot of research on that question and came up with a way he believes answers the question. Note: used #315 is extremely rare. Last count I remember, was 6 known copies. Any collector should realize that you have a much better chance in winning it big in the lottery, than stumbling across a used one. I doubt there is any other U.S. stamp that has had it's perfs removed more often than the 304.
The article below can also be seen here: www.jamesdire.net/tinyeye1.JPG
