Scotts #563 US stamps

#563 - 1922 Perf 11 11¢

11¢ - Pale peacock blue, light peacock blue, bright peacock blue, peacock blue, deep peacock blue, bright blue, deep bright blue, pale greenish blue, light greenish blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue, light turquoise green, turquoise green, deep turquoise green, pale green, light green, yellow green, bright green, green, deep green, pale milky blue, light milky blue, milky blue, light milky greenish blue, milky greenish blue, greenish blue.
Printing Method: FLAT PLATE
Subject: Rutherford B. Hayes
Number issued: 298,510,877
Perforations: 11
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 563
Issued: October 4th, 1922

#563 and #563a Value

Used
25¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
50¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1 - $3

#563a

#563a was assigned to the light bluish green shade. The value is the same at #563. Due to the fact that there are so many different shades of #563 it makes this shade almost redundant. When I have seen #563a it seems to be offered in many different shades

#563b

#563b
Light Bluish Green printed on special booklet paper

Plate #'s

#563 was issued with the following plate #'s

Number only
14058-61
15798-99
15800--01
16445-48
17414-17, 56-59 all wide spacing
17617-20
19135-38

A Full Pane

A pane of 100 stamps of #563 there were 4 panes to a sheet of 400

First Day Cover

A first day cover of #563, October 4th, 1922

Issued on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rutherford B. Hayes. At the time it was rumoured that the only reason Hayes got his portrait on a stamp was because the release date happened to fall on this 100th anniversary.

Mickey was here

One of my all time favorite cancels from Mickey, Texas

A stamp of many colors

There is no other 20th century US stamp that has more color variance than this stamp. With shades from pale blue to green. The bluish color of the middle stamp in the above image is the most desirable, and of course the least common.