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Welcome to stamp collecting!
Your stamp is the re-engraved die, so that would make it Scott #206(Aug1881). It catalogs at $1 for VF used in the 2016 Scott catalog. Your stamp has a straight edge, so that would drop the retail value significantly.
Still, a nice stamp to have in a collection. I didn't get one until after 10+ years of collecting.
If you have future questions, it is better to have a clear (not blurry) and flat picture. In most cases, scanned pictures are preferred.
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thank you for the help!
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Glad to be of help.
I neglected to mention, the quick way to identify the re-engraved die is to look at the white scrollwork at the top corners. In the re-engraved dies, there are lines of shading/features within the white scrollwork. In the original die, the inside of the scrollwork is all white (featureless).
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05:53:31pm
" ... I'm having a hard time determining if this stamp is rare or just a common ..."
Shucks, Bill, I've been stamping as an adult for over fifty years and I often mistake common stamps for ones with a premium. That is how my daughter got those cute "Cattle in a storm" stamps to clear coat on a school pottery cup she made for Father's day.
It's a long story.
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Yeah, we all have a similar story, or two, or three, or four... 
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12:27:09pm
Im fairly new to collecting stamps and I'm having a hard time determining if this stamp is rare or just a common
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re: Scott 134 help
Welcome to stamp collecting!
Your stamp is the re-engraved die, so that would make it Scott #206(Aug1881). It catalogs at $1 for VF used in the 2016 Scott catalog. Your stamp has a straight edge, so that would drop the retail value significantly.
Still, a nice stamp to have in a collection. I didn't get one until after 10+ years of collecting.
If you have future questions, it is better to have a clear (not blurry) and flat picture. In most cases, scanned pictures are preferred.
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re: Scott 134 help
Glad to be of help.
I neglected to mention, the quick way to identify the re-engraved die is to look at the white scrollwork at the top corners. In the re-engraved dies, there are lines of shading/features within the white scrollwork. In the original die, the inside of the scrollwork is all white (featureless).
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11 Nov 2015
05:53:31pm
re: Scott 134 help
" ... I'm having a hard time determining if this stamp is rare or just a common ..."
Shucks, Bill, I've been stamping as an adult for over fifty years and I often mistake common stamps for ones with a premium. That is how my daughter got those cute "Cattle in a storm" stamps to clear coat on a school pottery cup she made for Father's day.
It's a long story.
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re: Scott 134 help
Yeah, we all have a similar story, or two, or three, or four...
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