Post by ctm2matman on Aug 14, 2014 18:42:41 GMT
Is there a resource for U.S. stamps where I can input a Scott number, the stamp info will pop up and it will tell me (for one) whether the gum is water-activated or if the stamp is self-adhesive so that I can easily know if soaking is the easy way to get the stamp or if trimming around the thing and keeping the envelope material is the better way?
Some of the descriptions for telling stamps apart are difficult to use, such as "small date" when you don't have "large date" to compare size with. Or, "faded, dull colors" when you don't have the one with bright, vibrant colors to compare with. After all, size and color are pretty subjective.
I guess it boils down to this: is there a (hopefully free) on-line resource that is handier than pockets for stamp I.D. and discerning the difference between "twins" or "multiple births"? The Mystic catalog is great to a point and I really appreciate the company, but it does have its limits and it's errors.
Some of the descriptions for telling stamps apart are difficult to use, such as "small date" when you don't have "large date" to compare size with. Or, "faded, dull colors" when you don't have the one with bright, vibrant colors to compare with. After all, size and color are pretty subjective.
I guess it boils down to this: is there a (hopefully free) on-line resource that is handier than pockets for stamp I.D. and discerning the difference between "twins" or "multiple births"? The Mystic catalog is great to a point and I really appreciate the company, but it does have its limits and it's errors.
