Scotts #267 US stamps

#267 - 1895 Watermarked Type III 2¢

2¢
Carmine, deep carmine, pale carmine
TYPE III

Printing Method: Engraved
Subject: George George Washington
Number issued: 7,475,000,000
Perforations: P12
Watermark: Double Line USPS
Scott #: 267
Issued: May 2nd, 1895

#267 Value

Used
5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
$1 - $2
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$3 - $5

#267a

#267a
Pink

#267a Value

Used
$2 - $3
No postmark with gum (MH)
$2.50 - $5
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$12 - $16

#267b

#267b
Vermilion

The NH value is $1,500. Comes with and without a pink back

A full Pane

A full pane of 100 of #267, there were four panes to a sheet of 400

Which Triangle?

This stamp is a type III triangle, no horizontal lines across the triangle border

Watermark

Unlike the 1894 2¢ Washingtons this stamp is watermarked. The double line USPS watermark on the stamp is shown above

Plate #'s

#267 was issued with the following plate #'s

400 subject plates
141-46, 148-58, 160, 170 (part), 171–76, 181-88
191, 198-233, 235-36, 238-39, 241-44
275-76, 279, 281-83, 290-93, 307
311-312, 315-332, 337-343, 349, 354
356, 358, 361, 363-64, 368, 372
374, 376, 379, 382-85, 387-88, 393-406
411-438, 464-491, 497-517, 522-525
550-563, 593-596, 745-48, 753-56
758-765, 774-789, 798-809, 814-817
838-845, 850-861, 866-67, 869-870
875-878, 885-888, 895-898, 904-907
910-921, 926-27, 1008, 1011, 1024-27
1032-35, 1038-41, 1046-49, 1054-57
1066-1077, 1080

Plate #170

Plate 170 is unique in that it contains both type I and type II. In the block shown above the two left hand stamps are type II, the two right hand stamps are type III