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.
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
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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
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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. Happy Hunting
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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.
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