It's an inconsistency in the Scott catalog... no surprise there.
2176 is on dull gum.
For this set, Scott only mentions the dull gum on the major number if there is a minor number for the same stamp that has shiny gum. Of course, Scott doesn't mention that.
Thank you Michael. So am I safe to say there is not list any where for dull stamps from the USA?
Such a presumption is never safe to say.
"It's an inconsistency in the Scott catalog... no surprise there."
That is plain genius Lars!
Hi Everyone;
That is pure genius Lars!
You just inspired me to make similar templates on 120# card stock at 5½" x 8½", format and spiral bind
them into a small booklet.
I like the plastic spiral binding system that uses the rectangle punches, because as you booklet grows
you just throw the strip away and add a larger diameter strip. Also the pages always lay flat and unlike
3-ring binders, the punched holes do not need reinforcement or become enlarged and worn.
Does anyone use the spiral binding system for albums, I wonder?
Just a thought....
TuskenRaider
So I am on the hunt for different gum types to make the template like Lars did. Not as easy as it sounds. I am stumped again because of the way Scott lists them.
This dull gum still gets me confused but I am trying to get it figured out but Scott sure doesn't help much. LOL
Hoping I can find the stamps needed for the template. I have shiny gum and dull gum but not low gloss been looking to get all 3 from the same catalog # like Lars has but I haven't found them yet.
Get a bunch of us duplicate US stamps from the 70's to the 90's and turn them over. You will pick out the types real easy. A dealers giant face value box at a show is a great place as well.
Once I get the stamps I need things should be a whole lot easier, thanks.
If you want a definitive dull gum / low gloss pair, get plate number coil (PNC) strips of 2452a. Plate #1 is dull gum. Plate #2 is low gloss gum. But I just found a seller that offered all 3 gum types of 2225b. Once you see them, it's easy to categorize the rest.
Lars
I have a few stamps that I just can't figure out if they are dull gum or soaked off paper. For instance I'm looking in my Scott catalog and I see stamp 2175 states dull gum and I have stamp 2176 but it does not say dull gum in the Scott catalog. They are from the great American series so I was assuming they all would be printed the same. Is there a list in the Scott catalog that lists dull gum stamps that I am missing? Or is there a list somewhere that lists the dull gum for USA stamps?
re: Dull Gum
It's an inconsistency in the Scott catalog... no surprise there.
2176 is on dull gum.
For this set, Scott only mentions the dull gum on the major number if there is a minor number for the same stamp that has shiny gum. Of course, Scott doesn't mention that.
re: Dull Gum
Thank you Michael. So am I safe to say there is not list any where for dull stamps from the USA?
re: Dull Gum
"It's an inconsistency in the Scott catalog... no surprise there."
re: Dull Gum
That is plain genius Lars!
re: Dull Gum
Hi Everyone;
That is pure genius Lars!
You just inspired me to make similar templates on 120# card stock at 5½" x 8½", format and spiral bind
them into a small booklet.
I like the plastic spiral binding system that uses the rectangle punches, because as you booklet grows
you just throw the strip away and add a larger diameter strip. Also the pages always lay flat and unlike
3-ring binders, the punched holes do not need reinforcement or become enlarged and worn.
Does anyone use the spiral binding system for albums, I wonder?
Just a thought....
TuskenRaider
re: Dull Gum
So I am on the hunt for different gum types to make the template like Lars did. Not as easy as it sounds. I am stumped again because of the way Scott lists them.
This dull gum still gets me confused but I am trying to get it figured out but Scott sure doesn't help much. LOL
Hoping I can find the stamps needed for the template. I have shiny gum and dull gum but not low gloss been looking to get all 3 from the same catalog # like Lars has but I haven't found them yet.
re: Dull Gum
Get a bunch of us duplicate US stamps from the 70's to the 90's and turn them over. You will pick out the types real easy. A dealers giant face value box at a show is a great place as well.
re: Dull Gum
Once I get the stamps I need things should be a whole lot easier, thanks.
re: Dull Gum
If you want a definitive dull gum / low gloss pair, get plate number coil (PNC) strips of 2452a. Plate #1 is dull gum. Plate #2 is low gloss gum. But I just found a seller that offered all 3 gum types of 2225b. Once you see them, it's easy to categorize the rest.
Lars