New guy with stamp ques. ???

GrimReaper

I have a few stamps that I would like to find out about .
They are early 1900's or late 1800's I think but one inparticularly
has scratching my head , it is a 1&1/2 cent Harding side profile
that has SAINT LOUIS MO. stamped on it , what is this stamp
and is it of any value ??? I have a few others also that I want
info. and/or values on and will scan them and post so you guys
can might help me out with . They from what I gather can be
worth a few dollars every now and then ! These old stamps
really have beautiful colors and most are B. Franklin &
G. Washington . Thanks in advance !

dougwtx

There were a couple varieties of the yellow-brown 1 1/2 cent Harding stamp. The St Louis MO mark is called a precancel. They used to cancel stamps before separating from coils or sheets for large mailers; kind of like bulk mailing today. There are many city, states that have their names on many issues. Most are worth a few cents. There are several organizations/clubs that specialize in precancels and many ways to collect these. Hope this answers your question.

Doug

GrimReaper

Thanks Doug , I was hoping for more than "a few cents" LOL maybe nextime .
There is another that looks like the Scott 596 mentioned a few posts down ,
curious as if it could be the one . There are a couple other ones you'll have
to take a look at when I get a pic. uploaded ! Also I have a vertical pair that
are redish marroon color that just have a 1 in the middle of the stamp and say
postage due across the top and they are still attatched to one another what
might these guys be ???

dougwtx

It will be difficult to identify some stamps by pics. Many issues had the same design, but differed in perfs and watermarks. The "596"s posted earlier were not 596s but rather the common 632. Both look exactly the same, but the perfs are different.

Your 1c with postage due is a postage due stamp. These were used when the sender didn't put enough postage on the letter.