10c - Green, dark green, yellowish green or bluish green  - Type I
Shells at lower corners nearly complete,
bottom line almost complete. Outer line broken, middle of top label
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #31 - 1855
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			NY Auction Houses
	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used	MH
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	$2,250-$2,600	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$130-$150	-	$4,000-$57,500	$750	-
Fall 2004	-	$130-$150	-	$1,750-$2,000	$100-$150	-
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	$100-$150	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-	-	$180-$2,200	-
Spring 2006	-	$100-$450	$62,500	$6,000	$1,700-$1,900	-
Fall 2006	-	$120	-	-	$500	-
Spring 2007	-	$235-$375	-	-	$1,600	85
Fall 2007	-	$155	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$215	-	$6,000	$950	80
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-	-	-

10c - Green, dark green, yellowish green or bluish green  - Type II
Bottom line broken and lower shells partly cut away at right and left.
Top and Side designs complete.
Plate position dot near top left corner if not cut away.
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #32 - 1857
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			NY Auction Houses
	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$230-$350	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$50-$70	-	-	$240-$375	-
Fall 2004	-	$50-$60	-	-	$40-$50	-
Spring 2005	-	$60-$70	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	$45-$85	-	-	$300-$950	-
Spring 2006	-	$40-$65	-	-	$1,500	-
Fall 2006	-	$45-$75	-	$4,250	$725	90
Spring 2007	-	$35-$75	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$75-$115	-	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$50-$115	-	-	$600	90
	-	-	-	-	$1,800	95
Fall 2008	-	$40-$70	-	-	-	-

10c - Green, dark green, yellowish green or bluish green - Type III
Top line broken at middle and above "X" at upper right and left corner.
Bottom line partly cut away.
Bottom right and left shells partly cut away
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #33 - 1857

			NY Auction Houses
	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used	MNH
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$200-$450	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	$40-$70	-	$2,300	$250-$475	-
Fall 2004	-	$25-$50	-	-	$350-$425	-
Spring 2005	-	$35-$50	-	-	$260-$300	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-	$2,300	$220-$375	-
Spring 2006	-	$30-$350	-	$5,750-$20,000	$160-$375	-
Fall 2006	-	$30-$80	-	$1,300-$4,250	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$40-$450	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$50-$110	-	$8,500	-	-
Spring 2008	-	$50-$80	-	$2,000-$3,500	$400-$475	85
Fall 2008	-	$40-$65	-	-	-	-

10c - Green, dark green, yellowish green or bluish green - Type IV
The outer lines have been recut at either the
top or bottom label or both (position 64L)
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #34 - 1857
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				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	$1,900
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	$850-$2,000
Spring 2004	-	-	$325-$400	-	-	$1,250
Fall 2004	-	-	$250-$300	-	-	$1,000
Spring 2005	-	-	$200-$250	-	-	$2,250
Fall 2005	-	-	$140-$200	-	$20,000	$600-$2,600
Spring 2006	-	-	-	-	$22,000	$1,650-$3,000
Fall 2006	-	-	-	-	-	$1,700
Spring 2007	-	-	$525	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	-	-	-	$3,750
Spring 2008	-	-	$760	-	$40,000	-
Fall 2008	-	-	-	-	-	-

10c - Green, dark green or yellowish green - Type V
Side ornaments partly cut away. Some pearls are missing.
Top lines incomplete above right "X".
Bottom line complete and shells almost complete.
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #35 - 1857

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Graded	Used	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	$325	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-	-	$10-$25	-
Spring 2004	-	$60- $70	$10-$35	-	$325	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	$17-$35	-	-	-	$14-$21	-
Spring 2005	-	$60- $70	$15-$50	-	$230-$275	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$19-$35	-	$500	-	$72-$180	-
Spring 2006	-	$115-$170	$20-$60	-	$350-$625	-	$170-$375	-
Fall 2006	-	-	$17-$40	$2,600	-	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	-	$20-$125	-	$1,450	-	$100	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$30-$50	-	$600	85	$425	95
Spring 2008	-	-	$28-$50	-	-	-	$150-$650	90
	-	-	-	-	-	-	$425	95
Fall 2008	-	-	$25-$40	-	-	-	-	-

12c - Black or gray black
Outer frame lines complete
5,800,000 - Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #36 - 1857

				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	$2,200	-	$600	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	$2,200	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	$20-$30	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	$20-$30	-	-	$150-$300	-
Spring 2005	-	-	$35-$70	$3,500	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$30-$50	-	$1,600	$250-$550	-
Spring 2006	-	-	$35-$100	-	$2,000	$270-$625	-
Fall 2006	-	-	$40-$155	-	-	$950	-
Spring 2007	-	$185	$35-$130	-	$1,250	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$40-$70	-	$415	$225-$500	-
Spring 2008	-	-	$40-$75	-	-	$850-$1,200	90
Fall 2008	-	-	$30-$60	-	-	-	-

12c - Black or intense black
Outer Frame Lines noticeably uneven or broken,
sometimes partly missing
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #36b - 1857

			NY Auction Houses
	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Graded	Used	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-	$200	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	$700-$750	-	$190-$200	-
Spring 2004	-	$50-$60	-	$300-$1,500	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	$70-$80	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	$40-$50	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	-	$1,700	-	$350-$950	-
Spring 2006	-	$95	-	-	-	$145-$1,350	-
Fall 2006	-	$50-$70	-	$725	-	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$50-$65	-	-	-	$170	80
Fall 2007	-	$45	$1,400	$3,500	95	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-	-	$375	-
Fall 2008	-	$50	-	-	-	-	-

24c - Gray lilac
740,000 - Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #37 - 1860
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				NY Auction Houses
	MNH	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used	Graded
Spring 2003	-	-	-	$800	$525	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	$300-$525	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	$75-$110	$1,200	$600	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	$70-$100	-	-	-	-
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2005	-	-	$90-$130	-	$400-$1,600	$115-$470	-
Spring 2006	-	-	$105-$165	$575	$675-$3,000	$220-$675	-
Fall 2006	-	-	$60-$110	-	$3,500	-	-
Spring 2007	-	$170-$225	$120-$160	-	$1,000	-	-
Fall 2007	-	-	$60-$90	-	$13,500	$900	90
Spring 2008	-	-	$60-$120	-	-	$650	85
	-	-	-	-	-	$1,200	90
Fall 2008	-	-	$60-$100	-	-	-	-

24c - Gray
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott #37a - 1860

			NY Auction Houses
	MH	Used	MNH	MH	Used
Spring 2003	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2003	-	-	-	-	-
Spring 2004	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2004	-	-	-	-	$270
Spring 2005	-	-	-	-	$650
Fall 2005	-	-	$9,000	-	$250-$950
Spring 2006	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2006	-	-	-	$1,250	$1,150
Spring 2007	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2007	-	$135	-	-	-
Spring 2008	-	-	-	-	-
Fall 2008	-	$145	-	-	-

24c - Red Lilac
Perf 15 1/2 - Scott 37TC5, formerly 37b- 1860